Expert Witness Marine

Mr. W.P. (Bil) Stewart, P.E., President of Stewart Technology Associates (STA) has provided expert testimony in many marine and offshore litigation cases. These cases have involved vessel collisions, vessel sinkings and groundings, vessel capsizes, production platform toppling, barge buckling, major structural damage to jack-ups under tow, jack-up elevated failures, anchor failures, and mooring system failures. Mr. Stewart has provided expert opinions for cases in the United States, in the United Kingdom, and in South Africa. He is a registered Professional Engineer (Texas) and a Chartered Engineer in Europe.

Numerous technical papers and articles have been written by Mr. Stewart, who is also closely associated with the activities and research undertaken by several learned societies, particularly the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. A broad background in Civil Engineering, Soil Mechanics, Hydrodynamics, Offshore Structures and Structural Dynamics, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, enables STA to provide a wide and well balanced service to lawyers. Many legal cases, especially those involving forensic examination of accidents, require knowledge and experience spanning several of the above technical disciplines.

STA produces high quality technical reports including clear diagrams which enable the technical analyses to be easily understood. Extensive use is made of computer software and state-of-the-art analytical and simulation techniques. Almost invariably a color “notebook” computer and printer accompany Mr. Stewart when he attends (or provides) depositions, visits clients’ offices, or simply travels out of town. With this computer, reports can be immediately modified, new analyses performed, existing analyses revised, and hard copy provided anywhere in the world, offshore and onshore.  Technical reports produced by STA have won clients millions of dollars over the last fifteen years.

In addition to a wide range of technical analysis software, STA maintains computer databases of offshore and marine accidents, tanker oil spills, plus databases of construction and other offshore costs. These, and other databases, can be most useful in maritime litigation. STA also produces graphic visual aids and physical models for use at trial.

Expert testimony work is a small but important part of the normal STA workload.

Gain an Edge with Expert Witness Marine Services from Stewart Technology Associates

[Posted on July 19]

Serious offshore accidents occur more often than people would believe, and when these accidents occur, the ramifications can be immense and can affect a significant number of people. It’s also important to mention that when serious offshore accidents occur, litigation usually follows, but if legal action is taken by one party against another, then it pays to rely on the high quality expert witness marine services offered at Stewart Technology Associates.

For more than 20 years, Stewart Technology Associates has provided a number of high quality offshore and marine engineering consultancy services, and although all of this firm’s services are important and add a great deal of value, there is one service which has had a tremendously positive impact for its clients: expert witness marine. The CEO of Stewart Technology Associates, W.P. Bil Stewart has not only steered this company into success, but he has also personally testified in a number of offshore litigation cases within the US, South Africa, and the United Kingdom; the cumulative results of these cases have been excellent as Bil Stewart’s testimony has helped clients to win millions of dollars over the course of 15 years. Needless to say, Bil Stewart and the team at Stewart Technology Associates have the background knowledge, skills, and reputation needed to provide expert testimony which can result in litigation success.

Whether the specific legal action is with respect to a vessel collision, vessel sinking, platform toppling, vessel capsize, jack-up elevated failure, anchor failure, mooring failures, or perhaps some other serious offshore failure, Bil Stewart and the team at Stewart Technology Associates will be able to provide high quality expert witness marine services for a wide range of offshore situations. Clear and understandable diagrams, reports, and simulations related to the offshore failure can be produce in a relatively quick manner, and both the hardware and software needed to produce these information pieces will be brought to the specific location of litigation.

Whether you are an organization which is currently involved in litigation as a result of a serious offshore accident or failure or you are a law firm which is representing a client, you will no doubt find great value with the expert witness marine services from Stewart Technology Associates. If you would like to learn more about these services or perhaps other services such as marine accident investigation, then don’t hesitate to contact us directly by phone or email or feel free to continue browsing through our website.

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