Expert Witness (Abridged)
Expert Witness Testimony
1) Shell Offshore Inc. vs. Tesla Offshore, LLC, et al. Frilot, LLP, New Orleans, LA (2015-2016)
a. Expert Witness – Deepwater sonar surveys and survey navigation
2) MV Athos I vs Citgo Asphalt Refining – U.S. District Court (2008 and 2015)
a. Expert Witness - Tides, Hydrographic Surveys, Sonar Surveys, and Echosounder Data
3) State of N.Y. vs. Allen S. Gold - Suffolk County, New York. Expert
a. Witness - Underwater Search OPS, Set and Drift
Expert Technical Analysis/Field Investigations (Abridged)
1) MV Maersk Surabaya – Facility Damage from Prop Wash, Multibeam Echosounder Data Analysis for Independent Maritime Consultants. (2023-24).
a. Analyzed existing hydrographic data
b. Specify and supervise high-resolution MBES Survey.
c. Analyze MBES Data
d. Analyze Side Scan Sonar Data
e. Prepare Expert Witness Documents
2) MV Vindonissa – Potential Grounding Hydrographic Analysis for Watson and Farley, London UK. (2021).
a. Analyzed existing hydrographic data
b. Superimposed ship track over survey data.
c. Water Level/Tide Analysis
3) MV Orient Rise – Anchor Loss Survey and Risk Assessment for Independent Maritime Consulting, Southport, CT. (2019).
a. Analyzed existing sonar and hydrographic data
b. Specify additional survey requirements and supervise data collection
c. Analyzed follow-up survey data.
d. Reported results of the second survey data analysis
4) MV Stena Primorsk - Grounding in Hudson River for Independent Maritime Consulting, Southport, CT, and Northern Marine Management, U.K. (2013).
a. Field Supervision of Hydrographic/Sonar Surveys
b. Analysis and Reporting of Collected Data
5) MV Harrier - Grounding for Independent Maritime Consulting, South Port, CT
a. Analysis of USACE Survey Data (2011-2013)
b. Analysis of Ship's Navigation Data
6) Optical Communications Group vs M/V Ambassador – Cable Extraction for Rubin Fiorella and Friedman New York, NY
a. Analysis of sonar/ship data and interview commercial divers regarding cable extraction. (2010/2011)
7) MV Athos I vs Citgo Asphalt Refining Grounding for Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhodes, Philadelphia, PA
a. Analysis of tide, single beam hydrographic survey, multibeam survey, ship's echosounder data, and side scan sonar data. (2005-2015)
8) M/V Jo Kashi – Dock Damage, Struck Westway Terminal Philadelphia for Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhodes, Philadelphia, PA
a. Analysis of USACE Survey data (2007)
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9) M/V Spar Cetus – Grounding Delaware River for Independent Maritime Consulting, South Port, CT
a. Analysis of environmental and current data (2008)