PROFILE: Dr. John P. Coates specializes in Spectroscopy and the Design and Development of Spectroscopic/Photo-metric Instruments and Sensors. He is Principal Consultant for Coates Consulting, a solutions oriented networked company, focused on the design and development of Industrial Instrumentation and Sensors, Optical Spectroscopy and Instruments for Scientific, Medical and Environmental Applications.

Dr. Coates provides services from concept design to full product development based on optical technologies, and with a focus on miniaturization. He also consults in optical spectroscopy (UV-visible, near infrared, Raman and mid-infrared) and provides technical consulting to academia, industry, the government, as well as providing expert witness services to the legal profession. He also has experience in training and education for analytical chemistry and spectroscopy.

Work Experience Includes:

David Kobernuss, BSEE, MSEA is an Electro-Mechanical Engineering Expert who specializes in Industrial Accidents, Machine Performance and Product Liability. He is experienced in the design, specification, procurement, installation, start-up, education of personnel, and maintenance of equipment in highly technical Metal Processing Facilities.

Mr. Kobernuss works as an industrial consultant supervising start-ups, trouble-shooting operating problems, field service engineering, educating operators, and acting as an expert witness. He has repeatedly carried out multimillion dollar projects from the original idea to the successful completion and operation.

Mr. Kobernuss is the Chairman of the Board of Assessment Review in Annsville, New York, Member of the Rome Family YMCA Board of Trustees, and past Treasurer of Rome Rotary Club.

Areas of Expertise:

Evaluating Industrial Equipment

Failure Analysis

Forensic, Electrical, and Industrial Engineering

Mr. Nault is a retired Detective Commander with a combined total of 42 years Law Enforcement background.

Nault & Associates provides consulting and expert witness services in matters relating to Police Policy, Procedures, and Investigations. Additionally, expertise is provided in Corrections matters. His areas of expertise include, but are not limited to:

William Switalski is a licensed professional mechanical engineer and has been consulting with attorneys, insurance firms and product manufacturers since 1980.

Services include forensic support in safety and product liability matters such as failure analysis, accident prevention, industrial and consumer products, maintenance practices & equipment, standards & code compliance, product manual & labeling evaluation, construction tools & machinery, and safety in the physical environment plus incident scene evaluation, product inspection and testimony.

Mort Westman is a Cosmetic Chemist with more than 35 years experience in the design, formulation, testing, government regulation and commercialization of cosmetic products - both retail and professional. His expertise encompasses the full spectrum of skin care and hair care products, including such highly specialized categories as hair bleach, hair color, hair relaxer, hair straightener, permanent wave, depilatory and cosmetic aerosol products. Further, he has developed numerous hair and skin care products to meet the needs of the African-American consumer.

Westman gained strategic knowledge of the cosmetic industry in positions varying from bench chemist to vice-president/corporate officer and director of cosmetic sciences for the industry’s major trade association. He has participated in legal matters throughout most of his career and continues to support pre-trial efforts and provide testimony in a range of areas including patent infringement, personal injury, product liability, product claims, and royalty payment.

As Dodds & Associates, Dr. David Dodds provides experience in the Pharmaceutical, Biotech, and Chemical Industries across multiple disciplines; organic synthesis, chiral chemistry, biocatalysis, molecular biology, industrial biotech, fermentation of natural products (anticancer and antibiotics) and recombinant enzymes, plus the associated downstream processing, all within the GMP regulatory environment. This experience is generally in process development and CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Control) sections of IND and NDA filings with the FDA.

Relevant experience includes IP review and strategy, expert witness for patent defense (depositions, affidavits and cross-examination), technical support of patent prosecution, technical due diligence, and service on technical advisory boards.

Frederic B. Jennings, Jr. is an experienced Economic Consultant with over 20 years in academic teaching and research as well as Economic Litigation.

Dr. Jennings has extensive knowledge in most areas of economic litigation, his Professional Specialties are in: Assessment of Economic Damages from Lost Profits and Income; Market / Industry Analyses; Antitrust and Labor-Related Law and Economics; Valuation of Environmental Services and Resources; Economic Cost and Value Estimation.

Areas of Economic Analysis Expertise:

• Energy & Transport systems
• Information & Communication (ICT) Networks
• International Taxation (Transfer Pricing Analysis)
• Auto: Manufacturing, Body, Glass & Collision Repair
• Securities Fraud
• Environmental Mitigation & Ecologically Sustainable Systems Development
• Consumer Motivation & Behavior
• Market Structure Design & Procedures
• Industry Practices of: Aftermarket; Wood & Forestry Product; Software; Healthcare; Property & Casualty Insurance

MKL Biz Consulting specializes in Business Development & Coaching, Divestitures, Business Valuation and Litigation. MKL provides industry know-how and leadership by consulting and working with various business owners and their employees to improve a company's Product Strategy.

MKL can assist management in clarifying their duties, allocating the resources of their business, product development and in creating actionable product strategies.

Business Development & Coaching: MKL provides services for employing practical techniques and strategies that will improve all business processes. These include methods that help maintain the health and success of a business organization, whether it’s a one man sole proprietor shop, a partnership, or a corporation with many employees.

Divestitures: MKL brings extensive industry knowledge and local market experience from many years in operations of Business Organizations & Real Estate as well as in the sales and divestitures of these types of assets.

Business Valuations: MKL has extensive knowledge of the process and procedures used to determine the Economic Value of an owner’s interest in a business, including:

While teaching Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics at Stanford, Dr. David Thompson would be consulted by attorneys concerning personal injury responsibility and causation issues. He would draw on his scientific and engineering background to assess human error and machine design hazards. Since retiring from Stanford, he has continued to analyze people operating vehicles or industrial machines, or moving around in a potentially hazardous environment, assessing responsibility and human performance error.

In analyzing a personal injury, Dr. Thompson investigates the site of the injury event when feasible, reconstructs the accident from a human activity viewpoint, using principles of biomechanics, cognitive psychology, and computer modeling as appropriate and attempts to assess the relative involvement and fault of individuals on the one hand and machines or facilities on the other hand.

With over forty years of Expert Testimony Experience, Dr. Thompson's present case load is balanced between plaintiff and defense issues.

Specific Areas of Expertise:

Ellis Litigation Support (ELS) is headed by Dr. J. Nigel Ellis a leading authority on fall protection. Dr. Ellis has more than 35 years of safety engineering experience. Based upon his unsurpassed experience and knowledge, Dr. Ellis has performed fall hazard assessments in hundreds of facilities and construction sites and has been retained as an expert witness in approximately 1000 fall-related cases nationwide. Dr. Ellis’ participation has led to multi-million dollar settlements/awards in a number of cases and exoneration of defendants in others.

Through his work with OSHA and as an ANSI and ASTM committee member, including providing comments and testimony before OSHA hearings, Dr. Ellis has been instrumental in the development of various OSHA regulations and ANSI standards. Dr. Ellis has written the seminal textbook, Introduction to Fall Protection currently in its third edition and published by the American Society of Safety Engineers and available for purchase on the ELS web site www.FallSafety.com.

Dr. Ellis is a founder and board member of the International Society for Fall Protection and is a frequent speaker at the national conventions of the American Society of Safety Engineers and the National Safety Council. Dr. Ellis also is a published member of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers and is a regular contributor to Compliance Magazine and the Greyhouse Safety Directory.

ELS also draws upon its sister company, Ellis Fall Safety Solutions (EFSS), to offer expertise in a wide range of engineering related matters.

ELS Areas of Expertise:

Jerry Albert has over 30 years of experience in all realm of Worker's Compensation. He is known as an innovator in the area of Disability Management and Vocational Rehabilitation Expert Services for Persons with Acute or Chronic Illnesses or Injuries.

Mr. Albert has partnered with employers, insurers, claim administrators and agencies to achieve the goal of restoring Physical Function and returning injured workers to employment. He has extensive experience in reviewing the areas of: Rehabilitation, Life Care Planning, Medical Records, and Vocational & Nursing Related Issues.

Areas of Expert Practice:

Longshore & Harbor Workers Compensation Act Defense Base Act Workers Compensation Social Security Disability Assessments Long Term Disability Americans with Disabilities Act

Personal Injury Marital Dissolution & Family Custody Third Party Liability Employment Discrimination Wrongful Termination Social Security

Defense Base Act

Longshore

State Claims

Personal Injuries

Retraining