Expert Witnesses for Sports & Recreation

Found 6 experts for Sports & Recreation

Mr Douglas Baumgarten
Orlando, FL
Douglas Baumgarten, M.S. is an expert in exercise science, fitness equipment, health clubs, personal training, bicycling, baseball and softball. Mr. Baumgarten has a degree from Harvard University and a Masters degree in exercise science, as well as 40+ years of experience in the fitness industry, as a personal trainer, facility manager, fitness company owner, equipment seller, bike shop owner, sports coach, and exercise physiologist. In the last 20 years, he has worked as an expert witness on over 220 cases throughout the United States and Canada, for both plaintiffs and defendants. He has testified in local, state, and federal courts.
Steve Roensch M.S.
Appleton, WI
Steve Roensch has a robust background in engineering mechanics, physics and mathematics. He has 43 years of professional experience, has served as an expert witness on 83 cases for both defendant and plaintiff investigations, including 10 patent cases, and has testified 24 times. As an engineering consultant, he has worked on hundreds of mechanical designs and performed thousands of engineering analyses on a wide range of products, from medical devices to marine engines, rock crushers to aircraft, farm equipment to the International Space Station. Steve has taught engineering classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Marquette University, IBM Research & Development, and at client locations. In addition to a very strong theoretical background, he is a hands-on engineer, and has performed maintenance and repairs on his own SUVs, boats and aircraft. Steve investigates product failures and accidents from a fundamental engineering perspective. He specializes in determining if the product design meets applicable standards and is sufficient to survive. He documents his efforts thoroughly from the start, for concise presentation to the legal team, other experts and the jury. For example, Steve has served as an expert witness on Utility Task Vehicle (UTV) and All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) cases. These vehicles require special consideration of design, stability and modes of injury. He has also worked on many oilfield, transportation and consumer product cases. Steve is a certified private pilot and enjoys boating and fishing.
Gerry Dworkin
Portland, ME
Internationally recognized educator, expert, and author in the field of Aquatics Safety, Lifeguarding, Water Rescue and Ice Rescue.
Gregory Riehle Esq.
Tampa, FL
I have over 40 years' experience as a destination resort operator, asset manager, and general counsel as well as the chief executive officer of a risk purchasing group of over one hundred independent resorts and hotels. I also practiced as a commercial litigator of prestigious law firms for seven years.
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Dr. James Miller PE, PhD
Ann Arbor, MI
There are four PhD and registered Professional Engineers at Miller Engineering who are celebrating 40 years of Professorships at three universities along with providing services to Government, Insurance, and Industry—through research, publications, presentations, and expert testimony. These co-founders and associates are James M. Miller, PE, PhD; Mark R. Lehto, PhD; James M.L. Miller, MS, PhD, EIT; Adam M. Olshove, PE, MSE; and Jeffrey D. Rupp, MSE. Miller Engineering has a dedicated office with a full-time staff of engineers, researchers, and technical writers. The span of our collective academic and experiential expertise includes the Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Agricultural, Industrial, Human Factors, Ergonomic and Safety fields of engineering. Miller Engineering’s principal engineers wrote the original books on warnings and instructions, have published in several other areas, have participated in product designs and patents, and have analyzed, reconstructed and/or animated numerous types of accidents. We are known for our staff’s thorough, detailed documentation and portrayal of accident sequences and the surrounding environmental circumstances. Miller Engineering also designs and operates hydroelectric and solar energy sources within its agricultural, forestry, marine, and cattle subsidiary operations in Idaho and Oregon, lending to unique hand-on expertise in these areas. Dr. James Miller, PE—Founder of Miller Engineering and Emeritus Professor at the University of Michigan – Engineering. He has directly served in Washington originating several Federal OSHA safety regulations, and interacts regularly with Consumer Products Safety Commission regarding safety and product recalls. He serves as a reviewer of ASTM consumer products safety standards, provides upper management guidance on product design, recall and liability issues, and serves as an expert witness when required by consultative involvements. In addition, Dr. Miller works often on projects relating to compliance with occupational safety and consumer safety standards (OSHA, MSDS, CPSC, ANSI, ASTM, UL, ASABE, etc.) along with accidents associated with agriculture, consumer products, machine guarding, fire/explosions, and slip and fall circumstances. Recently, Dr. Miller has been handling cases involving battery fires, particularly with respect to e-cigarettes and vaporizers. Dr. Miller holds a bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering from Ohio State University. At the University of Michigan, he taught courses in human factors/ergonomics, safety engineering, methods engineering and law for engineers. On leave from the University at the U.S. Department of Labor, he was appointed as Special Assistant for Safety to OSHA’s Assistant Secretary of Labor, where he had responsibility, among other things, for revising the OSHA Safety Standards (29 CFR 1910 and 1926). Dr. Miller has authored a chapter titled "Hazard Communication and Right-to-Know: Regulatory Issues" in the Safety Engineering Handbook for ASSE. He has also authored five books on the topics of “warnings and safety instructions” and dozens of journal articles. He is currently a committee member of the ASTM Technical Committee F15 on Consumer Products. Finally, Dr. Miller is a registered professional engineer and consultant with over 35 years of experience including expert witness work. He specializes in warnings, labeling, and instruction manuals, consumer product design, process safety, explosions, fire science, chemical hazards (diacetyl, asbestos, benzene, etc.), machine guarding, vehicle visibility, systems for egress/ingress, slip and fall prevention, recreational vehicles (ATVs, boats, and personal watercraft), and all agricultural operations. Affiliations: American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), American Chemical Society (ACS), American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), and American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
David Harlowe
Greensboro, NC
David Harlowe is the Founder and President of The Sport Management Group, Inc. (SMG), a national risk management company specializing in the athletic and fitness industries. With 30 years of experience, he has personally conducted over 3,500 safety audits, contributing to SMG’s completion of more than 13,000 risk assessments nationwide. An established expert witness, David has been retained in over 60 cases across the country. He has developed risk management strategies for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and its member institutions and has authored key industry resources, including the Fitness Center Safety chapter in Risk Management in Sport, Second Edition and a bi-monthly risk management column for Fitness Management Magazine. His areas of expertise include athletic facility safety, emergency action planning, bleacher safety, exercise equipment maintenance, NCAA and ACSM guidelines, personal training practices, and crowd management.