Management Expert Witnesses in West Virginia

This well seasoned professor of higher education has over 30 years of experience in physical education and recreational sports. Throughout his career he has been a member of several professional societies including the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA), the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA), the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials (IAABO). He served as Director of NIRSA in two different states (New York and Pennsylvania). He is a certified recreational sports specialist and graduated from the NIRSA School of Recreational Sport Management. He has been invited to give professional presentations throughout the country on various topics such as, “Ethics in campus recreation programs,” and “Status of campus recreation programs in North America." He has published extensively in professional publications including Recreational Sports Journal, the Journal of International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance and Risk Management for Campus Recreation. Most notably, he published articles on Selected risk management policies for intramural activities and club sport legal liability practices. He received the NIRSA Horace Moody Award which recognizes professional members who have made contributions to student development by their encouragement, support, and performance. He is currently an instructor in the department of human movement, sport, and leisure studies of an Ohio based university.

This Professor of Management and Human Resources earned his doctorate in sociology from Columbia University with a dissertation on the Confucian Ethic and the Spirit of Bureaucracy. In addition to his storied academic career, which has allowed him to earn a distinguished honorary professorship from Sun Yat-sen University and to serve as a keynote speaker at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government's China Global Conference, he has considerable experience advising companies such as Citigroup, Volvo, Netafim, Strauss-Elite, and Wal-Mart on how to enter the Chinese market. He is widely published in the fields of international business management and East Asian studies and is recognized as having written the 'Decade's Best Paper' in the Journal of International Business Studies. He has made multiple appearances before the US Congress' US-China Economic and Security Review Commission and has been cited by such notable periodicals as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, Forbes, and Xinhua.

This highly qualified architect and construction manager has more than 40 years of experience in design, construction management, contracting, and business management in the US and internationally. He qualifies as an expert witness in state and federal courts. He has experience in all aspects of design for residential, medical, food-service, retail, commercial and industrial projects.

This fellowship trained, board certified expert earned his BA from Johns Hopkins and his MD from Drexel University School of Medicine. He completed both a residency and fellowship in Anesthesiology at Thomas Jefferson University. This expert is boarded in both anesthesiology as well as pain management. Formerly, this expert served as Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Drexel University and as the Chief of Anesthesiology at Northeastern Hospital. He remains engaged in his field as member of multiple societies, including The American Academy of Anesthesiology and The American Academy of Pain Management. Currently, this expert serves as a pain management physician in a successful private practice.

This Doctor of Health Policy and Administration is fellowship trained in Gerontology & Health Care Research. He has published over 190 peer-reviewed articles and has delivered over 200 presentations across the country. A recipient of the American College of Health Care Administrators Public Service Award as well as The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing Distinguished Scholar Award, this expert sits on the Editorial Board of 8 academic journals, including Health Care Management Review, the Journal of Aging and Social Policy, and the Journal of Applied Gerontology. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Health Policy & Management at a major university, and he also serves as the Director of the Doctoral Program in Health Services Research at the same institution.

This expert is the award-winning founder and President of a full-service human resources management company. With over 30 years of experience in personnel and human resources, she has been recognized by Pennsylvania as one of Pennsylvania's Best 50 Women in Business for her commitment to business growth, professional excellence and community. She is also recognized by the HR Certification Institute as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and The Society for Human Resource Managers as an SHRM-SCP. She currently is an active participant in several Chambers of Commerce in PA, including having served on the Board of the HR Professionals of Central PA as well as the Harrisburg Regional Chamber and CREDC.

This expert has been practicing in the risk management and insurance industry for over 30 years. Ranked first in her graduating Risk Management class and chosen nationally as a Risk and Insurance Management Society scholar, she has defended both insurers and brokers in many cases involving coverage disputes, lack of coverage and property loss. She is currently the President of her own risk management consulting firm, she regularly manages large Property and Casualty insurance programs for her multinational clients and has received awards such as Outstanding Educator from the Insurance Society of Philadelphia and various national sales awards from her work as a Senior Account Representative with the Hobbs Group.

This expert has over 25 years of experience in land surveying. He received a B.S. in Environmental Management from the University of Maryland. Most of his positions have consisted of leading survey field crews for various projects. His expertise includes boundary work, ALTA/ACSM surveys, topographic surveys, and platting. He currently serves as a Land Surveyor and Team Leader for a consulting firm that provides land surveying services.

This expert has over 10 years of professional experience in OSHA & MSHA advisory services, specifically as it relates to hazardous materials management, oil & gas rig safety, environmental engineering, and fire safety. He earned a Master of Occupational Safety & Health/Environmental Management from Columbia Southern University and a PhD in Safety Sciences from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is a Certified Safety Professional through Board of Certified Safety Professionals and teaches field safety protocols for the NCCER Core curriculum. This expert is currently a professor of safety management & environmental/fire protection engineering at a Texas based university and a principal consultant providing OSHA & MSHA advisory services.

This expert is a well-seasoned security industry expert with over 19 years as a senior level executive in regional and national private security companies. She has extensive education and experience in all facets of human resources within the industry, and is often consulted as a subject matter expert for training and various aspects of talent management. She is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) through ASIS International, and is actively involved in National Capitol Chapter as a former Board Member and current instructor for the CPP Preparation course. She is SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources) certified through the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) and has earned a Masters in Science in Human Resources (MSHR) with honors. In June of 2015, she earned her Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP) Certification through DHS, qualifying her to plan, consult and conduct large, full-scale emergency exercises. She was selected by Training Magazine in 2010 as one of their Top Young Trainers, an International honor.

This highly qualified expert is board certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine and has been practicing for 8+ years. She completed her internship training at Union Memorial Hospital and both her residency and fellowship training at the University of Virginia. She is a member of various professional societies, including the Maryland Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Her outstanding work as a practitioner has earned her a place in US News and World Report's list of top pain management specialists for 3 consecutive years. She lectures both nationally and internationally and is currently an assistant professor of anesthesiology at a major university in Maryland. She is also the current director of the pain medicine fellowship program and of the Pain Management Center at the same institution.

This expert joined National Spine & Pain Centers in 2011. He was born in New Jersey and grew up in North Carolina. He is a highly regarded interventional pain physician specializing in minimally invasive spine care. He has served on the physician faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He has published numerous articles in medical literature and continues to perform research in pain management. Among his impressive professional achievements, this expert is a member of the following professional organizations: International Spinal Intervention Society American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Harvard Medical School Teaching Faculty This expert enjoys providing pain management in an honest, kind, and compassionate manner and strives for technical excellence in all of his work. Easing the suffering from pain is his true calling as a physician.

This construction expert currently runs a private consulting business in Maryland. He has over 35 years of experience in engineering, construction, scheduling, and claims, with background in construction management, CPM scheduling, litigation support, and claims analysis. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering, specializing in Design and Engineering of Concrete and Steel Structures and Construction Management, from Drexel University. He also has an M.B.A. with specializations in Management Information Systems and Corporate Finance from Drexel. He is an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and has held memberships in the National Society of Professional Engineers and Project Management Institute.

This expert has 20+ years of experience in construction and contracting. He earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and then began his career with reputable constructing firm Whiting-Turner Contracting Company. The expert was a Project Manager for Whiting-Turner for 12 years. He founded his own contracting company in 2007 and his business currently provides residential and light commercial services in Maryland. The expert is a licensed Maryland Home Improvement Contractor and licensed with the Maryland Home Builder Registration. His firm is also certified in Renovation, Repair and Painting by the U.S. EPA. He is a member of the National Association of Home Builders, Maryland Building Industry Association, Associated Builders & Contractors and an allied member with American Institute of Architects. The expert also founded his own management consulting company and his business currently provides business consulting and construction expertise services.

This expert is an experienced service supervisor with a history working in the auto service industry. He completed his training as a communications specialist at the Maryland Army National Guard and is currently a Service Manager at an auto and repair shop.

This expert has over 32 years experience in Law Enforcement, Fire/EMS and Public Safety. He has a great deal of experience in Emergency Planning and Emergency Exercises in both University and traditional environments. He works as a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) with ASIS International and through hands on experience with access control systems, alarms and CCTV, which as given him a back ground in physical security and security technology. He is also a nationally recognized expert on emergency management and communication on college campuses. He has been published on topics such as physical security issues and alcohol related issues on university campuses. He has specialties as an expert in Emergency Exercises, Emergency Skills Training, Crime Risk Analysis, Law Enforcement Assessment, and Security Technology Assessment.

Educated as an engineer at Duke University with a Master's degree in Management from MIT, this expert has dedicated his career to real estate development, remodeling and home building since 1986. He has been an owner and manager of several small building and development entities in the Baltimore metropolitan region, constructing more than 500 single family and multi-family residences. A hands-on manager, he participates in key aspects of the building and development process: architectural design, contract negotiation, site supervision, estimating, subcontractor management, sales and customer relations, quality control and inspections, and warranty oversight.

This expert has over 30 years of experience in the hospitality and restaurant industry. His experience includes positions at convention hotels in Los Angeles and Washington D.C., as well as management with fortune 500 restaurant companies in major cities throughout the country. He specializes in restaurant and hotel openings and consulting, as well as restaurant operations including safety and management. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Hospitality Management at a mid-Atlantic/northeast regional college.

This expert has 40+ years of experience in drinking water supply, treatment and distribution systems. From 1994 to 2013, he served as the director of one of the largest drinking water utilities in Virginia, supplying water to 400,000 residents. A civil and environmental engineer by training, he has maintained a particular focus on water treatment facilities, water supply systems, water distribution technologies, and water utility operations over the course of his career. He has directed raw water source selection studies, water distribution system analyses, water quality studies, rate studies, corrosion control investigations, treatment plant rehabilitation projects, and construction supervision of water treatment plants, pipelines, and other water supply projects. He was named Chairman of an EPA council for drinking water, and has testified before Congress on three occasions on water quality and chemical security issues.

This expert has been an ever present force in the rehabilitation community since the beginning of his career in PM&R. He entered a four-year integrated program at the Medical College of Virginia in 1985 and became involved from the early in his career in education and research. After completion of his four-year residency program, he completed a one-year fellowship in brain injury medicine. He remained in academia for several years and was involved with numerous grant projects and clinical program development. He then moved on to private practice opportunities while maintaining a unique balance between entrepreneurship, clinical care and ongoing academic achievement. He has pursued several additional certifications given his interests in neurosexuality, impairment and disability evaluation and management, post-trauma pain, brain injury, as well as medicolegal aspects of neurotrauma. This expert holds numerous academic appointments currently serving as an Affiliate Professor in our department as well as a Clinical Professor at the Graduate School of Psychology, a college in NY and Visiting Associate Professor at a University in VA, Department PM&R. He teaches regularly at the aforementioned institutions and has given hundreds of lectures worldwide mainly focused on topics related to brain injury medicine and neurorehabilitation. He became involved early on in his medical career in grant supported research and has remained involved as a peer reviewer of scientific programs, grants and books. He remains, as an affiliate faculty member of our department, involved in federally funded research projects mainly focused on brain injury outcomes and disorders of consciousness. He is a sought after speaker due to the great depth of his knowledge and diversity of the topics he is willing and able to speak on and has an international reputation of excellence in his field practice. Since his training at Medical College of Virginia, he has exemplified what it is to be an educator and has trained many students, fellows and clinicians both hands-on�, as well as in the context of his writing and lecturing about topics involving neurorehabilitative and neuromedical issues in acquired brain injury, post-traumatic pain and neurosexuality. He has been quite prolific with his writing serving as an editor of numerous special issues in multiple journals, authoring or co-authoring well over 180 peer reviewed publications. He serves as a peer reviewer or ad hoc reviewer for close to 20 different publications. Additionally, he has served as co-chief editor of the international, peer reviewed neurorehabilitation journal since 1991 and also as co-chief editor of the official scientific journal of the International Brain Injury Association since 2002. His commitment to education and dissemination is also evident in the many chapters (over 60) and books (8 either as chief editor, coeditor or associate editor) he has been responsible for. He is a member of numerous scientific, honorary and professional societies dealing with his work as a physician focusing on impairment and disability evaluation and treatment, and more specifically, brain injury medicine. These organizations are both scientific and advocacy related. He has held numerous medical directorships over the years and currently serves as the CEO and Medical Director of two successful brain injury related healthcare practices which he started. He has received multiple awards including most notably the first Young Investigator Award given out by the National Head Injury Foundation (now Brain Injury Association of America). He received the Clinical Service Award at the annual Williamsburg conference, the Weinstock award from the Virginia Brain Injury Association and the Shelton Berrol M.D. clinical service award for outstanding contributions to improving clinical services in brain injury from the Brain Injury Association of America. He has regularly been ranked as a top doctor by Best Doctors�. He is also involved with international health care consultation and frequently is asked to serve as a medical expert on brain injury cases. He has also served on innumerable committees over the years starting early in his career as a PM&R resident for organizations such as the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, the National Head Injury Foundation (subsequently the Brain Injury Association of America), the Brain Injury Association of Virginia, the International Brain injury Association, and the American Society of Neurorehabilitation, among other organizations. He along with a colleague were responsible for encouraging the National Head Injury Foundation to change its name to the Brain Injury Association of America and was also instrumental in the merger of the International Association for the Study of Traumatic Brain Injury with the International Brain Injury Association. He served nearly a decade as chairperson of the International Brain Injury Association bringing it from the verge of extinction to a thriving international organization. He also has a historical record of pro bono service to numerous agencies and has served on numerous advisory boards, scientific and otherwise. He has contributed substantively to his field in so many different ways over his 30 year career relative to disability advocacy, lay and professional education (nationally and internationally), support for survivors of ABI and their families, as well as research and dissemination. He is a true example of a clinician who has shown a career long dedication to advancing the field on so many different levels and has become an international leader in the subspecialty area of brain injury medicine and neurorehabilitation.