Service 04

Expert Witness

Property claims opinions in litigation. Deposition and trial testimony. Retained separately from appraisal engagements.

Overview

Expert witness services for property and casualty claims in litigation. Expert and umpire roles are not undertaken in the same matter.

Background includes more than 20 years in property and casualty claims, forensic estimating, and building consulting, plus over 10 additional years of hands-on construction field experience dating to the early 1990s. Work at Forcon International and Intertek provides forensic investigation experience across residential and commercial properties, including the ability to reconstruct historical scopes and costs at past dates of loss.

Subject Areas

Extent of damages and cost estimating
Causation: wind, water, fire, construction defect
Scope analysis and estimate review
Concurrent causation
Claims handling standards

Selected Testimony

Fountains at Fontainbleau v. Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Co.
Miami-Dade County, FL · 2025 · Extent of damages and estimate

Rocky Patel Premium Cigars, Inc. v. Brian Treece et al.
Collier County, FL · 2025 · Construction/design defect and extent of damages

Decks N Such Marine, Inc. v. Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Co.
Okaloosa County, FL · 2022 · Extent of damages and estimate

Pebblebrook at Verandah Condominium Association v. Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Co.
Lee County, FL · 2022 · Extent of damages and estimate

Tara Churchill v. UPC Insurance
Hillsborough County, FL · 2022 · Causation by wind and extent of damages

Presentations

WIND 2025: Court Appointment of Umpire and Alternatives. Dallas, TX.

Stetson University College of Law: Concurrent Causation. Guest Lecturer, 2021 and 2024.

WIND 2022: Collapse and Substantial Structural Damage. Orlando, FL.

WIND 2021: Avoiding the Numbers Game. Calculating the Loss.

WIND 2020: Constructive Total Loss and Measure of Damages. Orlando, FL.