Mark McGinnis, CCM is the owner of Fair Skies Consulting, LLC and one of a very small group of meteorologists to have earned the Certified Consulting Meteorologist and the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist designations from the American Meteorological Society. Mark has over thirty years of professional experience forecasting, analyzing and communicating complex meteorological data including, tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards and derechos, to the public in a calm and friendly manner. Mark has over ten years experience researching and defending expert reports for legal cases across the United States. Cases include, but are not limited to, slip and falls, hail damage, wind damage, auto accidents, boating accidents, flooding and roof collapses. Mr. McGinnis is very comfortable communicating the science of meteorology and still works part time, as a fill-in Meteorologist, at WLS-TV ABC 7 in Chicago.