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View our Expert Witness DirectoryThis highly-qualified expert has over 40 years of experience in the automotive industry, with expertise in automotive Lemon Law and warranty breach of contract. He holds several certifications, including as a certified service writer, a certified master technician auto and HD truck, and a certified appraiser. He is active in his field as a member of the International Automotive Appraisers Association and the Auto Mediators Association. He formerly served as the mechanical transmission director for the Automotive Service Association and owned/operated Stan's Garage. Currently, this expert is the owner and president of an automotive appraisal company in Florida.
Owner & President, An Automotive Appraisal Company in FL
Cape Coral |
Florida
With over 30 years of automotive engineering experience, this expert has dedicated his career to the field of accident reconstruction. Holding Masters and Doctoral degrees in automotive mechanical engineering and highway safety, he is a recognized expert whose clients have included U.S., State and Foreign Governments. He has extensive court experience, having been deposed and testified in approximately 200 trials, while he has acted as an automotive engineering consultant in more than 3,000 vehicle crash cases.
President, An accident reconstruction firm in MD
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Moscow Polytechnic Institute
Potomac |
Maryland
This expert has over 32 years as an Accident Reconstructionist and Forensic Engineer, and is ACTAR Accredited. He is a certified Crash Data Retrieval (CDR) technician, operator and data analyst. He is a former Chair of the Engineering Sciences section and Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and a member of 5 additional forensic groups including CAARS, NAPARS, SAE, SATAI and SOAR. He has 100 publications and presentations in the field of forensic automotive engineering and is currently the owner of an Accident Reconstruction firm.
Mechanical Engineer, A Private Consulting Group in CA
Master of Science (MS), University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara |
California
This expert has 25-plus years of Automotive Safety Research and Development, Accident Reconstruction, Concept Vehicle Design and Manufacture as a Scientist Engineer, Project Manager, Senior Project Engineer, Systems Engineer, (Design, Development, Manufacturing and Test Engineer). Qualified as a Motor Vehicle Accident Reconstruction and Bio-Mechanical Engineering Expert in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Ventura, Kern, Alameda and San Bernardino Counties, Alaska, Iowa, Tennessee, Florida, Ohio, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Massachusetts and Texas. He has thirty-five years of Motor Vehicle Accident Reconstruction, Automobile and Motorcycle Product Defect, Forensic and Occupant Biomechanical Injury Analysis, Automotive Safety, Vehicle Design, Development, Manufacturing, Test Engineering and Patent Infringement analysis. This expert has extensive experience and knowledge of product defects in the following areas: Automobile, Truck, Motorcycle, Jet Ski, ATV, Snow Mobile, Golf Cart, Big Rig Truck cases: Involving airbags, seatbelts, seats, fuel system fires, transmission part-to-reverse, unintended acceleration, brakes, tires, axle failures, roof crush, side impact, roll propensity, vehicle handling dynamics, suspension and chassis, design and manufacturing defects.
CEO, Major Accident Reconstruction Firm
Graduate Studies, University of Michigan
Laguna Niguel |
California
This expert has been working in the retail automotive industry for over 40 years. He has been a contributing monthly columnist to an automotive dealer publication for nearly 20 years, while he is the co-author and co-presenter of an automotive management course. He has extensive hands-on experience in dealership sales, development, operations, and management, and he has been an invited speaker before the Brazil Auto Dealer Association, the South Africa Auto Dealer Association, the JD Power Super Roundtable, and multiple National Automobile Dealers Association meetings and events. A former General Manager at Superior Automotive Group, this expert managed a staff of 300 employees; he had complete management responsibilities of Superior Buick-Cadillac retail operations as well as management oversight of Nissan, Hyundai, Ford, Lexus, 2 used vehicle operations, and a collision center. Currently, this expert is the President and Principal of his own retail automotive industry consulting firm, providing professional management expertise and analytical services.
President and Principal, Retail Automotive Industry Consulting Firm
Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Tennessee
Eagle Rock |
Missouri
This expert is a registered professional engineer and certified journeyman electrician, belonging to such societies as the Association of Electrical Inspectors and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He has served as an electrician and electrical engineer on various projects over his 35+ year career, and is currently the president of a Forensic engineering consulting firm including Electrical, Mechanical, and Structural Engineers.
President, An electrical engineering consultancy in AZ
Bachelor of Science (BS), Arizona State University
Mesa |
Arizona
This highly qualified expert is the founder and principal of a consultancy for technology and intellectual property investigation in electrical machines, electromagnetic devices, and their applications, particularly in the automotive, aerospace and transportation fields. He holds 49 US patents with 4 more applied for, and authored or co-authored twenty-two papers in referred journals. He is the recipient of ten Best Paper Awards, seven from the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), and three from the Society of Automotive Engineers. This expert is also past President of the IEEE Industry Applications Society. This expert received a first degree in France from Ecole Suprieure d'Electricit and a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He then joined General Motors Research Laboratories, and, later on, Delphi Research Labs, when Delphi Corporation was spun off from General Motors. At both organizations he conducted research in automotive electro-mechanical systems. This expert has also served a Delphi's Advanced Powertrain Engineering organization as a group manager.
Owner and President, An Engineering Firm in WI
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Missouri University of Science and Technology
Fitchburg |
Wisconsin
This expert has over 35 years of forensic engineering experience, and he has investigated and worked up more than 100 cases in each area of slip/trip/miss and fall, accident reconstruction and crash analyses, and product failure. He has published papers in the Journal of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE). He has long been active in professional societies and is a past chairman of several. He has been listed in Who's Who in Engineering and Science. He has given expert witness testimony in Federal Courts, State Courts, Local Courts, Arbitration Hearings, and in depositions.
Forensic Engineer, Own firm in continuous practice
Master of Science (MS), University of Minnesota
Brainerd |
Minnesota
This expert is a nationally renown expert in automotive engineering and currently is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at a top ten automotive design and engineering school, where he also holds the position of Director of Center for Vehicle Systems and Safety and the Railway Technologies Laboratory. This expert is the founding director of the Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Research and the Advanced Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory. He has authored more than 200 technical publications, and has made more than one hundred technical presentations in topics related to advanced technologies for ground vehicles. He holds seven U.S. and international patents, and has edited three technical volumes. He is currently Associate Editor of AIAA Journal and the journal of Shock Vibration, and has served as Associate Editor for ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics. This expert is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a member of the Society for Automotive Engineers. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at State University of New York at Buffalo.
Director of Center for Vehicle Systems and Safety and Director of Railway Technologies Laboratory, Top Ranking Automotive University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), State University of New York at Buffalo
Virginia
This expert has 30+ years in the automobile rental industry and most recently held leadership positions in such renowned organizations as Hertz Rent-a-Car. Having working in numerous environments involving foreign jurisdictions and nationals, he is comfortable navigating the regulations and industry best practices relevant to automobile rental services.
Independent Consultant, A private consulting firm in Texas
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Florida State University
Southlake |
Texas
This highly qualified expert specializes in accident reconstruction. Receiving his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Florida, he has completed several training courses and certifications in safety and accident consultation. He is is a licensed professional engineer and is recognized by the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR) and is a Walkway Auditor Certificate Holder (WACH). This expert has had extensive training regarding this field and was responsible for reconstructing hundreds of accidents. Some of the projects he has worked on include commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles, pedestrians and motorcycles. He has worked as an Engineer for Quest Engineering and Failure Analysis as well as an accident reconstructionist. Currently, he is the senior consultant for an engineering and accident consulting firm in Florida.
Principal Engineer, A Forensic Engineering Firm in FL
Master of Science (MS), Purdue University
Tallahassee |
Florida
This expert is a multi-disciplined inventor with dozens of patents and applications, and a seasoned business creator with 23 years of experience in various areas of Automotive Electronics, Consumer Electronics, and Electronic Product Design. In 1991, he established a design, manufacturing and distribution facility for his dozens of inventions. He is currently a consultant working primarily in the litigation context of electronics.
Consultant, A private business and product manufacturing consultancy in CA
Bachelor of Science (BS), Northeastern University
Malibu |
California
This engineering expert has over 30 years of experience in the field. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering and his Master of Engineering Science in Ireland before coming to the United States while working for Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, where he designed electronic hardware and system software for air braked truck / trailer ABS and traction control systems. He then worked on ABS and traction control for passenger cars and subsequently started the Electronics Division at Wabash National which he led from 1998 to 2003. From 2004 until 2007, the expert worked for Dana Commercial Vehicle Systems, where he spent a year leading the development of automatic tire inflation products for commercial and military applications. Before starting his own consultancy he led the development of Traction Control, ABS and related technology for Caterpillar Inc. from 2007 to 2015. This included positioning Caterpillar as the industry leader in differential clutch based drive torque distribution and traction control for off highway vehicles. He has been granted 23 patents and is a Member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Founder and Owner, An engineering systems company in CA
Master of Science (MS), University College Cork
Alameda |
Illinois
This seasoned expert specializes in auto finance and lease regulatory compliance, with over 30 years of experience in the consumer vehicle leasing and financing areas. He regularly consults as an expert witness on auto leasing and finance-related matters, including dealer finance practices, insurance sale practices, and Regulation Z & M issues. In addition, he has consulted for the Federal Reserve Board and National Credit Union Administration on leasing and lending regulatory issues. The expert is the Managing Director of a trade association for major retail automobile lessors, and he also runs a private consulting business. He has been cited in numerous publications and occasionally appears on television as a representative of the industry. The expert earned his B.S. from Yale University and has a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.
President and General Counsel, An auto finance consultancy in TN
Juris Doctor (JD), University of California, Berkeley
Nashville |
Tennessee
This expert is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at a TX university and a transportation research faculty. She joined the department in 2011 after post-doctoral fellowships at Oak Ridge and Pacific Northwest National Laboratories. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and completed her dissertation research in residence in the Fuels, Engines & Emissions Research Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She teaches undergraduate courses in thermodynamics, heat transfer, thermal fluids analysis, engineering ethics, and senior capstone design. She teaches graduate courses in thermodynamics, heat transfer and combustion science. Her research interests are in the area of sustainable energy & environment. Specifically, she studies automotive emissions aftertreatment and remediation of heavy hydrocarbon contamination in soils by applying a suite of chemical and physical characterization techniques.
Assistant Professor, A TX University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bryan |
Texas
This expert is a world class automotive mechanic specializing in exotic and luxury cars such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati and Aston Martin. He has extensive knowledge and prior experience restoring and racing numerous classics over the past 25 years.
Independent Auto Mechanic, null
Des Moines |
Washington
This qualified expert of Trucking Inspection obtained his Technical Diploma in Auto Diesel Technology from the Nashville Auto Diesel College and currently pursuing a BA in Business at Ashworth College. He is Certified in CDL A Truck Driving, DOT Inspection, ASE (Auto Service Excellence) in A/C repair, TWIC (International Transportation) and is currently an Assistant Service Manager for a Trucking Company.
Assistant Service Manager, A Trucking Company
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Ashworth College
Juneau |
Wisconsin
This expert is a Licensed Private Investigator, and he has participated in SIU investigations of fraudulent injury and auto theft claims as well as auto repair fraud. He has many years of field and courtroom experience. In addition, he has been authorized by the California Bar Association to provide continuing Legal Education in the fields of Collision Reconstruction and the Bio-mechanics of Injury. He has served on the Expert Panel for Los Angeles County Superior Court, criminal prosecution and defense. He was formerly a Senior Associate Staff Instructor for the Federal Transit Administration, United States Department of Transportation, and Transportation Safety Institute for approximately ten years. He has also had technical training in low-speed collisions, pedestrian and bicycle accidents.
Supervising Collision Cause Analyst, An accident investigation firm in CA
Oxnard |
California
This qualified expert of Industrial Technology obtained his BS and MA in Industrial Technology at Kent State University and his PhD in Industrial Technology at the Ohio State University. He is certified in Life Credential in Driver & Traffic Safety Education and is a Licensed Private Investigator. He is a member of the American Board of Forensic Examiners and the American Society of Certified Auto Appraisers. He is currently a Forensics and Product Consultant for a Private Consulting Firm.
Forensics and Product Consultant, Private Consulting Firm
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), The Ohio State University
La Quinta |
California
This qualified expert has over fifty years of experience in all aspects of the automotive industry. He received his AS in Business and Accounting from Mesa Community College and has completed further training in: the Ford Motor Company Night Course at Phoenix Union Technology, Automobile/ Automotive Mechanics Technology from Lincoln Technical Institute, Computer Vehicles and Fuel Injection from Rangs Training Center, Vision Training and AMI Management from the Automotive Service Association, and Transmissions from the Automatic Transmission Builders and Automatic Transmission Service Group. He is an ASE Certified Master Technician with L1 Advance Engine Performance, and has published an article in Transmission Digest about diagnosing shifting issues. Formerly, he was an owner technician at Auto Masters, the Lead Technician at Ark Automotive, and a diagnostician at Certified Transmission Independence. Currently, he is an instructor at a large automotive training company.
Diagnostician, A transmission company in MO
Associate of Science (AS), Mesa Community College
Gallatin |
Missouri
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FAQs for Automotive Expert Witnesses
What is the role of an automotive expert witness in a legal case?
An automotive expert witness provides specialized knowledge in vehicle mechanics, safety standards, and industry regulations. They can offer critical insights and testimony in cases involving car accidents, product liability, or mechanical failures.
What types of cases does an automotive expert witness typically handle?
Automotive expert witnesses often handle cases related to vehicle accidents, defective parts, faulty repairs, patent disputes, and compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
How can an automotive expert witness assist in a product liability case?
In a product liability case, an automotive expert can analyze the design, manufacturing process, and potential defects of a vehicle component to determine if it contributed to an accident or injury.
Are there subspecialties within the field of automotive expertise?
Yes, there are many subspecialties including but not limited to crash reconstruction, vehicle engineering, auto repair fraud, tire failure analysis, and automotive electronics.
Why might I need an automotive electronics specialist as my expert witness?
An automotive electronics specialist can provide crucial evidence in cases involving electronic system failures that may have led to accidents or malfunctions. They understand complex systems like GPS, infotainment systems, and advanced driver-assistance systems.
How does Expert Institute select its Automotive expert witnesses?
Expert Institute offers a personalized approach to help you find the highest quality experts. We source actively-practicing professionals who match all your requirements for specialty areas, work experience, litigation history, fee range, certifications, location, and more.