Environmental Chemistry Consultants: 2

Ted W. Simon, PhD, DABT, is an award winning Environmental Toxicologist and Scientist. His expertise is in toxicology, risk assessment, mathematical modeling, statistics, neuroscience, and environmental / ecological health issues.

Dr. Simon has over 10 years of experience as a toxicologist employed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He served as EPA’s senior toxicologist in the waste management division working on risk and soil cleanup.

Teaching Experience - Since 2001, Dr. Simon has served as an Instructor / Adjunct Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, at the University of Georgia.

Public Speaker - Well published, including the author of a textbook on toxicology and environmental risk assessment, Dr. Simon has extensive national and international public speaking experience. Since 1996, he has been delivering seminars and lectures to universities and national institutes on many subjects within his area of expertise. In 2016, he delivered a lectures on “Bayesian Methods for Application of Uncertainty Factors,” to the Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, and “Quantitative Prediction of Phenotypic Change from High Throughput Assay Results,” to the EPA's Workshop on In Vitro to In Vivo Extrapolation, Research Triangle Park, NC.

Litigation Support - Dr. Simon has over 15 years of experience offering expert witness services to counsel representing both plaintiff and defendant. He has been retained over 20 times since 2000 for cases involving environmental risk, drug and alcohol cases, DUI, accidental poisoning, and intellectual property. Dr. Simon has particular expertise in dioxin-like chemicals and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). His services include consulting, reports, deposition, and trial testimony when necessary.

Areas of Expertise:

Dioxins PCBs Drugs Alcohol Poisoning DUI / DWI Water Contamination Soil Contamination Environmental Risk Assessment

Environmental Toxicology Carcinogenicity Food Contamination Pesticides Fracking Lead Marijuana Polychlorinated Biphenyls Intellectual Property

Dr. James J. Connors is a certified Professional Hydrologist and a licensed Professional Geoscientist with more than 39 years of experience. He has worked across the U.S. and in New Zealand on hydrological, hydrogeological, and environmental consulting projects / cases. Dr. Connors has also taught university-level hydrology and hydrogeology, received several awards for his professional and teaching / academic service activities, and been designated as an expert witness in more that 50 cases.  

His clients have included private citizens, attorneys, insurance companies, consulting firms, government agencies, & public / private companies. He has worked on sites contaminated with PFAS compounds, PCBs, benzene / BTEX, metals, chlorinated solvents, mercury, arsenic, nutrients, pesticides / nerve agents, herbicides, radiation, VOCs / SVOCs, disinfectants & related by-products, landfill leachate, crude oil & brine, fuel, explosives, unexploded ordinance, etc. His work has been at various facilities including oil, gas, & gasoline pipelines; landfills; chemical plants; leaking above-ground tanks & UST sites; refineries; fertilizer plants, casinos; neighborhoods & apartment / housing complexes; junk yards; theme parks; bottled water plants; agricultural & animal facilities (oyster, fish, alligator, & dairy / CAFO); construction sites; estuaries & bays; commercial & residential properties; beaches, rivers, ponds, & lakes; oil & gas fields; accident sites; railroad facilities; airports; water & sewage treatment plants; chemical & oil spill sites; military bases; & others.

Dr. Connors' hydrology consulting services include:

• Contamination Assessments/Investigations
• Stormwater Inspections & Management (BMPs)
• Groundwater Modeling & Statistical Analysis
• Contract Research into Environmental Issues
• Presentations to the Public & Regulatory Agencies

View Dr. James J. Connors' Expert Witness Profile