Arborist Expert Witnesses

This expert is an endowed professor of Weed Science at a very prominent university in California. He is the author of 2 patents, 5 books, and over 100 scholarly publications in field of Weed Science and Agronomy. He earned his doctoral degree from Kansas State University and later served as an agronomist and weed specialist at Washington State University, as well as a lecturer in Urban Horticulture at the University of Washington. He is an active member of the United States Council for Agriculture Science and Technology, the Weed Science Society of America, and the International Society of Plant Protection.

This supremely qualified plant physiologist earned his BS in Botany from DePauw University, his MS in Plant Ecology from the University of Colorado, and his doctoral degree from the University of Illinois. He is an active member of the Weed Science Society of America and lead a twenty plus year career at American Cyanamid, where he attained the position of Director of Herbicide Discovery. Additionally, he served as a Plant Physiologist for more than a decade with the USDA. Currently, he practices as a consultant for parties interested in botany, herbicide, and plant physiology.

This qualified expert received his BS in Business Administration, Finance, and Real Estate and his BSF in Forest Management from the University of Florida at Gainesville. He is a certified Forester, Tree Farm Inspector, and Master Logger. He is an active member in multiple organizations, including the Florida Forestry Association and the Society of American Foresters. Formerly, he was a soil technician, range technician, procurement forester, and land manager. Currently, he is a real estate broker at a firm in Gainesville, a timberland subject matter expert, a land management specialist, a certified forester and a timber purchaser in Florida.

This highly qualified expert has over 35 years of experience in arboriculture. He is a Board Certified Master Arborist, Registered Consulting Arborist, TRAQ Qualified Tree Risk Assessor, and Vermont Certified Horticulturist. He has extensive experience as an Arborist for commpanies such as Bartlett Tree Expert Co. and Custom Grounds of Vermont, LLC. This expert is currently a Campus Arborist at a university in New Hampshire.

This highly qualified expert has over 10 years of professional experience in forestry and environmental planning. He earned his BS in forestry from the University of Wisconsin and his MA in urban planning and policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. This expert is a certified consulting arborist under the American Society of Consulting Arborists and is a board certified master arborist by the International Society of Arboriculture. He is a member of various professional societies and organizations, including the U.S. Green Building Council. Formerly, this expert has served as an arborist representative at F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company, a program specialist at Illinois Green Economy Network, and as a consulting arborist at SavATree Consulting Group. Currently, this expert serves as a GIS specialist at a private telecommunications company and as a consulting arborist and the president of an IL urban tree planning consultancy.

This expert arborist has over 30 years of experience in the field and earned his BA in horticulture from Washington State University. Since, this expert has dedicated his career to arboriculture and is now a certified master arborist, a certified arborist municipal specialist and remains active in his field as a member of the American Society of Consulting Arborists. Having spent 20 years as the owner of his own tree service, Maple's Tree Specialists, he gained extensive knowledge in tree and plant valuations, arborist report and risk assessments and diagnosis of tree and landscape problems. This expert has additional experience as the field operations manager for the Combined Cutting Contractors, Inc., where he led all tree and plant appraisals. Currently, he serves as the director of operations for an arboriculture consulting firm in WA.

This expert is a well qualified health physicist. While at the University of Arkansas he completed a BS in chemistry and a BS in biology, he then went to the University of Texas where he completed a PhD in biochemistry. He is active in the field as a member of the American Physics Society and the American Chemical Society. He previously was a laboratory technician for Tyson Food, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Central Arkansas, and an instructor at Pulaski Technical College. For 15 years he has served as a health physicist in the radiation control section for a state health service in Arkansas.

This expert has over 45 years of experience in the field of alcohol research, alcohol industry standards, and drinking behavior. He earned his BA in anthropology and forestry from the University of Montana before earning both his MA and PhD in cultural anthropology from SUNY Buffalo. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in biomedical research at the University of North Carolina Medical School and is a member of the New York State Council on Problem Gambling. This expert is active in research in his field, having authored several peer-reviewed scientific articles and two books, as well as served internationally as a lecturer on alcohol-related topics. He previously served as the director of alcohol & drug abuse programming at the University of Minnesota, as the founder & associate director of the Center for Addiction Studies, and as the director of alcohol & drug prevention at SUNY System Administration. This expert is currently an independent drinking, gambling, and smoking consultant in New York.

This highly-qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in the field of agriculture, specializing in weed science, precision agriculture, and pest management in horticultural crops. He earned his BS in biology and his MS in plant sciences from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia before earning his PhD in plant sciences from the University of Manitoba. He is active in his field as a member of several professional organizations, including the International Society of Precision Agriculture and the International Weed Science Society, and as a highly-published scientific researcher. He formerly served as a research horticulturalist for the USDA-ARS and as an associate professor at Nova Scotia Agriculture College. Currently, this expert works at a university in Florida, where he serves as an associate professor and the associate center director of a plant science research center.

This expert has over years of experience in prescribed fire, controlled burns, wildfire, and smoke impacts to people, vegetation, and infrastructure. He earned his BS in plant science at Cameron University and his MS in range science at Texas Tech University. This expert is active in his field as a member of the Oklahoma Volunteer Fire Department, the Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils, and the Alliance of Prescribed Burn Associations. He is also highly-published in his field, having written one book on prescribed fire, authored or co-authored 36 extension fact sheets, and 42 peer-reviewed research articles. He began his career as a research assistant at Texas Tech University before going on to serve as a research station superintendent and a research associate at Oklahoma State University. Currently, this expert serves as a research extension specialist in prescribed fire at a university in Oklahoma.

This registered forester and forestry consultant has received specialty training in his field. He is also a member of such prestigious professional societies as the Association of Consulting Foresters and the Society of American Foresters, making him qualified to perform this review. Have worked in corporate forestry for many years before working with private landowners. Have assisted Attorneys in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia.

This expert is currently a wood scientist and has been working in the wood industry for almost 20 years. He earned a BS in Construction Management & Wood Products Engineering from SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry and a Masters Degree in Forest Products from Oregon State University. This expert focuses primarily in investigations of problems associated with wood and wood-based products, evaluations of wood products used in construction, and management of testing laboratories.