Skilled arborist provides expert witness services with more than 35 years of experience in arboriculture, urban forestry, and tree management, with additional specialization in plant pathology and landscape-related issues affecting tree health. Their work involves evaluation of tree conditions, preservation decisions, and failure-related events in matters involving property damage and personal injury. They have more than 30 years of expert witness experience, including consultation, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony, with documented experience in more than 50 depositions and over 20 court appearances. The expert’s practice includes tree management and preservation, including evaluation of trees on construction sites, relocation, pruning, and long-term landscape management considerations. Their work also involves disease diagnosis and treatment affecting ornamental plants and tree and shrub materials, along with arborist reports, tree valuation, and tree surveys. Additional areas include hazard evaluation, risk assessment, and failure analysis, including determination of causes of tree failure leading to property damage or personal injury and development of risk mitigation measures.

Professional experience includes academic leadership as a professor in plant science with instruction in arboriculture, urban forestry, and diseases of ornamental plants, as well as ongoing work as an arboriculture and urban forestry consultant and subject matter expert. They have conducted consulting and tree survey work for municipalities, school districts, and private entities involving evaluation of tree conditions, preservation planning, and landscape management issues. Credentials include Certified Arborist (International Society of Arboriculture), Certified Urban Forester (Society of American Foresters), and Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (International Society of Arboriculture). Educational background includes a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology. Professional involvement includes board membership and leadership roles within arboricultural and urban forestry organizations, as well as participation in tree appraisal and research committees addressing arboricultural standards and practices.