Flooring Expert Witnesses

This expert has over 40 years of experience in the retail sales, wholesale acquisition and appraisals of Oriental Rugs. He is a former Trustee of the Oriental Rug Retailers of America, was awarded the 2000 National Oriental Rug Retailer of the Year, and has given multiple presentations focusing on Oriental Rugs. He is the Co-Founder and Principal of a private consulting group that focuses on fine rug restoration, USPAP compliant appraisals and litigation support.

This expert has extensive experience with hardwood flooring, including credentials from NOFMA & NWFA. He serves on two NWFA Committees, He also have credentials in carpet inspection, training in woven carpet and rugs, carpet cleaning, repair and re-installation, and water damage restoration. This expert has also assisted Attorneys through all phases of legal action regarding slip, trip and fall in regards to flooring, carpeting and hard surfaces. Investigations are conducted with analytical skills developed from many years of forensic consultation, litigation support and expert witness testimony. Practical solutions are provided for resolution of contract disputes, claims, delays, personal injury, site safety issues, OSHA compliance and building code interpretations. Additionally, this expert is a member of over ten relevant, industry associations and he has been on the IICRC Industry Carpet/Installation Standards and Inspection Standards committee since 2009 and NWFA committees since 2010.

This highly qualified expert has years of experience in the floor-covering industry. He oversees a database of 50,000+ flooring products and has conducted 150,000+ analyses of flooring technology. He received his BS degree in business computer information systems from Lee University and has published 8+ articles on flooring materials and testing technology. He is a member of multiple professional associations, including the ASTM International, IICRC, American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, and the Carpet and Rug Institute. He has served as a speaker and instructor for the IICRC,Advanced Flooring Specialists Training Seminar, and the School of Surface Technologies. He has also participated in numerous floor-covering technical workshops and conferences. Currently, he is the Director of the largest flooring and textile laboratory in the U.S. serving varied industries, he also has a private consulting firm in Georgia.

This well-credentialed expert has over 40 years of experience in the floor covering industry. He is a certified walkway auditor and a licensed concrete moisture testing technician. He is active in his field as a member of the American Concrete Institute, the International Concrete Repair Institute, and the American Society for Testing and Materials. Formerly, this expert spent approximately twenty years either as a direct representative of a flooring manufacturer or in distribution, with positions in sales, sales management and as director of technical services. For the past twenty years, he has served as the owner of a floor covering analysis firm in Arkansas where he has performed concrete dryness and moisture vapor emission testing on thousands of concrete floor slabs from coast to coast.