Expert Witness/Consulting services are provided in motor carrier/rail administrative law; truck involved accidents; physical distribution management; shipping dock operations; regulatory compliance; transportation economics; motor carrier/driver safety and operations; freight broker operations; freight forwarder operations, passenger operations; loss and damage claims; contracts, rates and leases; warehousing and traffic management.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: + Registered Transportation Practitioner, admitted to the bar of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Surface Transportation Board of the U.S. Department of Transportation, 1978.
+ Certified in Transportation and Logistics (CTL), American Society of Transportation and Logistics, 1986.
+ Certified Factoring Specialist (CFS), International Factoring Institute, 1995.
+ Certified Capital Specialist (CCS), American Cash Flow Association, 1998.
+ California Teaching Credential (Lifetime), 1981.
+ A.S.B.A., Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY, 1976.
+ Academy of Advanced Traffic, NYC, NY 1973.
+ Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) Internet Training Program and Testing completed 2003.
+ Round Table Group - Scholar, Adjunct Faculty Member, Admitted 2003.
+ Coleman Research Group Forum Member, Admitted 2004.
+ Society of Industry Leaders of Standards & Poor’s Vista Research, a Blue Chip Expert, 2007.
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: + Association of Transportation Law Professionals.
+ American Society of Transportation and Logistics.
+ North American Transportation Services Association.
+ American Cash Flow Association - Gold Membership - Lifetime Member Trucking Industry Master Broker.
+ Truck Writers of North America.
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: + Los Angeles Pierce College in Woodland Hills, CA. Taught transportation related subjects, marketing, industrial supervision, and business law between 1981 and 1992. Was the highest rated evening division instructor for 10 of my 11 years (the first year I was number 2).
+ Cal-State - Northridge, Northridge, CA, part-time instructor, 1983. Taught Interstate Commerce Commission Law & Practice.
+ Taught numerous seminars involving transportation safety, hazardous materials transportation, regulatory compliance, transportation economics, transportability engineering, and packaging for transportation.
+ Established and participated in on-going training programs for distribution, warehousing, shipping, and trucking personnel.
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No.
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: I have been retained as an expert witness between 700 and 800 times between 1989 and the present.
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: I have been called upon by industy, law firms, insurance companies, state agencies, Federal agencies, and foreign nations to provide expert witness services in trucking, bus, and transportation related subject areas; accidents; operations; economic issues; freight broker issues; freight forwarder issues; distribution and warehousing contracts; lease agreements; loss, damage and delay claims; hazardous materials and hazardous wastes transportation; shifting and falling freight; forklift operations; shipping dock operations; transportability engineering, and packaging for transportation.
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: About 50%.
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: About 50%.
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: About 60 times.
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: November, 2007.
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: About 16 times.
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: About 18 times.
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: Since 1989.
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Services include consulting, reports, and site inspections.
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: My hourly rate is $225./hr for analysis, reports, and consulting.
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: My hourly rate is $225./hr for analysis, reports, and consulting.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: My hourly rate for trial and deposition testimony is $250./hr with a four hour minimum.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: My hourly rate for trial and deposition testimony is $250./hr with a four hour minimum.
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: My hourly rate for travel and waiting time is $115./hr plus expenses.
References
+ Mr. Eric J. Ludwig, Stark & Stark, 993 Lenox Dr., Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, 609-896-9060.+ William E. Kuntz, Smith, Hulsey & Busey, 225 Water Street, Jacksonville, FL 32201-3315. 904-359-7700.
