Transportation Expert Witnesses

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What is a transportation expert witness?

Transportation expert witnesses typically have experience in accident reconstructionsupply chain management, transportation engineering, logistics, vehicle safety, and/or have expertise in a transportation industry mode (e.g., air, railroad, automobile, trucking, maritime). A Department of Transportation expert witness will have experience in DOT compliance and safety. Further, DOT expert witness expertise in commercial trucking, DOT regulations, traffic control, and traffic engineering may be required in some cases. Transport expert witnesses may hold advanced degrees (PE, PhD) or are members of the Institute of Transportation Engineers or the American Public Transportation Association.

What types of cases require a transportation expert witness?

Matters requiring the expertise of a transportation expert witness might encompass intellectual property, breach of contract, or import/export cases involving the International Trade Commission (ITC). Personal injury cases and truck accident investigation work are also areas where a transportation specialist could provide expertise.

Transportation expert witness case examples

Cahn Litigation Services has many years of experience sourcing expert witnesses with specialized knowledge in transportation. Past cases have involved:

What litigation support work might a transportation expert witness be expected to perform?

Litigation support by a transportation expert witness could include failure analyses, depositions, research and authoring expert reports, providing expert opinions, and expert witness testimony in court. In addition, clients may seek a transportation industry or safety expert for pre-litigation consulting work.

Cahn Litigation Services has the experience required to turn a search for a transportation expert witness around quickly, providing the right balance of expertise and testimony experience.

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Transportation Expert Witness - Representative Bios

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The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Transportation experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Transportation landscape.