Automotive Expert Witnesses in North Carolina

This expert is a nationally renown expert in automotive engineering and currently is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at a top ten automotive design and engineering school, where he also holds the position of Director of Center for Vehicle Systems and Safety and the Railway Technologies Laboratory. This expert is the founding director of the Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Research and the Advanced Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory. He has authored more than 200 technical publications, and has made more than one hundred technical presentations in topics related to advanced technologies for ground vehicles. He holds seven U.S. and international patents, and has edited three technical volumes. He is currently Associate Editor of AIAA Journal and the journal of Shock Vibration, and has served as Associate Editor for ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics. This expert is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a member of the Society for Automotive Engineers. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at State University of New York at Buffalo.

This seasoned expert specializes in auto finance and lease regulatory compliance, with over 30 years of experience in the consumer vehicle leasing and financing areas. He regularly consults as an expert witness on auto leasing and finance-related matters, including dealer finance practices, insurance sale practices, and Regulation Z & M issues. In addition, he has consulted for the Federal Reserve Board and National Credit Union Administration on leasing and lending regulatory issues. The expert is the Managing Director of a trade association for major retail automobile lessors, and he also runs a private consulting business. He has been cited in numerous publications and occasionally appears on television as a representative of the industry. The expert earned his B.S. from Yale University and has a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.