Expert Services Directory

Accounting, Forensic

Sequence Inc.
Tracy L. Coenen, MBA
CPA Licensed in Illinois & Wisconsin
Certified Fraud Examiner

312-498-3661
Web Site: www.sequence-inc.com


 

Barry J. Epstein, Ph.D., CPA
Russell Novak & Company, LLP
Accounting Expert
312-464-3520

E-Mail: bepstein@rnco.com
Web: www.rnco.com/barry-jay-epstein.html

Arborist/Forester

D. Logan Nelson
1029 County Road A
Edgerton, WI 53534
608-290-7181

E-Mail: treegoowoo@jvlnet.com

As an American Society of Consulting Arborist (ASCA) Registered Consulting Arborist, an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborist, and owner/operator of Blue Sky Tree Care, Logan Nelson has ten years of experience with mid-western tree selection, management, maintenance and forensic investigations that include: Risk Assessment, Identification of Biotic and Abiotic Disorders, Pesticide Use and Misuse, Pre and Post Assessment of Trees on Construction Sites, Appraisal and Valuation for Landscape Trees, and Expert Witness Report Writing and Testimony. Nelson has written many articles for the green industry, and also serves as the instructor for report writing courses offered by ASCA.


ARCHITECTURAL DEFECTS
Slip and Fall Accidents
 Carow Architects Plus
Jay R. Carow, AIA
1203 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 1620
Chicago, IL 60601
312-814-9000

E-Mail: jay@carow.com

Mr. Carow has twenty years of expert witness/litigation experience for cases involving both slip and fall accidents and construction defects in buildings. He has been a principal in Chicago firms for 37 years, taught architectural design, theory and construction for 14 years, and has designed numerous public buildings, educational facilities, libraries, and commercial / residential projects. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects.

Auctioneer

Estate Auction Pros

Alan Cleary
3 Snipes Court
St. Charles, MO 63303
314-952-7355

Website: www.EstateAuctionPros.com
E-Mail: info@EstateAuctionPros.com

We are a full-service auction company specializing in estate settlement, antique & collectible sales, and business liquidations.



Chemicals/Hazardous Materials

Dr. Kenneth H. Brown

Phone: (847) 475-2755

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

KHB CONSULTING SERVICES provides expert witness and consulting services to attorneys for cases involving chemical or products that contain chemicals. We help attorneys prepare for discovery and litigation by providing:
  • File Review
  • Laboratory Testing and Analysis
  • Research
  • Interim and Final Reports
  • Site Visits
  • Failure Analysis
  • Sampling of Evidence
  • Deposition and Testimony
    •

    Additionally, we provide strategic advice for cases that are similar in nature to ones for which we have prior experience. And we are your ‘translator' of chemical jargon into easy-to-understand language.


    DIVORCE FINANCIAL CONSULTING
    Stolberg & Associates
    Sara A. Stolberg, CFP, CDFA
    250 Parkway Drive, Suite 150
    Lincolnshire, IL 60069
    847-325-5554
    Web Site:     www.canikeepthehouse.com
    E-Mail: sara@sarastolberg.com Long-term projections of settlements, FinPlans, forensic accounting, expert witness testimony, pension valuations, tax calculations, discovery motions and deposition questions, lifestyle analysis, charts & graphs for court presentations; being an objective (yet compassionate) expert to get your client (or the other side) to settle - priceless! References available. ISBA member.

    DNA, PATERNITY AND DRUG TESTING

    Drug Test Direct
    Drug Test Consultants here for you

    Drug Test Direct
    Steven Clark
    P. O. Box 938
    Lansing, IL 60438-0938
    1-877-6drugtest (637-8483)
    Fax: 708-279-3135

    Website: www.drugtestdirect.com
    E-Mail: SteveClark@drugtestdirect.com

    We are a full service drug testing service. We provide comprehensive testing services including:

    ELECTRICAL ACCIDENTS

    Consolidated Consulting Corporation

    Thomas M. McCauley, P.E.
    107 Gale Avenue, Suite 720
    River Forest, IL 60305
    866-662-5222

    Website: www.ConConCo.com
    E-Mail: tmmccauley@ConConCo.com


     

    EXPERT ENGINEERING CONSULTANT
    Lloyd M. Sonenthal, P.E.
    70 W. Madison, Ste. 3700
    Chicago, IL 60602
    (312) 553-0523
    Fax: (312) 553-1373
    Email:     Lloyd6943@prodigy.net Emphasis in design, construction, materials, warnings, controls and manufacture related to product failure analysis and product related injuries.
    Packer Engineering, Inc.
    "Engineers With Answers"
    1950 North Washington Street
    Naperville, IL 60563
    (630) 505-5722
    Fax: (630) 505-1986
    Web: www.packereng.com
    Email: peinfo@packereng.comPacker Engineering provides failure analysis, accident investigation & reconstruction, risk mitigation, research and development. Our engineering expertise includes: Aviation, Bioengineering, Building Technology, Chemical, Fire & Explosions, Electrical, Human Factors, Machinery & Equipment, Materials, Mechanical, Intellectual Property, Oil & Gas, Structural & Transportation.

    Expert Industrial/Construction Equipment
    R. L. Spear & Associates, Inc.
    5249 Killdeer Place
    Rockford, IL 61114
    (815) 282-9239
    Fax: (815) 282-9248
    Expert Consultation & Litigation Support.
     

    EXPERT WITNESS/LITIGATION SUPPORT
    Stephen J. Morewitz, Ph.D. & Associates
    (312) 263-9160 or (847) 705-2336
    morewitz@earthlink.net Expert Witnesses & Consultants. Provides experts in all fields, reviews medical records, conducts medical and technical library research and jury selection services.
     


    Lost Compensation
    Rick Bosworth
    106 East 6th Street, Suite 250
    Austin, TX 78701
    888-215-9548

    Website: www.lostcompensation.com/IL
    E-Mail: support@lostcompensation.com

    Lost Compensation. Economic Experts. Expert economic damages analysis in personal injury, wrongful death, and product liability cases. Flat-rate pricing for most reports. Our nationwide network of university professors perform your analysis and are available for testimony. Dependable, credible, and presentable. On the web @ www.lostcompensation.com/IL or call (888)215.9548.

    FORENSIC ENGINEERS

    Anderson Engineering of New Prague, Inc.

    Peter K. Sochacki, P.E.
    312 Roma Jean Parkway
    Streamwood, IL 60107
    (630) 736-0900 / (630) 736-0901 -- Fax
    Toll Free: (800) 893-4047

    E-mail: psochacki@andeng.net
    Website: www.andeng.net

    About Our Company

    Anderson Engineering is a consulting engineering firm specializing in forensic electrical engineering and expert witness testimony. With over 30 years of experience, we have extensive background and knowledge involving electrical fire and accident analysis, product or process failure mode analysis, electrocutions and electric shock, and electrical safety and code interpretations. Our philosophy is to approach each case with the mindset of finding out "What happened" and establishing "How we can prove it".

    Biographies of our engineers are posted on our website. CV's are available upon request.

    We have three office locations:

    Arizona:

    4001 E. Broadway Rd., Ste. B19
    Phoenix, AZ 85040
    (602) 437-5455 – Phone
    (602) 437-3272 – Fax

    Illinois:

     312 Roma Jean Parkway
    Streamwood, IL 60107
    (630) 736-0900 – Phone
    (630) 736-0901 – Fax

    Minnesota:

     20526 330th Street
    New Prague, MN 56071
    (507) 364.7373 – Phone
    (507) 364-7374 – Fax

    Each of our office locations is equipped with a laboratory for testing and a secure warehouse for evidence storage.

    Our engineers are members in several professional affiliations, including:

    If you would like more information about our organization, please visit our website at www.andeng.net, or send us an e-mail at info@andeng.net, and we will send you our brochure.

    ** Since 1994, Anderson Engineering has also operated a current transformer manufacturing facility (Midwest Current Transformer) in New Prague, Minnesota. In addition to standard models, we can build transformers to your custom specifications.

    For more information regarding our transformers, please visit our website at: http://www.midwestcurrent.com

    Highlights:

    Anderson Engineering's own Andrew Paris was selected as one of ten individuals who held a "Dream Jobs for 2007" by the IEEE Spectrum. To read the article about Drew, visit http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/feb07/inthisissue.

    Areas of Practice:

    ASTM Evidence Storage
    Current Transformer Manufacturing
    Electrical Accident Reconstruction
    Electrical Fire and Accident Origin and Cause Investigations
    Electrical Safety and Code Interpretations
    Electrical Safety Reviews
    Electronic and Electric Circuit Design
    Evaluation of Cause & Origin of Personal Injuries Involving Electrocutions and/or Electric Shock
    Illumination
    Professional Electrical Engineering & Forensic Services
    Product or Process Failure Mode Analysis
    Providing Expert Witness Testimony
    Seminars on Electrical Safety & Forensic Electrical Engineering
    Transient Voltage and Current Analysis

    States Serviced:

    Nationwide - Our engineers travel throughout the United States to meet the needs of our clients.
     


    Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc.
    John Dufour
    999 Oakmont Plaza Drive, Suite 550
    Westmont, IL 60559
    (630) 321-1846
    Website: www.rimkus.com
    Email: jcdufour@rimkus.com


    Services Offered: Rimkus Consulting Group is a national forensic engineering firm with 24 US and 2 International offices and over 300 full-time consultants capable of technically evaluating the most simple to the most difficult cases. Our capabilities include accident reconstruction, biomechanical analysis, product liability, OSHA analysis, structural failures, machine failures, construction and construction defect claims and fire cause and origin, just to name a few. Contact our Chicago office to discuss the expert that can assist you on your next case.

    FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY SERVICES
    Forensic Psychology Clinic, Inc.
    Tiffany Masson, Psy.D. – (312) 498-2608
    Web site:     www.massonpsychology.com

    Elizabeth Donegan, Psy.D. – (708) 386-8763
    E-mail: doneganforensic@comcast.net

    Wacker Drive Executive Suites
    125 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 300
    Chicago, IL 60606


     

    Steven Gaskell, Psy.D.
    13400 S. Route 59, Suite G #286
    Plainfield, IL 60585
    630-903-9193

    E-Mail: drsdg71@gmail.com

    Specializing exclusively in providing expert testimony, expeditious psycholegal evaluations (e.g., competency to stand trial, sanity at the time of the offense, sex offender risk assessments), and consultation to the courts for the last 9 years. Vitae and sample reports are available upon request. Call for a free consultation.
     

    Phyllis Gould, LCSW, CADC
    4305 North Lincoln Avenue, Suite N
    Chicago, IL 60618
    (773) 935-3480
    Web Site: www.phyllisgould.com
    Email: ohilly@hotmail.com

    Services Offered: Hardship evaluations/immigration (reports and testimony concerning proving hardship to a U.S. citizen relative of a client in removal proceedings, waivers for an illegal entry or stay, VAWA/spousal abuse cases, asylum, and helping clients whose prior conviction has resulted in an immigration problem). Services offered in Polish, Spanish, French and English.

    FRAUD INVESTIGATION SERVICES
    THE FRAUD INVESTIGATOR
    Mary Leber
    2519 18th Avenue
    Rockford, IL 61108
    815-316-8726

    Website: www.investigatethefraud.com
    E-Mail: Mary@investigatethefraud.com

    Assisting attorneys in understanding fraud & white collar crime cases.


    Labels & Warnings

    Dr. Kenneth H. Brown

    Phone: (847) 475-2755

    AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

    KHB CONSULTING SERVICES provides expert witness and consulting services to attorneys for cases involving chemical or products that contain chemicals. We help attorneys prepare for discovery and litigation by providing:
  • File Review
  • Laboratory Testing and Analysis
  • Research
  • Interim and Final Reports
  • Site Visits
  • Failure Analysis
  • Sampling of Evidence
  • Deposition and Testimony
    •

    Additionally, we provide strategic advice for cases that are similar in nature to ones for which we have prior experience. And we are your ‘translator' of chemical jargon into easy-to-understand language.

    LEGAL EVIDENCE PHOTO & VIDEO

    Chicagoland Legal Photography
    Jeremy Kruse
    230 E. Ontario Street
    Suite 1902
    Chicago, IL 60601
    312-213-4940
    Website:     www.chicagolandlegalphoto.com
    E-Mail: jkruse@chicagolandlegalphoto.com

    Offering photographic and video services in a studio setting, hospital/doctor's office, home environment and at accident sites.

    VIDEO DEPOSITIONS

    LITIGATION CONSULTING


    Arlington Litigation Consultants, Inc.
    Tony Di Viesti
    1121 W. Alec Street
    Chicago, IL 60004
    847-471-0550

    Website: www.arlingtonlc.com
    E-Mail: tdivesti@arlingtonlc.com

    ALC offers many types of services that can assist the client throughout the litigation process. Types of services include:

    CASE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

    EVIDENCE

    EXPERT AND FACT WITNESSES

    DISCOVERY

    HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

    Apollo Hotel Consulting
    Peter T. Tomaras, CHA, MBA
    Champaign, IL

    Phone and Fax #: 217-359-5438
    Email:     innkeeper22@insightbb.com
    Credentials at JurisPro.com

    Hospitality Consultation & Litigation Support


    MEDICAL


    Fischer & Associates Consulting
    Vary Fischer, RN-Founder/Director
    P. O. Box 505
    Kewanee, IL 61443
    309-945-6935

    Website: www.vfischerconsulting.com
    E-Mail: vary@vfischerconsulting.com

    Review and analyze medical records for merit and for omissions/commissions from standards of care; summarize and/or chronologize medical records; prepare literature searches providing theoretical foundations; identify missing documents; locate expert witnesses.
     

    Owner - Laura Mueller, R.N., B.S.N.
    Certified Legal Nurse Consultant

    847-767-5652
    E-mail: CLNC@LaurelMedicalLegal.com

    ATTORNEYS – WHAT IS YOUR TIME WORTH?
    For any case (plaintiff or defense) involving health, illness or injury – We can do that!

    Let us handle the medical aspects so that you can focus on the law.

    Anyone can read a medical record…we read between the lines to strengthen your case. Put our greater than twenty years of experience in the health care industry to work for you.

     
    Medical Malpractice Cases
    (847) 673-4422
    www.medwitness.com

    Reviewed/certified by licensed physicians. Experts located. No merit - no charge.
     
     
    Physicians for Quality
    (800) 284-3627
    www.pfq.com Credible. Medical Experts. Since 1986. We have Illinois physicians who have agreed to review your malpractice case, and if it has merit, testify for you. Plaintiff or defense.


    Paint & Coatings

    Dr. Kenneth H. Brown

    Phone: (847) 475-2755

    AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

    KHB CONSULTING SERVICES provides expert witness and consulting services to attorneys for cases involving chemical or products that contain chemicals. We help attorneys prepare for discovery and litigation by providing:
  • File Review
  • Laboratory Testing and Analysis
  • Research
  • Interim and Final Reports
  • Site Visits
  • Failure Analysis
  • Sampling of Evidence
  • Deposition and Testimony
    •

    Additionally, we provide strategic advice for cases that are similar in nature to ones for which we have prior experience. And we are your ‘translator' of chemical jargon into easy-to-understand language.

    PSYCHIATRY

    Angeline Stanislaus, M.D.
    P. O. Box 31546
    St. Louis, MO 63131

    (618) 791-1777
    E-mail:     astanislaus@medscape.com

    Board certified forensic psychiatrist with extensive experience in sex offender risk assessments, independent medical evaluations and psychiatric evaluations related to criminal and civil litigation issues.

    PSYCHIATRY, GERIATRIC

    Sanford I. Finkel, M.D.
    Geriatric Psychiatrist
    Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
    University of Chicago Medical School

    312-263-0139
    Web site:     www.sanfordifinkelmd.com
    E-mail: sfinkel104@aol.com

    Clinical Practice or Geriatric Psychiatry since 1968 with expertise in:

    Forensic Psychiatry experience since 1988 with expertise in:

    Certification

    Dr. Finkel is the Founder of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) and co-founder of the International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) and the American Psychiatric Association Council on Aging (APA). He has received awards for excellence in geriatric psychiatry from all three of these organizations. Previously, he has been Professor of Psychiatry at Northwestern University where he was the Director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and was awarded Secondary Professorial appointments in Internal Medicine and Neurology. He has received over 9 million dollars in research and educational grant and awards funding in geriatric psychiatry. He has published over 100 papers and chapters and delivered over 1000 lectures.

    Dr. Finkel is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School.

    CV, references and fee schedules are available upon request. 3127 Greenleaf Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois 60091 | Phone: (312) 263.0139 | Fax: (847) 251.9692

    Sanford@SanfordIFinkelMD.com | 24 hour answering service: 312-263-0139 | Cell phone: 847-977-5044


    REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL
    RPK Appraisals, Inc.
    Ronald P. Kurzawski
    P. O. Box 275
    LaGrange, IL 60525

    (708) 785-5550
    Fax: (708) 246-7544
    E-Mail:     rpkappraisals@gmail.com

    RPK Appraisals, Inc. provides timely property valuation and expert witness services to attorneys in the Chicago metropolitan area.