FDA Approval Expert Witnesses in Florida

This expert's professional career has spanned 50 years, while for the past 20 years he has specialized in guiding companies through the CE marking process for products prepared to enter the EU market and for companies in the US who want CE marking on their products for market flexibility and/or liability protection, many of which are medical devices and machinery. This expert conducts forensic legal analysis of companies' Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001), Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001), and Quality System Regulations as stipulated by the FDA. He has hosted over 450 seminars and workshops and has published more than 300 articles and multiple books in the areas of Liability, EU Directives/CE Marking, Technical Standards, FDA Quality System Regulations, and ISO 90001 and 14001. He has developed and delivered on-site training programs on product liability exposure for medical device insurance companies, as well as for corporate counsel, defense counsel, and trial attorneys involved with medical devices and medical device manufacturers. As a Senior Consultant for both Excel Partnerships and SAI Global, he also developed and delivered on-site training programs on CE marking for the Medical Devices Directive and related Quality Management Systems. As Legal Expert/Expert Witness he has prepared legal materials for use in litigation involving Quality Systems and CE marked products as well as EU Administrative Reviews.

This expert has over 40 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical and Pharmaceutical Packaging industries. He has published five books and has instructed professionals at the graduate level in Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs at a major university's pharmacy school. As a former Director of the Science Branch of the Philadelphia District FDA, he directed a laboratory staff of 30 in methods verification of New Drug Applications and Abbreviated New Drug Applications, Drug Product Surveys, and Research Projects. Currently, this expert is an independent consultant in which he assists pharmaceutical firms in technical, regulatory, and management areas to ensure their clients' products hit the market in a timely manner. He assists attorneys as an Expert Witness/Subject Matter Expert in Pharmaceutical cases.

This medical device sales professional has been in the industry since 1999. He earned his B.A. in Economics from Emory University and eventually went to work for Boston Scientific as a Territory Sales Manager in Men's and Women's Health. After 10 years with Boston Scientific, the expert joined St. Jude Medical's Neuromodulation device team as a Territory Manager in the Gulf Coast region. He was involved in 800+ implants and worked on device servicing for an additional 200+ patients. The expert left St. Jude at the end of 2015 and is now a Business Development and Sales Manger for a different device company in a separate product category.