• Agricultural
• Chemicals
• Environmental
• Environmental Toxicology
• Forestry
• Hazardous Materials
• Hazardous Waste
• Industrial Hygiene & Mold
• Mining
• Oil & Gas
• OSHA
• Pollution
• Solar Energy

Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:

A: Registered Environmental Professional (REP). Registered Industrial Hygienist (RIH). Emergency Planning Professional (EPP). Qualified SWPPP Developer (QSD). Registered Specialist: Exposure Decision Analysis, AIHA Registry Programs. Hazardous Materials Manager, Hazardous Materials Specialist and Hazardous Materials Incident Commander. EMT-II (California) and Certified Tactical Medic. 40-hour HAZWOPER. OSHA 30-hour. Death investigation coursework approved by the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators: Foundations of Environmental Death Investigations; Environmental Asphyxiation and Entrapment Deaths. CDC course: Investigation and Certification of Drug Toxicity Deaths.

Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:

A: American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM). American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), including the Southern California local section. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI), including its California section. Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA). North American Hazardous Materials Management Association (NAHMMA). National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Research Section. International Society of Safety Professionals (ISSP), Level 5 - Distinguished Safety Professional. Management and Strategy Institute (MSI).

Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?

A: Recent retentions and case experience (client names and captions withheld for confidentiality; available to retaining counsel on request):

TESTIFYING AND CONSULTING EXPERT
1. Product liability, industrial roller mill amputation (cottonseed processing). California Superior Court, 2026. Retained by defense counsel for the machine manufacturer. Full production review, machine inspection, and an 82-page expert report with 21 opinions on machine guarding, lockout/blockout (Title 8 Section 3314), ANSI B11 and the employer's duty under the California state plan. Designated expert. Concluded.
2. Workplace fatality, motorized horizontal sliding gate. Cal/OSHA, 2026. Retained through the employer's counsel. Physical inspection and positive-stop analysis under Title 8 Section 3324(a)-(b), five citations including two Serious Accident-Related under the multi-employer rule (Section 336.10), written report and subpoena duces tecum rider. Concluded.
3. Fall injury, television production studio. 2026. Retained by defense counsel. Site inspection and analysis of production-industry safety standards and multi-employer responsibility. Concluded.
4. Workplace crush fatality, load unloaded from a flatbed at a logistics facility. California Superior Court, 2026. Retained by plaintiffs' counsel as Cal/OSHA regulatory and workplace safety consulting expert: unloading method and equipment, load securement and release, control of the unloading area, training and supervision, and multi-employer responsibility under Title 8. Active.
5. Workplace fatality, herbicide exposure and chemical truck inspection. 2026. Retained by plaintiffs' counsel to review the employer's chemical-handling practices. Active.
6. Construction safety expert. California Superior Court, 2026. Retained by counsel as construction safety expert. Active.

OSHA APPEALS, DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE BEFORE THE APPEALS BOARD
7. Construction, multi-employer excavation and impalement citations. Cal/OSHA Appeals Board, 2026. Appeal, subpoenas duces tecum, motion to compel and sanctions, settlement negotiation with Division counsel. Pending.
8. Mechanical contractor, ladder citation. Cal/OSHA, 2026. Inspection response, document productions, and an employer's petition for a protective order before the Appeals Board. Pending.

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT
9. Chemical warehouse compliance audit and written programs. 2026. Site audit, IIPP, HASP, HMBP and respiratory protection program.
10. Post-fire residential contamination following a cold-storage warehouse fire. Los Angeles, 2026. Indoor environmental assessment and air monitoring of a nearby residence, with laboratory sampling as needed.

Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?

A: Machine guarding and machine injury, powered equipment, and premises safety; workplace fatalities and serious injuries; construction and multi-employer worksite liability; Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA citations and standards; chemical exposure and industrial hygiene; post-fire residential contamination; hazardous materials; battery energy storage system (BESS) fire cause and failure investigation, the only fire cause investigation offered; ergonomics and human factors, including manual material handling, lifting and hand-activity exposure (ACGIH TLVs), Title 8 Section 5110 repetitive motion, workstation and task design, warnings and instructions, and human error in machine, equipment and procedure design.

Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?

A: More than 60 times, in the fire service and as a private consultant. Deposed by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I), and New Mexico OSHA, and has taken depositions of agency personnel in OSHA enforcement proceedings as the employer's designated representative.

Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)

A: Case review and consultation, site inspection, exposure sampling and industrial hygiene assessment, review of safety programs, training records and OSHA files, accident and incident investigation, written reports and declarations, and deposition and trial testimony. All work is performed personally; nothing is subcontracted.

Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?

A: $495 per hour (consulting, investigative and report-preparation services, including travel)

Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?

A: $495 per hour

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?

A: $695 per hour

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?

A: $795 per hour (trial, arbitration, hearing and mediation testimony)

Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)

A: None. No expenses billed, no retainer required, and no cancellation or continuance fee. Time billed in one-tenth-hour increments, portal to portal, under the Forensic and Expert Witness Fee Schedule effective September 21, 2026.

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