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Environmental Engineering Expert Witnesses
Industrial facility owners, environmental consultants, and regulatory agencies face litigation whenever contamination remediation, wastewater treatment design, or environmental compliance is challenged in a cost recovery or regulatory dispute. These disputes commonly involve cost allocation and contribution claims among potentially responsible parties under CERCLA and RCRA, disputes over the design and performance of water and wastewater treatment systems, and regulatory compliance matters concerning air, water, and hazardous waste management at industrial facilities. Because environmental engineering disputes combine complex regulatory frameworks with site-specific technical conditions, the central issue in these cases is typically whether a remediation approach, treatment system, or compliance program met the applicable regulatory and engineering standards. Resolving that question requires expertise spanning environmental regulation and engineering design.
An environmental engineering expert reviews site investigation data, treatment system design documentation, and applicable regulatory requirements to determine whether a remediation approach or treatment system met accepted engineering practice and regulatory standards. That analysis often supports cost allocation among potentially responsible parties by tracing contamination sources and evaluating the reasonableness of remediation costs incurred. In compliance and permitting disputes, the expert’s technical understanding of treatment system design and regulatory requirements helps counsel evaluate exposure and develop a defensible compliance position. This same expertise strengthens litigation strategy by giving counsel a framework for challenging an opposing expert’s technical or cost allocation conclusions.
Because environmental engineering disputes require fluency in both engineering design and complex environmental regulation, selecting an expert with direct remediation or treatment system design experience is essential. The experts we can provide include environmental engineers with backgrounds spanning site remediation, water and wastewater treatment, and hazardous waste management, many of whom have testified on CERCLA and RCRA compliance matters. Round Table Group has completed more than 75,000 expert searches for litigators, and we apply that experience to match counsel with environmental engineering experts whose specific technical background fits the case. Let us help you find the right environmental engineering expert for your case by calling us at (202) 908-4500.
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Here are a few of our favorite Environmental Engineering Expert Witnesses:
Texas Environmental Engineering, Toxic Expert #6151
I have 35 years of experience, and specialize in the field of toxicology with specific knowledge in the areas of regulatory toxicology, occupational toxicology and community exposures. I have published on such topics as regulatory toxicology, carbon monoxide toxicology and expert witnessing. I have testified 40 times on topics such as human health effects of chemical exposures, effects of exposure to mold and other toxicological issues.
Georgia Environmental Engineering Expert #11667
I have 33 years of experience and specialize in the field of engineering with specific knowledge in the areas of industrial hygiene, safety engineering and environmental engineering. I have published on such topics as indoor air quality, time of exposure based on blood and urine samples, and economic benefit of non-compliance. I have testified 20 times on topics such as mold exposure, human factor engineering and property damage.
Pennsylvania Environmental Engineering Expert #14225
I have 25 years of experience, and specialize in the field of environmental engineering with specific knowledge in the areas of contaminated sediments, coastal and harbor engineering, and dredging, capping, and marine engineering. I have published on such topics as environmental remediation, ports and harbor engineering, and coastal engineering.
Idaho Environmental Engineering Expert #15001
I have 20 years of experience, and specialize in the field of environmental engineering with specific knowledge in the areas of municipal waste treatment, water treatment, treatment plant design and hazardous waste treatment. I have published on such topics as bioremediation of hazardous wastes, composting and applied microbiology.
Environmental Engineering Expert #16753
I have 15 years of experience, and specialize in the field of environmental engineering with specific knowledge in the areas of water treatment, water quality and disinfection. I have testified 10 times on topics such as water treatment and appropriate technology.
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Tennessee Environmental Engineering Expert #20606
I have 16 years of experience and specialize in the field of civil and environmental engineering, with specific knowledge of groundwater hydrology, water quality and groundwater modeling. I have published on such topics as hydrologic tracers, inverse modeling using environmental tracers and bacterial water quality. I have testified on groundwater hydrology of the Mississippi embayment.
Arizona Environmental Engineering Expert #20912
I have 39 years of experience in the field of environmental and chemical engineering with specific knowledge in the areas of water treatment, water reuse and desalination. I have published on such topics as potable water treatment, membrane desalination and industrial wastewater treatment. I have testified on wastewater treatment plant failures and groundwater pollution.
Ohio Environmental Engineering Expert #24600
I have 20 years of experience, and specialize in the field of environmental engineering with specific knowledge in the areas of biofuels, sustainable energy and ecosystem restoration. I have published on such topics as carbon recycling, algae photobioreactors, air pollution control systems and acid mine drainage. I have testified on flyash composition in landfill cover applications, subsurface water hydraulics and mixed waste landfill restoration options.
Massachusetts Environmental Engineering Expert #27837
I have 30 years of experience and specialize in the field of environmental engineering, with specific knowledge of remediation, waste treatment and waste reduction. I have published on such topics as remediation, waste treatment and waste reduction. I have testified on pollutant fate and transport, and site investigation.
Colorado Environmental Engineering Expert #29541
I have 16 years of experience, and specialize in the field of environmental engineering with specific knowledge in the area of contaminant fate and transport in ground water and surface water. I have published on such topics as transport of pathogenic microbes in groundwater, the role of organic matter in controlling mercury bioavailability, and the transport of metals in soils.
Kansas Environmental Engineering Expert #30419
I have 24 years of experience, and specialize in the field of environmental engineering with specific knowledge in the areas of environmental engineering, site remediation, and pollution engineering. I have published on such topics as fate and transport of hydrocarbons, air sparging, and soil venting and sustainability. I have testified on wood treating site remediation, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Resource Conservationand Recovery Act (RCRA) regulation, and creosote and pentachlorophenol.
California Environmental Engineering Expert #50564
I have 25 years of experience and specialize in the field of engineering with specific knowledge in the areas of environmental, engineering and petroleum engineering. I have published on such topics as environmental due diligence and how to retain a contractor at a bio-weapon contaminated site. I have testified 20 times on topics such as asbestos, hydrocarbons, metals, USTs and remedial costs.
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Questions Attorneys Ask About Environmental Engineering Expert Witnesses:
An environmental engineering expert is typically needed when a cost allocation dispute among potentially responsible parties, a dispute over the design or performance of a water or wastewater treatment system, or a regulatory compliance matter turns on whether an engineering approach met applicable technical and regulatory standards. Counsel often retains the expert once site investigation and treatment system design data are available so the analysis can inform liability strategy.
These experts can evaluate whether a remediation approach or treatment system design met accepted engineering practice and regulatory requirements, assess the reasonableness of remediation costs, and address compliance with CERCLA, RCRA, and related environmental regulations. They can also support cost allocation analysis among potentially responsible parties.
Direct experience designing or evaluating remediation systems, water and wastewater treatment facilities, or hazardous waste management programs is an important indicator of credibility. Prior testifying experience in cost allocation or regulatory compliance disputes also helps counsel anticipate how the expert will perform under cross-examination.
The expert’s technical analysis often determines whether a remediation approach or treatment system met accepted standards, which is central to liability in cost allocation and compliance disputes. That same analysis supports damages calculations by evaluating the reasonableness of remediation costs and quantifying losses attributable to a compliance failure.
Round Table Group works with counsel to define the specific technical and regulatory questions the case presents, then sources and speaks with candidates whose environmental engineering background matches those needs. We assess directly relevant experience, confirm interest and availability, perform conflict checks, and present qualified options so counsel can select the right expert for the case.
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Environmental Engineering Workshops
A few of the courses and workshops led by our Environmental Engineering experts:
- Global Biogeochemical Engineering: The Inescapable Truth of Getting to 350