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Review of Case Materials
Reviews records, documents, testimony, data, and other relevant materials and consults with counsel regarding technical issues related to the matter.
Provide Expert Analysis
Applies specialized knowledge and experience to evaluate the technical or professional issues involved.
Form Expert Opinions
Develops independent, supportable opinions based on the available evidence and relevant standards.
Prepare Expert Reports
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A commercial asbestos expert can investigate asbestos issues associated with offices, warehouses, industrial properties, retail buildings, and other commercial facilities. Useful records may include asbestos surveys, building plans, renovation specifications, demolition records, abatement documentation, maintenance files, photographs, laboratory results, and contractor records. The analysis can help establish where asbestos-containing materials were located and what activities may have disturbed them.
These are related but different questions. Bulk-material sampling is used to determine whether a building material contains asbestos, while air sampling measures airborne fibers under specified conditions. The sampling location, collection method, analytical technique, timing, and activities occurring during sampling all affect what the results can establish. An asbestos expert can place those findings in context rather than treating a material result and an airborne-exposure result as interchangeable.
Friability describes whether a dry material can be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure. That distinction can be important because easily disturbed materials can present different fiber-release considerations from intact, non-friable materials. The condition of the material, the work being performed, and the manner in which it was disturbed still need to be considered together.
Older cases may require combining product information, job descriptions, maintenance and renovation records, photographs, testimony, industrial hygiene measurements, and known work practices. Dates are particularly important because building materials, controls, removal practices, and workplace procedures may have changed over time. The goal is to reconstruct the conditions associated with the claimed exposure period rather than apply present-day building conditions retrospectively.
Toxic Exposure, +4
Manufacturing
Prepares clear, well-supported expert reports outlining methodology, analysis, findings, and opinions.
Provide Deposition Testimony
Explains findings and opinions under oath and responds to questioning during deposition testimony.
Testify in Court
Presents specialized findings and opinions clearly to judges, juries, arbitrators, or other decision-makers.
