Insurance Broker Expert Witnesses in Louisiana

This logistics professional currently works for a freight services company in Arkansas. He entered the industry in 2003 and has spent 12 years dealing with customers, carriers, and insurance companies. The expert is a Certified Transportation Broker by the Transportation Intermediaries Association. He is also on the Board of Directors of the Transportation & Logistics Council.

This qualified expert has years of experience in structural engineering. He received his BS in civil engineering from the University of Kansas before earning his MEng in structural engineering from Texas A&M University. He is a certified professional engineer in 5 states and holds several other structural engineering certifications. He is active in his field as a member of the Structural Engineering Association of Texas and the Building Envelope Enclosure Council. His former positions include project manager for CPH Structural Engineering and adjunct professor at the University of Houston. Currently, this expert is an adjunct professor in construction science at a well-known university in Texas, as well as the manager and principal of a structural engineering firm in Texas.

This expert has over 45 years of experience in risk management and insurance. He is a licensed risk manager by the Texas Department of Insurance and is active in his field as a member of several professional organizations including the American Association of Insurance Management Consultants and the Professional Risk Managers International Association. He previously served as an insurance officer for Anco Insurance, a partner at Houstoun Stevenson & Cummings, and the director of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas. He is now the founder of an insurance and risk management firm in Texas.

This highly-qualified expert has extensive experience in site and building construction, high rise condos, AIA disputes, and insurance claims. He earned his BLA in landscape architecture from Mississippi State University, is a registered landscape architect and building contractor, and is a licensed realtor and general contractor builder. This expert is active in his field as a member of the Associated Builders and Contractors and American Society of Landscape Architects. He formerly served as the principal for Allen Corporation, J.W. Hartlein Construction Co., and Inverness Construction Company. He also formerly served as the lead developer of master planning and construction for Royal American Development. Currently, this expert is the owner of a real estate development and consulting firm in Mississippi.

This highly-qualified general and operation manager has 30 years of experience. He earned his AAS in business management from Champlain College and is certified in health, safety, and environmental training for landfill operations. He is also a certified machinery and equipment appraiser and certified equipment broker. Formerly, he held positions as the Texas landfill operations manager and assistant district manager at Browning-Ferris Industries, the general manager of Kelco Disposal, the operations vice president at US Liquids, and also the general manager of Sean Kelley Management, Southwaste Services, Inc., and CCS Midstream Services. Most recently, he was the Gulf Coast regional manager at Master Pumps & Power. He is currently the president of a machinery and equipment appraisals company based in Texas.

This expert has 15 years of surety bond underwriting experience for both contract and commercial bonds. He earned his BS in business from the University of North Texas and is a licensed insurance agent and an associate in fidelity and surety bonds. He previously served as a member of the surety industry task force for the City of San Antonio and as a program provider for the bonding technical assistance program apart of the Texas Department of Transportation. He is currently a bonding technical assistance provider for a state department of transportation and the owner of a surety insurance agency in Texas.

This expert has several years of property management experience, which includes 4 years of apartment management. For over 11 years he has also performed property safety inspections for major insurance companies. As a professional property manager, he holds the Master Property Manager designation from the National Association of Residential Property Managers. He conducted workshops for their property managers both locally and nationally, and is the author of several Property management classes approved in Texas for continuing education, and the Texas Real Estate Commission has certified the expert as an instructor of property management classes. In addition to authored classes, he has had over 25 property management articles published.

This expert has over 40 years of claims experience, both as an adjuster and then as an in-house attorney advising adjusters on the proper standard of care in claims handling. He has represented numerous bad faith plaintiffs, and he also established the errors & omissions adjusting practices and auditing procedures for a major insurance company. The expert spent over 6 years as AIG's Western Zone Claims Council and 14 years as Executive Managing Attorney for USAA. He is now retired and acts as an insurance bad faith advisor.