Guards Expert Witnesses
Guard expert witness candidates typically have backgrounds in law enforcement, public safety, military duties, and/or have worked as a security guard. In addition to expertise, a guards expert witness should feel comfortable explaining evidence to a judge and jury. In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, a law firm may request a security officer subject matter expert with prior expert testimony experience. The chosen expert may be a member of an industry organization such as the National Association of Security Companies (NASCO), Private Security Professionals of America (PSPA), the Security Industry Association (SIC), the International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC), or ASIS International.
A security officer’s role is to protect a client (person or premise) from hazards, loss prevention, and crime. Security officers, or guards, are required to go through state mandated training in order to carry weapons like firearms and pepper spray. Litigation support by a guards expert witness could include a security assessment, an expert report, expert opinion, and trial testimony. Attorney clients may also utilize a security guard specialist for pre-litigation consulting work.
Representing the plaintiff or defendant, Cahn Litigation Services is frequently called upon by law firm clients to locate expert witnesses that can support security guard matters. Whether the case involves premises liability, security guard training, crime prevention, workplace violence, negligent security, loss prevention, excessive force or a standard security procedure, Cahn Litigation Services has the experience required to turn a search for an expert witness around quickly. The firm has an earned reputation for providing expert candidates with the right balance of expertise and testimony to support each unique project and its nuances.
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Guards Expert Witness - Representative Bios
Please Note: All Cahn Litigation expert witness searches are customized to attorneys' precise specifications and preferences. Attorneys are encouraged to discuss search parameters with a Cahn search specialist.
The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Guards experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Guards landscape.
Expert Witness #260768
This expert is a noted premises security and workplace violence consultant. This expert began a career as a police officer and has a been Security Director, before opening a consulting firm. This expert provides clients with in-depth evaluations of incidents of workplace violence as well as plans for training and violence prevention.
This expert has been retained by attorneys in cases of:
- the use of force by guards- self-defense- not following the conventional force continuum- the use excessive force
and retained and testified regarding:
- the omissions of security guards- guard company's adherence to and following of state regulations- special police and proprietary guard actions
in addition to being retained:- to defend guard businesses and company security guards who are accused of negligent acts or behaviors- in cases where the placement of an armed guard is the question, and whether an armed guard was placed into a business or company after evaluating the risks and needs of the assignment- in many cases where the issue involves the training and background investigations by a guard company- where the marketing truthfulness of the guard enterprise when providing a proposal to a client is a central issue
Start Guards Expert SearchExpert Witness #262578
This expert brings to the table many years of security and workplace management experience, specializing in security and workplace violence. This expert has assessed and developed workplace violence programs for dozens of organizations and has been brought in as a consultant following over 30 active shooter incidents. This expert spent half a career managing contract security guards as owner/manager of a security guard firm and this expert has also advised many consulting clients on retaining and managing contract security firms.
This expert has been board certified as a Certified Protection Professional (CPP), is certified as a Certified Security Consultant (CSC), is involved in the International Security Management Association (ISMA) and the International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC).
This expert is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), The International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS), the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and is a member of ASIS International.
This expert has extensive prior litigation experience including multiple depositions and a few trials, some involving contract security officers.
Start Guards Expert SearchExpert Witness #255751
This mechanical engineering and safety expert is a licensed registered Professional Engineer (PE), a board-certified diplomate of forensic engineering, and holds bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering, with over 40 years of forensic experience including machine safety and design.
Before earning engineering degrees, this expert gained extensive experience as a kitchen manager and restaurant manager operating commercial meat slicers and meat saws. In a career as a forensic safety engineer, this expert has performed safety audits and worked on hundreds of matters involving machine guarding, including guarding of many types of machinery where human hands are required to come into proximity with moving parts.
This expert is very familiar with motor braking, machine guarding, interlocked guarding, warning signs, and operator training. This expert has worked on dozens of cases involving food processing equipment, including mixers, grinders, and slicers.
This expert is familiar with the operation and safety considerations of commercial chicken-cutting equipment, including spring-loaded finger guards, interlocked knife-cover systems, and manual cutting processes for whole chickens. Prior restaurant kitchen management and food preparation experience included manually cutting large quantities of chicken using knives, providing practical familiarity with the benefits and risks of equipment used for high-volume chicken processing.
This expert has worked on thousands of matters as an expert in safety and safe design over more than 40 years.
Start Guards Expert SearchExpert Witness #277138
This vehicle design expert is a mechanical engineering graduate of a prestigious university whose professional career has focused on motorcycles and human factors engineering. In senior vehicle engineering leadership roles, this expert has led engineering teams in developing new vehicles from concept through production and safety certification, and has patents involving two-wheeled vehicle designs.
This expert has experience with motorcycle design, powersports equipment, vehicle safety, and human factors issues, including safety considerations involving frame structure, passenger injury mechanisms, and protection against hair and clothing entrapment. This expert's work has also included vehicle design considerations for international markets involving garment-related safety guards.
This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.
Start Guards Expert SearchExpert Witness #283885
This machine safety and machine guarding expert is a professional engineer (P.E.), holds a B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Solid Mechanics and Materials Science, and formerly served as an Adjunct and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at two universities.
This expert has acted as a failure analysis litigation consultant for over 25 years, with direct experience in the safety and failure of machine guards on a variety of industrial equipment.
Start Guards Expert SearchExpert Witness #286111
This machine safety/machine guarding expert retired from the U.S. Navy as a senior enlisted safety professional after service that included a safety officer role in a ship repair facility. This expert currently owns a safety training company and has been an OSHA instructor for over 30 years. Machine safety and machine guarding are integral parts of the safety curriculum offered in safety training courses.
This expert has been involved in lockout/tagout for decades and has used and taught LOTO systems to help ensure that all employed individuals, including affected employees working around or near locked-out equipment, are properly trained and understand what each aspect of the LOTO standard requires. This expert is a Certified Industrial Hygiene Technician and holds an Advanced Professional Safety Certificate from a state university system and OSHA Institute.
This expert has been involved in machine guarding for over 35 years and has instructed many individuals in the proper use of machine guards and angle grinders. This expert also previously served as a maintenance manager of a power plant that employed welders and millwrights, and is familiar with OSHA requirements and the proper use of grinders. This expert is an experienced expert witness in military legal proceedings and has provided testimony in OSHA serious injury cases involving machine conveyor guards.
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