Law Related Specialties Expert Witnesses: 19

George Zeitler, MSc, has over 30 years of experience in the Marine Industry in various regulatory, management, and consulting roles. He is an Accredited Marine Surveyor (Y&SC) by the Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors and a Member of the International Institute of Marine Surveying.

Background Experience - Mr. Zeitler served 18 years as a USCG Marine Inspector / Casualty Investigator, and 7 years as a Class Society principal surveyor (DNV).  He then spent 1 year as VP of Operations for a niche cruise line. Mr. Zeitler went on to serve 5 years as a technical consultant for various segments of the marine industry, including 2 years as third party environmental auditor for criminal pollution cases. He has been an Accredited Yacht and Small Craft Surveyor for over 15 years. 

In 2002, Mr. Zeitler formed Zeitler Marine Services (ZMS), using his experience and knowledge to offer condition and valuation (pre-purchase and insurance) and damage survey services to the yachting and recreational boating communities in south Florida. He is currently the Director of the Chapman School of Seamanship Yacht and Small Craft survey course.

Litigation Support - Mr. Zeitler uses his vast experience verifying Compliance with Applicable Maritime Laws / Regulations through on site surveys and audits of client's vessels. His years of operational and regulatory enforcement help provide clients with a unique perspective that is key in identifying vulnerabilities onboard vessels as well as gaps in policies and procedures. He functions as a Court Appointed Monitor in situations where vessel operators are negotiating a plea agreement for a DOJ-approved Environmental Compliance Programs.

Areas of Expertise:

• Vessel Design and Construction
• Vessel Compliance with International and US Laws and Regulations
• Compliance with Federal and Voluntary (ABYC) Standards for Yachts and Small Craft
• Casualty Investigation
• Vessel Operations
• Cruise Ship Management, Operation, and Safety
• Environmental Compliance and Auditing

Larry Lowenthal is a nationally recognized Real Estate Expert Witness who has been retained by dozens of attorneys across the United States since 2003 to analyze failed or troubled real estate transactions. 

Based in North Central Florida, he is also retained to help with substantial commission or fee disputes.

Insurance Defense attorneys retain Larry when their broker clients are charged, while plaintiffs and their attorneys retain him when charging real estate brokers with improper conduct. 

An accomplished attorney and thought leader in the SEO space, Seth Price is a founding partner of Price Benowitz Accident Injury Lawyers, LLP. The firm is based in Washington, D.C., and covers multiple practice areas.Seth grew a two-person law firm to over 40 attorneys in less than a decade.  He is also the CEO of BluShark Digital, where he has taken the same digital power that built the firm to create a cutting-edge digital agency focused on the legal sector, called BluShark Digital.

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Dong Wang, Esq. is an Expert Witness on Chinese Law and Lawyer with a current practicing certificate in China. He is an enrolled barrister and solicitor in New Zealand and Member of Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand Inc.

Chinese Law Expertise: Divorce, child-support payment, dividing up relationship properties conveyance (including for foreign clients in China), validity of adoption, overseas property disposition, foreign exchange quota rule, Chinese civil procedural law, rules of conflict of laws, forum of non-conveniens, recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitration awards or court decisions, criminal law (white collar crimes), intellectual property law - copy right, trademark infringements, patent litigations