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Chemicals Expert Witness - Representative Bios
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The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Chemicals experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Chemicals landscape.
Expert Witness #214975
This expert is the founder and CEO of a highly successful consultancy specializing in plastics. This expert has spent many years in the Plastics Industry as a leading authority on plastic and composite part failure. This expert worked for a plastics product manufacturer as a leading Principal Scientist. This expert is a world-renowned scientist and author as evidenced by many awards. This expert is a member of ASM International (a society of Material Scientists), the American Chemical Society Polymer Chemistry and Polymeric Materials Divisions, the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, the National Association of Subrogation Professionals, the Society of Fire Protection Engineers, the Failure Analysis Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers, the Institute of Packaging Professionals, and the Society of Automotive Engineers. This expert has provided expert services in over 150 litigations involving plastics and composites. This expert is one of the top plastic failure experts in the world having analyzed hundreds of plastic and composite parts including, pipes, food packages, bottles, tanks, latches, toys, medical devices, exercise equipment, automotive parts, pulleys, chairs, and stools. This expert has authored >100 scientific papers, >60 US Patents, a book, and several encyclopedia articles on chemicals and plastics.
CONSULTANT AND EXPERT WITNESS ON CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS
- Forensic analysis/testing of plastic and composite parts
- Manufacturing processes for plastic bottles including extrusion blow-molding, injection blow-molding, and stretch
- Blow-molding
- Root cause analysis of CPVC fire suppression system failures
- Exercise equipment failure
- Plastic piping products including ABS, PVC, CPVC, PEX, PP, PVDC, and HDPE
- Additives for plastics including antioxidants and UV stabilizers
- Design of plastic parts to meet the requirements of the application
- Fracture mechanics of plastic materials and composites
- Chemical resistance/degradation of plastics and elastomers
- Discoloration and loss of clarity of plastics
- Plastic part and package design and stress analysis
- Polymer blends and compounding
- Polyolefin based resins and applications
- Additives for improved adhesion in polymer blends and composites
- Chemicals and Plastics R&D
- Monomer stabilization and polymerization
- Molding and extrusion of plastics including foams and films
- UV, thermal, and environmental degradation of chemicals and plastics
- Plastic flammability and plastic flame retardant formulations
- Migration of chemicals and additives from plastics
- Chemicals and plastics for medical use
- Composite and nanocomposite materials including carbon fiber composites
- Permeability (vapors and odors) of plastics
- Plastics used in medical applications
- Abrasion resistance of plastics and elastomers
- Material Selection (choosing the right plastic for the application)
Start Chemicals Expert SearchExpert Witness #124243
This expert holds a PhD in Chemistry, has many years of experience in polymers and has extensive design, testing and evaluation experience in the absorption and dissipation of forces - polymeric materials. This expert is the named inventor on numerous U.S. patents involving plastics that have been commercialized, including numerous household products and energy absorbing protective headgear. This expert’s areas of specialty include new product development, voluntary standards, statutes, labeling, custom and practice, technology and cost in relationship to the hazards, and dangers and risks involved in the use and application of consumer products. An active member of the ASTM for many years, this expert has been involved in the creation of the standards and testing involved with polymeric products. This expert is a former member of the Advisory Board -World Congress on Industrial, Technical, and High Performance Textiles and the Advisory Board - American Board of Engineering and Technology. This expert is a member of:
American Chemical Society
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Senior Member)
Society of Plastics Engineers
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC)
American Board of Forensic Examiners
… to name just a few and has earned among others, ASTM qualification in:
C-8 Refractories;
C-14 Glass & Glass Products;
D-1 Paint, Varnish, Lacquer & Related Products;
D-9 Electrical Insulating Materials;
D-13 Textiles;
D-13.52 Flammability
D-14 Adhesives;
D-19 Water;
D-20 Plastics;
D-26 Halogenated Organic Solvents;
D-30 High Modulus Fibers and their Composites;
E-7 Non-destructive Testing;
E-15 Analysis & Testing of Industrial Chemicals;
E-17 Skid Resistance;
E-20 Temperature Measurement, Chemicals;
E-27 Hazard Potential of Chemicals;
E-30 Forensic Sciences;
E-28 Mechanical Testing;
F-15 Consumer Product Safety;
F-23 Protective Clothing;
F24-10 Test Methods
F24-20 Specifications and Terminology
F24-24 Design and Manufacture
F15 Consumer Products
This expert has extensive litigation experience (testified 9 times, deposed 20+), and has authored and presented extensively.
Start Chemicals Expert SearchExpert Witness #263894
This expert serves as Director and leads the Forensic Investigation group of a highly successful, International consultancy. This expert has conducted complex financial analyses involving lost sales, lost profits, incremental profits, manufacturing and marketing capacity, fixed and variable costs, product line profitability, price erosion, reasonable royalties, unjust enrichment, commercial success, and prejudgment and post-verdict interest for both plaintiffs and defendants. This expert has also served as an expert witness in matters filed in U.S. District Court, state court, and before the American Arbitration Association. Additionally, this expert has lectured on the topic of intellectual property damages at law schools and bar associations.
This expert’s case experience encompasses a broad array of industries including automotive, aviation, biotechnology, cellular, chemicals, consumer products, energy, financial securities, healthcare, HVAC, information technology, internet, medical products, military, network security, online learning, optical, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, sporting goods, supercomputers, and telecommunications.
Start Chemicals Expert SearchExpert Witness #261974
This expert is a Managing Director for a highly regarded economic consultancy. This expert has consulted with plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of litigation and commercial dispute matters involving theft of trade secrets, breach of contract, chemicals and livestock, fraud, forensic accounting, conversion, shareholder, professional malpractice, and class action litigation. This expert has performed and managed many complex financial, economic, and accounting analyses, including lost profits, lost wages, reasonable royalties, business valuation, disgorgement/unjust enrichment, tracing, fraud investigation, cost of capital, and pre- and post-judgment interest. This expert has been designated as an expert in state and federal court proceedings and arbitrations and has testified in depositions and trials.
Start Chemicals Expert SearchExpert Witness #261260
This expert brings to the table many years of engineering, operations, and commercial experience in the energy industry, including refining, chemicals and natural gas processing. This expert has advised producers, midstream service providers and private equity firms in evaluating acquisitions and grass roots investments. This expert has analyzed royalty payments and associated deductions for oil and natural gas production and developed unbundling cost allocations for natural gas processing and transportation systems. This expert has assisted with startups, troubleshooting and incident investigations for domestic and international facilities.
This expert has led audits of operating and measurement practices, including tests for adherence to contract requirements and standard practice. This expert has performed numerous valuations and due diligence associated with acquisition or divestiture and investigated accidents, including explosions, fires and injuries, for operating companies, as well as legal and insurance clients.
Start Chemicals Expert SearchExpert Witness #247325
This expert is a Clinical Psychologist whose focus is on Neuropsychology, and the effects of foreign substances and chemicals on the brain. This expert is published in this area and serves as a designated expert witness in the multiple courts. This expert is also designated as an expert in Neuropsychological assessment. This expert is established as an authority in this area, being a member of peer groups and associations and publishing scholarly articles in the field. This expert has provided valuable opinions in both civil and criminal matters. This expert has served with distinction as a Senior Psychologist at a youth facility, and has dedicated service to work in the criminal justice system.
Start Chemicals Expert SearchExpert Witness #263905
This expert serves as Senior Manager and leads the Forensic Investigation group of a highly successful, International consultancy. This expert brings to the table many years of experience, with expertise in economic damage analysis and quantification, and other financial issues, including damage quantifications and analyses, fraud and forensic accounting investigations, forensic accounting analyses, and ethics and compliance reviews. This expert’s case experience encompasses a broad array of industries including automotive, aviation, biotechnology, cellular, chemicals, consumer products, energy, financial securities, healthcare, HVAC, information technology, internet, medical products, military, network security, online learning, optical, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, sporting goods, supercomputers, and telecommunications.
This expert previously spent years with an Internal Audit Investigations team at a Fortune 500 manufacturing company, handling damage calculations and recoveries from fraudulent billing schemes, employee misconduct investigations, and highly sensitive senior/executive level employee investigations. This expert’s prior experience also includes positions at large international companies in the life sciences and financial services sectors, providing internal investigation, internal audit, and financial reporting control services. This expert’s experience includes discovery, deposition and trial assistance, calculation of economic damages, forensic accounting analyses in litigation and non-litigation matters, as well as other dispute forums, and advising clients related to internal fraud preventative and detective controls.
Start Chemicals Expert SearchExpert Witness #261987
This expert, a Managing Director with a Disputes and Investigations consultancy, brings many years of experience on cases involving commercial damages quantification and causation, and major forensic accounting investigations. This expert has provided numerous expert reports and testified at deposition in approximately 80 matters. In at least 25 matters, this expert has been recognized as an expert witness at trials pending in state and federal courts and arbitration panels. This expert is regularly retained to evaluate issues sch as lost profits, price erosion, unjust enrichment and reasonable royalty damages.
While leading the firm's intellectual property group, this expert also has significant experience in other commercial litigation damages studies in matters such as breach of contract, minority shareholder, business interruption, lost profits, business valuation issues, construction and government contract claims, other commercial disputes and regulatory investigations and settlements. This expert has extensive experience in many areas such as: biotechnology, chemicals, computers, construction, government contracting, internet websites, manufacturing, medical devices, and mining - to name just a few.
Start Chemicals Expert SearchExpert Witness #242473
This expert is an experienced expert in the field of specialty chemicals including, but not limited to, a variety of inorganic minerals and solid polymers. This expert has an extensive background and understanding of chemical reactions that occur at interfaces of solids and liquid-solid interfaces. This expert has many years of experience with the reactions of silane coupling agents with inorganic solids such as clays and silica, and is a published author on the flow behavior of polymers.
For many years, this expert has consulted for corporations involved in the development, optimization, patenting, marketing and quality control of new and existing products and processes.
This expert has served as a forensic expert witness in a multitude of disciplines including patent analysis/infringement, trade secret litigation, product & process issues, OSHA Regulations, Codes & Standards, physical chemistry and material properties. This expert has provided Federal and State depositions and courtroom testimony numerous times. This expert has been deposed in two intellectual property cases, both of which were successful for this expert's client. This expert has also consulted for medical device companies engaged in development of novel surgical techniques, and is a named inventor on 23 patents.
Start Chemicals Expert SearchExpert Witness #251233
This expert holds a PhD in Economics from an Ivy League School. This expert specializes in antitrust, intellectual property, and the evaluation of commercial damages and has decades of experience in litigation involving patent damages, pharmaceuticals and antitrust issues. This expert serves as a managing Director for a global consultancy dedicated to applying economic, finance, and quantitative principles to complex business and legal challenges. This expert provides strategies, studies, reports, expert testimony, and policy recommendations for government authorities and the world's leading law firms and corporations. In the antitrust area, this expert has analyzed the competitive consequences of numerous mergers in a wide range of industries, including agricultural products, chemicals, consumer products, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors, among many others; this expert has frequently presented the results of the analyses to US antitrust agencies and courts. In addition, this expert has addressed liability and damages issues involving allegations of predatory pricing, monopolization, price discrimination, resale price maintenance, tying, and other antitrust violations in a variety of different industries. Many of this expert's antitrust inquiries have focused specifically on intellectual property and its unique role in the analysis of market power and competitive effects. In the intellectual property area more generally, this expert has evaluated economic damages in cases involving patent infringement, trade secrets, trade dress, Lanham Act violations, and other claims. This expert has written and lectured extensively on the use of economic analysis in these matters. This expert has also evaluated liability and damages issues in many other settings. This expert has calculated economic damages in cases involving allegations of breach of contract, fraud, and misrepresentation, among many other issues. This expert has also studied commodity futures markets in several cases involving allegations of market manipulation. This expert has testified before state and federal courts, the US Federal Trade Commission, and various other regulatory bodies. This expert's articles and speeches have been invited and published by the American Bar Association, the Practicing Law Institute, European Competition Law Review, and many other comparable institutions.
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