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Expert Witness, Legal and Court
Experience
I have been called upon to provide expertise in groundwater hydrology,
contamination, water law, mine and shaft flooding, reservoir seismicity,
explorations, foundation conditions and construction materials. In eleven
out of sixteen assignments, I have given testimony, usually prevailing
for the client.
| Location & Date |
Client |
Purpose |
Merced County, Califomia
1962 |
Mr. Clifford Bashand
Attorney, Oakland, California |
Testimony to Dist. Court: nature of gravel as a nonmineral
commodity |
London Township, Michigan
1974 |
American Cement Company |
Testimony at public hearings: quarry drainage, contamination
of water. |
Wichita, Kansas
1974 |
Amoco Production Company, Denver
Harry Landt, Attorney |
Deposition and Testimony to Federal Court: mechanisms
of groundwater contamination of an irrigation well. |
Mineral, Virginia and
Washington, D.C.
1974 |
Dames & Moore, Clifton, NJ for
Virginia Electric & Power Company |
Testimony to Nuclear Regulatory Commission: absence
of seismic effects due to filling North Anna Reservoir, Virginia |
Summit County, Colorado
1976 |
Grant, McHendrie, Haines & Crouse, Denver
Charles Haines, Attorney |
Testimony to District Court: foundation geology and
soil mechanics, West Vent Bldg., Eisenhower Tunnel |
Montrose County, Colorado
1976 |
Welborn, Dufford, Cook & Brown, Denver
William C. Robb, Attorney |
Testimony to Water Court: non-tributary nature of
mine water, for Homestake Mining Company |
State of Colorado &
Greeley County, Colorado
1976 |
Holland & Hart,
Denver
Frank Morrison, Attorney |
Testimony to Health Department and County: environmental
protection, contamination, in-situ leaching of uranium, for Wyoming
Minerals Company, Denver, Colorado |
Denver, Colorado
1978 |
Elam, Burke, Jepperson, Evans & Boyd,
Boise, Idaho
Carl P. Burke, Attorney |
Prepared testimony on Bureau of Reclamation's design
and exploration of Teton Dam, Idaho |
Denver, Colorado
1978 |
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc.
David Mastbaum, Attorney |
Prepared affidavit on oil shale hydrology and contamination
for Federal Court. |
Craig, Colorado
1979 |
Harry A. Tucker, Attorney
P.O. Box 604
Craig, Colorado 81625 |
Testimony to District Court: foundations of faulty
asphalt paving. |
Ottawa County, Ohio
1982 |
Eastman, Stichter, Bergman &
Smith, Inc., Toledo, Ohio
James Nooney, Attorney |
Deposition and testimony to District Court: hydrology
of a flooded gypsum mine, for Celotex Corporation |
Austin, Texas
1989 |
City of Mont Belvieu
Neal Iverson, City Attorney |
Deposition and testimony to Texas Railroad Commission.
Brine injection operations, aquifer contamination, Barbers Hill Salt
Dome
|
| Austin, Texas, 1992 |
Webb & Webb, Inc., Steven Webb, Attorney |
Deposition and testimony to Texas Railroad Commission
on convertion of a faulty storage cavern to injection use at Barber's
Hill |
Regina, Saskatchewan
1989-1992 |
Cigna Insurance Co. and Gerrand
Mulatz Co., Mike Morris attorney |
Prepared testimony on leakage to IMC Esterhazy, K2
potash mine |
Seattle, Washington
1991-1992 |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region X, RCRA Compliance, Chae Park |
Prepared testimony on DNAPL wood treatment products,
contamination of aquifer at Longview, WA |
| Montreal, Quebec, 1995 |
Robinson, Sheppard, Shapiro, Michel Green, Attorney |
Preparing testimony on causes of shaft flooding,
freeze and grout stanching efforts of contractors. |
| Austin, Texas, 1995-2001 |
Webb & Webb, Inc., Steven Webb, Attorney |
Prepared testimony on safety of salt dome storage caverns for Mont
Belvieu |
| Santa Fe, NM, 2000 |
Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping |
Testified at RCRA hearing on hydrological issues at WIPP |
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