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Course Overview
Environmental professionals are at times engaged to serve as litigation experts. More frequently, they find themselves involved in cases when their work sites become the subjects of lawsuits and they are brought in as fact witnesses. As environmental issues have become increasingly complex, the role of LSRPs and other technically trained professionals in litigation continues to grow, and their advice and testimony is often decisive.
This revised, half-day online class provides guidance to LSRPs and environmental consultants on best practices of expert and fact witnesses, and it explores the consultant’s role in other dispute resolution processes.
Featured Topics
- Professional Integrity within the Courtroom
- Recordkeeping for Depositions and Testimony
- Value and Strength of Independent Professional Judgment
- Presenting Testimony within the Bounds of the Law and Expertise
- Planning for Cross Examination
- Dispute Resolution Uses and Tactics
Who Should Attend?
Individuals who may become involved in litigation related to environmental issues can benefit from attending this course. Past participants have included:
- Attorneys
- Consultants
- Environmental Scientists
- Environmental Specialists
- Hydrogeologists
- Project Managers
Meet Your Instructors
Daniel Nachman, TRC
Daniel Nachman is a Vice President with TRC Environmental Corporation in Millburn, NJ. He is responsible for the technical and regulatory aspects of investigative and remedial projects, and serves as an expert witness for environmental litigation. Before joining TRC, he spent 17 years with Geraghty and Miller where he directed a wide range of groundwater supply and contamination investigations. Mr. Nachman received his M.S. in Geology from Oregon State University in 1977.
Dennis Krumholz, Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti
Lanny Kurzweil, McCarter & English
Jeffrey Pollock, Fox Rothschild
Linda Taylor, NJDEP
Ira Whitman, Whitman
Student Reviews
Most useful aspect of the course: “Hearing the opinions of both legal and technical professionals on the role of experts.”
– Past Participant
Most useful aspect of the course: “Explanation of different types of witnesses/testimony and what is expected of each.”
– Past Participant
“I found that it gave a good basic understanding of the legal process to LSRPs.”
– Past Participant
Continuing Education Credits
The most recent offering of The Role of LSRPs and Environmental Consultants in Litigation and Dispute Resolution was approved for the following credits from professional organizations. We will reapply for similar credits the next time the course runs, but we cannot guarantee credit approval for future offerings.
New Jersey
NJ Continuing Legal Education: 3.5 CLEs
NJ Health Officers and Registered Environmental Health Specialists (HO/REHS): Rutgers University, NJAES, Office of Continuing Professional Education has been approved by the New Jersey Department of Health as a provider of NJ Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEs). Participants who complete this education program will be awarded 3.5 NJ Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEs).
NJ Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRP): 2 Regulatory CECs
NJ Professional Engineers: 3.5 Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Credits
Program Questions? We’re Here to Help!
If you have any questions about The Role of LSRPs and Environmental Consultants in Litigation and Dispute Resolution, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.
Program Coordinator: Pamela Springard-Mayer
848-932-7463
pspring@rutgers.edu
For registration assistance, please contact our Registration Department at 848-932-9271, option 2 or email registration@njaes.rutgers.edu.