Experts Directory

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Accident Reconstruction

Benn Karne, P.E., ACTAR
Civil and criminal vehicle accidents and incidents of all types, oral/written/video presentations, speed and impact calculations, mechanical failures, times and distance analyses and more.
6832 Mokelumne Avenue
Oakland, CA 94605-2217
Phone: (510) 430-1119
Email:
Website: www.KarneEngineering.com

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Accountants

Armanino McKenna LLP, CPAs
Business valuations, forensic accounting, litigation support, expert witnesses
Phone: (925) 790-2600
Website: www.amllp.com

Jeff Stegner, CPA, ABV, CVA
Email:

Taylee Donohue, CPA, ABV
Email:

Glenn & Dawson, LLP
323 Lennon Lane, First Floor
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Phone: (925) 945-7722
Fax: (925) 932-1491
Email:

Moore & Baker, LLP
1801 N. California Blvd., Suite 101
Walnut Creek, CA 94596-4133
Phone: (925) 933-6722
Website: www.moorebaker.com

Accounting / Damage Calculations

Fulcrum Financial Inquiry, LLP
David E. Nolte, Principal
888 S. Figueroa Street, Ste. 2000
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213)787-4111
Email:
Website: www.fulcrum.com

Hagen, Streiff, Newton & Oshiro Accountants PC
Mark R. Newton, CPA, ABV
F. Michael Sowerwine, CPA
2200 Powell Street, Suite 590
Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone: (510) 740-0374
Fax: (510) 740-0190

Sugarman & Company LLP
44 Montgomery Street, Suite 1310
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 395-7500
Website: www.sugarman-company.com

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Architecture / Construction

Advanced Resources Ltd.
1001 Broadway, Suite 288
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: (510) 287-9900
Fax: (510) 287-9911

Robert B. Berrigan
Matheny Sears Linkert & Jaime, LLP
3638 American River Drive
Sacramento, CA 95864
Phone: (916) 978-3434
Email:

John C. (Jack) Kemp AIA
Design and construction defects; architectural standard of care; envelope waterproofing; contract and fee disputes; courtroom graphics; expert testimony; arbitrator-design and construction disputes.
Principal/Architect
Weir/Andrewson Associates
990 A St., Suite K
San Rafael, CA 94901
Phone: (415) 485-9797
Fax: (415) 485-9799
Email:

Construction Claims

Interactive Resources
Defect analysis, architecture, engineering
117 Park Place
Point Richmond, CA 94801
Phone: (510) 236-7435
Fax: (510) 232-5325

Construction Defect Litigation

Favaloro & Associates
Construction investigations, contract clarifications, plan reviews, specification conformance, project written reports and photos, expert witness
Phone: (925) 385-6287
Email:

Harvey Kreitenberg
Construction, plumbing, fire sprinklers, HVAC, piping, residential, commercial expert witness
245 S. Hudson Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Phone: (323) 931-2503
Fax: (323) 931-6431
Email:

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Criminalistics

Peter D. Barnett
Forensic Science Associates
3053 Research Drive
Richmond, CA 94806
Phone: (510) 222-8883
Email:
Website: www.fsalab.com

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Economics

Mark Cohen
Economic loss analysis in personal injury, employment and commercial litigation.
Cohen Vvolk & Drabkin
Phone: (925)299-1200
Email:

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Electrical Accidents

James A. Smith
Analyzing electrical accidents, electric shock and electrocution; determining what happened and why
Consultant
2562 Treasure Dr., S-4012
Santa Barbara, CA 93105-4104
Phone: (805) 687-7911
Fax: (805) 687-0832

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Employment

Mary Ciddio, (MA, CRC, CDMS, ABVE)
Employment, ADA, Marriage
1485-G Enea Court, Ste. 1330
Concord, CA 94520
Phone: (925) 825-4312 or (510) 208-7100
Website: www.ciddiomorris.com

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Engineering

Civil / Structural

Dr. Fari Barzegar, PE, Principal
Expert witness (structural, civil & foundation engineering, construction); buildings, bridges & public works (performance/diagnostic evaluation, failure analysis, errors & ommissions, code compliance, construction defects/accidents); claims (analysis, preparation); slip/trip & fall.
Habitat Engineering & Forensics
446—17th Street, Suite 300
Oakland, CA 94612-2808
Phone: (510) 891-0300
Fax: (510) 891-0333
Email:

Josephson-Werdowatz & Associates, Inc.
6370 Lusk Blvd., Suite F200
San Diaego, CA 92121-2753
Phone: (858) 558-2181
Fax: (858) 558-2188
Website: www.jwa-se.com

Electrical

Mark A. Rhodes PE
Electrical, electronic, and electro-mechanical matters. Shocks, arcs, industrial equipment and controls, machinery, cranes, hoists, man-lifts, power, high-voltage, transformers, lasers, fiber-optics, EMI, magnetics.
Rhodes Engineering
3460 Zion Canyon Court
Pleasanton, CA 94588
Phone: (925) 922-1674
Email:

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Insurance

Donn P. McVeigh, CPCU
6114 LaSalle Avenue, # 355
Oakland, CA 94611
Phone: (510) 531-9150
Fax: (510) 531-2531
Website: www.crcinternational.net

Clinton E. Miller, JD
Insurance bad faith, coverage disputes, customs and practices in the insurance injury nationwide and Canada.
Insurance Bad Faith Expert
502 Park Avenue
San Joe, CA 95110
Phone: (408) 279-1034
Fax: (408) 279-3562
Email:

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Legal Ethics

Lise A. Pearlman
Professional responsibility, professional liability, legal ethics and disqualification; Former Presiding Judge, State Bar Court
Office of Lise A. Pearlman
484 Lake Park Avenue, P.M.B., # 105
Oakland, CA 94610
Phone: (510) 268-8159
Fax: (510) 834-2410
Email:

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Legal Malpractice

Basil Plastiras Esq.
Expert witness in over 60 legal malpractice actions; court-appointed arbitrator in more than 60 Superior Court actions since 1985. Counsel in hundreds of legal malpractice actions. Real estate management and brokerage standard of care.
Plastiras & Terrizzi
24 Professional Center Parkway, # 150
San Rafael, CA 94903
Phone: (415) 472-8100
Fax: (415) 472-8110
Email:

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Litigation Support

Glenn & Dawson, LLP
323 Lennon Lane, First Floor
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Phone: (925) 945-7722
Fax: (925) 932-1491

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Medicine

Clinical & Forensic Psychology / Neuropsychology

Harold J. Bursztajn, MD
Harvard Medical school alumni/faculty—medical and psychiatric malpractice and ethics, employment, ADA, brain injury, trauma, pain, criminal responsibility, testamentary capacity, custody, P/D
96 Larchwood Drive
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 492-8366
Fax: (617) 441-3195
Email:
Website: www.forensic-psych.com

Marvin Firestone, JD, MD
Head injury, dementia, PTSD, & toxic brain injury
Forensic and Geriatric Psychiatry
520 S. El Camoni Real, Suite 310
San Mateo, CA 94402
Phone: (650) 212-4900
Fax: (650) 212-4905
Email:

Edward J. Hyman, Ph.D.
Major felonies, employment, civil rights and PI law; custody eval. reviews; reviews of other experts’ work, psychological evaluations
Offices in Berkeley and Sausalito
Phone: (510) 841-8883
or (415) 388-4479

Ronald H. Roberts, Ph.D., ABPP
Personal injury; automobile accidents; head injuries; chronic pain; toxic exposure; discrimination; post-traumatic stress; disability; back injuries; criminal responsibility; brain injury; Diplomate in Forensic Psychology, Am. Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP); diplomate, Am. Board of Vocational Neuropsychology
Clinical Psychologist/Neuropsychologist
2000 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 512
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone: (415) 776-2000
Fax: (415) 776-2001
Email:

Family Medicine

Elliot Felman MD
Board certified, family medicine, clinical faculty, UCLA School of Medicine
2336 Santa Monica Blvd., # 208
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 453-0033
Fax: (310) 453-2114

Internal Medicine

James E. Shepard MD
Expert analysis of medical diagnosis and treatment, nephrology dialysis and internal medicine. Expert witness kidney disease, dialysis, hypertension, fluid and electrolyte problems. Transplantation. Medical record evaluation.
President
Shepard Medical Consultation
1537 Fourth Street, Suite 14
San Rafael, CA 94901
Phone: (415) 435-8354
Fax: (415) 435-9257
Email:

Ophthalmology

Steven N. Cohen MD
Dr. Cohen has practiced comprehensive ophthalmology since 1978. He has extensive surgical experience and is well versed in all subspecialties within the field. He is Board Certified in ophthalmology, has been a leader in the local medical community, and provides unbiased, defensible analysis of each case.
3838 California St., # 116
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: (415) 751-8400
Fax: (415) 751-8402
Email:

Toxicology

Alan Buchwald MD, Inc.
PO BOX 2289
Aptos, CA 95001
Phone: (831) 761-0260
Email:

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Real Estate

Appraisal

Steven J. Geller MAI
Principal
Steven J. Geller & Associates
383 Diablo Road, Suite 100
Danville, CA 94526
Phone: (925) 820-4600
Fax: (925) 838-4559
Website: www.sgeller.com

Landmark Valuation
Forensic real estate appraisal
Phone: (925) 932-4044
Website: www.landmarkvaluation.com

Mann & Associates
14850 Highway 4, # A326
Discovery Bay, Ca 94505
Phone: (925) 513-3231
Fax: (925) 513-8465
Website: www.mannappraisal.com

Hotels & Resorts

Maurice Robinson & Associates, LLC
30-year expert—hotel and real estate development, feasibility consulting, appraisal, finance, concessions ground leases, economics, damages, lost profits.
880 Apollo Street, # 125
El Segundo, CA 90245
Phone: (310) 640-9656
Fax: (310) 640-9276
Email:
Website: www.mauricerobinson.com

Property Management

Merrie Turner Lightner, Esq.
Residential and commercial property management, standards of care
612 Howard Street, Suite 390
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: (415) 267-2900
Fax: (415) 267-2905
Email:
Website: www.lightnergroup.com

Robert Miller, CPM, CIPS, ACD, CMC
Over 425 cases—residential, condo, office, hotels, industrial, shopping centers
330 Primrose Road, Suite 606
Burlingame, CA 94010
Phone: (650) 373-0705
Fax: (650) 373-0709
Email:
Website: www.erobertmiller.com

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