West Coast Expert Witnesses

This expert has over 35 years of experience in the banking, finance, investment, and brokerage business. He earned his BA in philosophy, economics, and accounting from Pomona College and is licensed as both a California Real Estate Broker and California Finance Lender and Broker. He is a member of the National Association of Realtors and the California Association of Realtors. He formerly served as a commercial loan officer at Bank of America, as the chief financial officer of Engineered Equipment Company, and as the senior vice president of Mellon Bank and Regents Bank. This expert is currently the president and CEO of a commercial real estate lending company in California.

This qualified expert specializes in medical, cosmetic, and surgical dermatology, and is extremely proficient in dermatopathology. He received his BA in molecular and cell biology from University of California Berkeley before earning his MD from Johns Hopkins University. He subsequently completed an internship in internal medicine at Sinai Hospital-Johns Hopkins Hospital and a dermatology residency through Harvard University's Combined Dermatology Residency Program. This expert is board certified in dermatology and is active in his field as a member of several organizations, including the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Society for Dermatological Surgery. He is also active in his field as a researcher and as an author of multiple peer-reviewed journal articles. Formerly, he served as an emergency department scribe at St. Joseph's Hospital, the co-founder of Project 381, and a clinical instructor of dermatology at UCLA Medical Center. Currently, this expert is a dermatologist at a private practice in California.

This highly-qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in electrical and electronics engineering, rail transit systems design, construction, project management, light rail vehicle, and field wayside maintenance areas. He earned his BS in electrical and electronics engineering from California State University at Sacramento and his MBA in strategic leadership from Amberton University. He is licensed as a registered professional engineer in California. He formerly served as a technologist for Bechtel Power Corporation, a stop and zones technician and acting administrator for Orange County Transportation Authority, a project engineer for DCM Industries and Balfour Beatty Rail Systems. He also served as the associate systems design engineer for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, working with the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) team on the Silicon Valley Rapid Transit (SVRT) BART Extension Project. Currently, this expert is a senior systems engineer of rail operations for a local transportation authority in California.

This qualified expert earned his BS in business economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has extensive experience in the field of retail planning, merchandising, and operations, with expertise in both brick and mortar and online retail and full price and off price products, as well as in-depth knowledge of all financial operations inside retailers as well as with external partners. He formerly served as the vice president and merchandise manager of men's furnishings and suits at Robinsons-May, the vice president of planning for the men's and children's departments at Macy's, and the director of business development and the vice president of operations of Wireless Advocates. Most recently, he worked for Nordstrom as the vice president of planning for men's and kids apparel, the Rack division, and the shoe department. Currently, this expert is the principal for a retail consulting firm based in Washington state.

This expert earned his BS in health and exercise science and his MS in toxicology from Colorado State University and his MS in health services administration with a concentration in biopharmaceutical regulatory compliance and his PharmD from the University of Wyoming. He is active in his field as a member of the National Community Pharmacists Association and the American Pharmacist Association. He formerly served as a pharmacy intern and the flu clinic supervisor for the student health pharmacy at the University of Wyoming. Currently, this expert is a medical content writer for a medical consulting firm.

This interventional and diagnostic radiology expert earned both his BS in biomedical engineering and his MD from the University of Wisconsin. He completed his internship in internal medicine at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, and both his residency in diagnostic radiology and his fellowship in vascular and interventional cardiology at Duke University. He is board certified in diagnostic radiology with a subspecialty certification in vascular and interventional radiology. He is active in his field as a member of the Society of Interventional Radiology and the Radiological Society of North America. This expert was formerly the chief of interventional radiology at Aurora Sinai Medical Center and is currently the chief of interventional radiology at a hospital in Colorado.

This qualified expert has extensive experience in construction management, specializing in schedule disputes including, extension of time, disruption and loss of productivity, and acceleration claims. She studied construction management at New York University and is certified as a project management professional, a scheduling professional, and a scheduling trainer. She is active in her field as a member of the National Association of Women in Construction and the Project Management Institute. She formerly served as the vice president of construction for Harris Associates, a construction manager for M.A. Mortenson Company, a project controls manager for commercial construction for MWH Global, and both a product manager and a scheduling manager for Katerra. Currently, this expert serves as a construction software SME for a construction technology company.

This highly-qualified dentist has 25 years of clinical experience in his field. He earned his BS from the University of California Berkeley before earning his MBA from the University of Phoenix and his DDS from the University of the Pacific. He is active in his field as a member of the American Dental Association and Sacramento District Dental Society. Formerly, he served as a US Army brigade dental surgeon, the managing dentist of Gentle Dental Inc., and a dental hygiene clinical floor instructor at Carrington College. He is currently the owner of a dental private practice in northern California as well as a subject matter expert for a dental board and a dental advisor for a public health department in northern California.

This qualified expert has nearly 10 years of experience in internal medicine. She received her BA in rhetoric and molecular/cell biology from UC Berkeley and earned her MD from the University of Chicago. She completed two residencies and two fellowships: an internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, a diagnostic radiology residency at Oregon Health and Science University, a pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship at Vanderbilt University, and a cardiothoracic radiology fellowship at Oregon Health and Science University. This expert is currently board-certified in internal medicine with a subspecialty in pulmonary disease. She is active in her field as a member of several societies, including the American College of Radiology and the American Roentgen Ray Society. She is also involved in research, having authored numerous publications. Her former positions include critical care nocturnist for Skyline Medical Center and medical director of inpatient respiratory therapy at Kaiser Permanente's Westside Medical Center. Current, this expert serves as an assistant professor of cardiothoracic imaging at a medical school in Oregon.

This highly-qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in apparel development and sourcing, with an expertise in fabric and garment development and sourcing with a focus on sustainable materials. She earned her BS in economics from Monash University in Australia and completed training in retail business management at Caulfield Institute of Technology, also located in Australia. In Australia, this expert served as the regional director of Country Road and the director of retail, sourcing, and R&D at Table Eight. She then relocated to the United States, where she began working for Banana Republic, first as a senior manager of production and then as the director or production. She then went on to serve as the director of quality management for Gap, the senior director of fabric development, sourcing strategy, and quality for Old Navy, and the senior director of sourcing for Old Navy. Currently, this expert is a global sourcing consultant for an apparel sourcing consultancy based in California.

This expert has over 10 years of experience in risk management and regulatory compliance in the financial services industry, with a focus on identifying compliance issues and implementing solutions to mitigate risk. In his work with the CFPB, he identified millions of dollars in remediation for consumers. Formerly, he worked in consumer protection roles with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the California Department of Financial Institutions, as well as in compliance and risk management roles at San Diego County Credit Union and Union Bank. Currently, he is a compliance advisor with a national financial services group and is based in California.

This highly-qualified expert has twenty years of experience specializing in law enforcement investigations with particular expertise in sexual assault, threat assessment, and management. She is certified in forensic sciences, as a defensive tactic and use of force instructor, and as a threat assessment professional. This expert is active in her field with memberships to the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, Alliance for Hope, California Homicide Investigators Association, and California Sexual Assault Investigators Association. She has given multiple presentations in her field, has received multiple awards, and has trained thousands of individuals throughout the country in domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, etc. Formerly, she served as an investigator for multiple entities and most recently served as a master investigator for the Violence Against Women's Act and the Ben Clark Training Center at Riverside County Sheriff. Currently, she serves as CEO of a sexual assault and domestic violence consultancy, the CEO of a trauma and survivor nonprofit, and as an investigator of persons crimes for a county sheriff, all located in California.