Boating Expert Witness Services - Qualifications

Critical to Fisher Maritime's ability to provide unsurpassed expert witness services in cases involving boating safety is individual backgrounds based in the maritime and boating industries. An illustration of this background can be seen below in summerized background of our lead boating safety expert witness, Dr. Kenneth Fisher.

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Passengers Rescued on US Coast Guard Small Boat

Education

University of Sydney. Ph.D. (Engineering Economics). 1973.
University of Michigan. MS (Engineering Mechanics, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering). 1966.
Webb Institute of Naval Architecture. BS (Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering). 1964.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Institute of Maritime Studies. Certificate (Admiralty and Maritime Law). 1980.
American Arbitration Association. Certificate (Advanced Commercial Arbitration Advocacy Institute). 1986.

Professional Affiliations

The Royal Institution of Naval Architects ("RINA") -Fellow
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers ("SNAME") - Life Member
American Society of Naval Engineers ("ASNE") - Member

Professional Experience

President - Fisher Maritime Consulting Group (1976 - Present)

Liability Assessment - Around 170 cases, deposed about 75 times/testified about 25 times.
Professional Seminars - addressing liability avoidance in marine design and construction.
Training - for over 3000 industry representatives from 400+ organizations and 24 countries.
Arbitration - 160+ days of hearings - total claims exceeded $15 million.
Contract Management - for commercial clients with major contracts.
Contract Development - for ship construction and conversion.
Planning - international maritime projects having values of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Industry Professor for M.Sc. Program (Ocean Technology and Commerce) - Webb Institute (1996 - 2000)

Director, Transportation Systems - Transportation Sciences Division
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Senior Systems Analyst - Management Sciences Division
John J. McMullen Associates, Inc. (1973 - 1976)
Independent consultant to tanker designing and constructing shipyards - Japan and Korea (1972 - 1973)
Lecturer (Associate Professor), Naval Architecture - The University of Sydney (1969 - 1972)
Lecturer (Associate Professor), Naval Architecture (Part-Time) - University of New South Wales (1969 - 1972)
Independent consultant to marine and related transportation organizations - Australia (1970 - 1972)
Assistant Professor, Naval Architecture and Mechanical Engineering - SUNY Maritime College (1967 - 1969)
Research Associate (Part-Time) and Teaching Fellow - University of Michigan (1964 - 1967)

Selected Publications

"Maritime Product Liability." Fisher Maritime. November, 1979.
"Evaluation of Marine Risks -- An Analytical Approach." United States Propeller Club's North Atlantic Regional Seminar on Marine Liability. Newport, RI. April, 1986.
"Developments in Marine and Small Craft Liabilities." Fisher Maritime. April, 1983.
"Product Liability in Vessel Construction - Reducing Its Potential Through Contract Management." Seminar on Contract Management for Commercial Ship Construction and Repair. St. Louis. May, 1979.
"Liability Avoidance in Ship Design and Construction." Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. New England. December, 1979.
"Dynamic Aspects of Marine and Offshore Liabilities." Fisher Maritime. March, 1978.

Detailed Curriculum Vitae

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