Litigation Support Expert for environmental, safety, health, fire, explosion, and variance and loss litigation. Clients have included plaintiff and defendant (e.g., U.S. Department of Justice, tank storage companies,insurance companies, utilities, oil and chemical companies, injured parties, etc). At FBI & DOE referral, he is also in a special term position to the Nations Infrastructure Protection Program administered by Argonne National Lab, DOD, and Homeland Security advising on military & industry facility protection and security. In this capacity, he wrote model vulnerability assessments for 1,500 marine and pipeline terminals for distribution to law enforcement agencies nationwide.

Expertise includes knowledge of standard operating practices, property site assessments, incident investigations, and damage award estimation. Knowledgeable of all state and federal regulations (CWA, NPDES, SPCC, OPA, CERCLA, SDWA, CAA, USCG, RCRA, EPCRA/SARA, FRA, DOT/RSPA, and OSHA) affecting aboveground tank farms. Case history available upon request.

Past President of Think Tank Resources, Inc. ; Past Technical Director of the Independent Liquid Terminals Association (ILTA); Past Manager of Environmental Affairs for GATX Terminals Corporation; Past Bechtel Environmental Engineer.

Registered Environmental Assessor (REA); California #00036.

Graduate of M.I.T. (Cambridge, MA), Southern Cal (U.S.C./L.A.), and Purdue U. (W. Lafayette, IN).

Webmaster of TankFarm.net and TankFarmVendor.com

Case history, rate schedule, past clients, and full resume is available upon request.