Meet the Experts

What is your area of expertise?

Toxicology.

How did you become an expert?

Many years of hard work and access to outstanding mentors.

Tell us one thing that clients can do/provide to make you a more effective witness?

Make sure we’re on the same page concerning objectives.

How was your experience with the mock cross-examination at Battle of the Experts 2021? Don’t be shy!

I honestly thought that it was fantastic because it took on a sense of “realness” even though it was simulated.

Tell us something unique or special about your company.

We are a small collection of client-focused driven professionals (experts, staff and business development) who are hungry to succeed.

What is your area of expertise?

I’m a biomechanical engineer providing injury causation and human motion (kinematics) expertise. My subspecialty is in injuries to the eye, but those cases don’t come along terribly often, so I also frequently provide expertise on injuries to the brain and spine.

How did you become an expert?

I went to school for a really, really long time, and then I stuck around for postdoctoral research work to really focus on the biomechanics of the eye. I also spent some time interning on the science desk of a daily newspaper. Though I loved communicating science and engineering topics, there are very few science journalists at newspapers these days. Although I returned to the lab bench at the end of my internship, my drive to communicate complex topics eventually led me to join Exponent as a consultant.

Tell us one thing that clients can do/provide to make you a more effective witness?

Please, engage your experts early on! The sooner you loop us in, the sooner we can help evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your case, make sure the right information is requested before discovery closes or evidence disappears, and help ask the most pertinent details during depositions of fact and other expert witnesses.

How was your experience with the mock cross-examination at Battle of the Experts 2021? Don’t be shy!

I really appreciated the opportunity to present to a room full of seasoned attorneys and jurors and to hear their feedback, particularly in contrast to the presentation style of the opposing witness. The shadow jurors didn’t hold back (and I appreciate that!) about what they did and didn’t like about my style. It was great food for thought about how to approach a topic in the courtroom.

Tell us something unique or special about your company.

Exponent has more than 900 consultants on staff in more than 90 technical disciplines. If you need to locate an expert with a particularly niche background, please don’t hesitate to reach out. If I don’t know who can help, my colleagues probably do.

What is your area of expertise?

Civil Engineering construction cases focused on construction injury and contract disputes with the ability to estimate and evaluate costs.

How did you become an expert?

I was recruited by Robson Forensic while actively involved in the construction and development industry.  My previous experience as a fact witness in construction dispute litigation provided me insight into the expert witness world. 

Tell us one thing that clients can do/provide to make you a more effective witness?

Strong communication!

How was your experience with the mock cross-examination at Battle of the Experts 2021? Don’t be shy!

My experience was memorable and very, very valuable!  I actively use the insight gained from my interaction with other leaders in the industry that attended the Battle of the Experts and the mock jury’s feedback on my testimony. 

Tell us something unique or special about your company.

Being expert-owned and having a testifying expert as our CEO, the growth focus at Robson Forensic has always been on pursuing the most interesting and challenging cases. The result is a unique group of in-house experts with an incredibly broad reach into specialty areas of practice. What’s special is that we actively pursue the unusual and technically difficult cases that others shy away from.

What is your area of expertise?

I am a civil and structural engineering expert.

How did you become an expert?

After approximately 10 years of experience with the structural engineering design of various structures and structure types, I joined a forensic engineering firm in Colorado. Since that time (over approximately the past 12 years), I have worked exclusively as a forensic engineering expert.

Tell us one thing that clients can do/provide to make you a more effective witness?

One thing that clients can do to make their experts more effective is to provide them with a clear understanding of the client’s needs and expectations as early as possible after the expert is retained. Often these needs and expectations are not fully known or understood at the time that an expert is retained, but clear and open communication with the expert regarding what is needed is critical.

How was your experience with the mock cross-examination at Battle of the Experts 2021? Don’t be shy!

I was anxious at the beginning because I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but quickly got my feet under me once the questioning got underway. I completely enjoyed the experience and found the feedback from the mock jury on both my own testimony style and the styles of the other experts to be very illuminating and gave me insight regarding how others perceive forensic experts.

Tell us something unique or special about your company.

The people are what make Envista a special place. I consider the people here as not just colleagues, but as friends with friendships that extend beyond the work environment.