Skilled arborist serving as an expert witness with over 35 years of experience in arboriculture, with a focus on forensic arboriculture, tree risk assessment, and landscape evaluation. Their expert witness work includes providing consultation, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony in matters involving tree failure, hazard tree analysis, plant identification, and site-related vegetation conditions. Their work encompasses several core areas within arboriculture. One area involves tree and landscape evaluation, including hazard tree analysis, tree inventories, and assessment of tree condition using diagnostic methods such as Sonic Tomography. Another area includes arboricultural management and plant health, including insect and disease diagnosis, pruning, tree preservation, removal, and mitigation of construction-related damage to trees and landscapes. Their expertise also extends to botanical identification, horticulture, and cartography, including development of GIS-based mapping systems, spatial data management, and documentation of landscape and infrastructure features in complex environments.

The New York Botanical Garden, and the Institute of Ecosystem Studies, with responsibilities involving tree risk assessment, horticultural program management, and development of institutional mapping and spatial data systems. Their experience includes oversight of arboretum and grounds operations, management of extensive plant collections and forested areas, and supervision of arboricultural programs and personnel across large-scale botanical environments. Professional credentials include Certified Arborist and Qualified Tree Risk Assessor through the International Society of Arboriculture, along with licensure as a tree expert in the State of New Jersey. Educational background includes completion of a professional horticulture program with honors, along with continued training in arboriculture, tree risk assessment, and related disciplines. The expert has been qualified by civil trial courts in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, as well as the New York Court of Claims, in arboriculture, forensic arboriculture, plant identification, cartography, botany, and horticulture. Professional involvement includes participation with the American Society of Consulting Arborists, International Society of Arboriculture, New York State Arborist Association, and New Jersey State Arborist Association, including committee and governance activities related to arboriculture standards and education.