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| Expert Witness, Insurance Claim & Legal Support Consulting Fari Barzegar, Ph.D., P.E. Practical experience, advanced training/education and demonstration skills, including several years of university teaching & research, enable Dr. Barzegar to address a broad range of issues in his areas of expertise and present them to lay audience. The following is a partial list of cases for which Dr. Barzegar has assisted the client and/or their legal counsel as an expert consultant/witness. Expert witness consulting has ranged from small to multi-million dollar claims, including both plaintiff and defendant cases. |
Partial Case/Project List Partial Client List Caesars Palace (Las Vegas) v. Interstate Fire and Casualty/Fireman’s Fund Southwest Post-Tension Systems, Inc. Insurance Companies Pacific Bell Telephone Company v. Vogl & Meredith, LLP, and Beliveau Engineering Contractors & City of Oakland Zurich American Insurance Company Armstrong v. United States United States Attorney’s Office - Northern District of California Kingsway Cathedral v. City of Des Moines (Iowa), et al. Kingsway Cathedral, Inc. Structural Investigation after Fire Capital Insurance Group Sheldon United Terminals v. Industrial Specialists Cox, Wootton, Griffin, Hansen & Poulos, LLP, Zurich American Insurance, and NACIC Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. McCarthy & Rubright, LLP Pneumatic Conveying & Manufacturing, et al. Department of the Army v. Bar Cal Steel Company Interstate Fire and Casualty/Fireman’s Fund Insurance Companies Fregoso v. Pacific Gas & Electric Company, et al. Law Offices of Van Blois & Associates Structural Investigation of Foundation Damage & Fair Anselm Plaza Evaluation of Seismic Retrofit Options The Regents of the University of California at Berkeley McMillan & Shureen LLP, and CNA Insurance v. Stern-Williams, et al. Illinois River Energy v. Fagen, et al. Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman, and Colony Insurance Group Resendiz v. Pinnacle Builders, Inc. Law Offices of Bradford & Barthel, LLP, and Employers Compensation Insurance Company Fong v. Mesa Development, et al. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, and ACE Westchester Specialty Claims & Zavala Mini-Storage Facility Chubb Insurance Lei v. AAC Funding Clinton & Clinton, and CNA Insurance Kraus v. The Grubb Company, et al. Stromberg Law Firm Devolder v. DPR Construction and Law Offices of John N. Frye Johnson Western Gunite Nelson v. Sequoyah Country Club Downing Law Firm Cutrufelli v. The Macerich Company, et al. Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP, and Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. Shah v. Chabra Law Offices of Valerian, Patterson & Stratman, and Farmers Insurance Yen v. De Wolf Inspection Services, et al. Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP, and Liberty Surplus Insurance Granite Construction v. Carter & Burgess and Wood & Bender, LLP M. Arthur Gensler & Associates, Inc. Hetrick v. Nibbi Construction, et al. Carlson, Calladine & Peterson LLP Wittsack Residence Law Offices of James G. Schwartz Clemente v. Campos Law Offices of Ewing & Associates Gizzarelli v. Hakimi Stoddard, Berquist, Wood & Anderson, LLP Berger v. Mirov Construction & Telesis Engineers, et al. The Schinner Law Group Sollars Construction et al. v. Clayton Johnson, Inc., et al. Law Offices of James G. Schwartz Panoramic Hill Association v. Law Office of Michael Lozeau The Regents of the University of California at Berkeley Bustamante v. Vu, et al. Calendo, Puckett, Sheedy & DiCorrado, LLP, and Allstate Insurance Company Shayesteh v. Norwalk Home Owners' Association The Law Offices of Friedland, Rivas & Associates Andrews v. The City of Livermore Law Office of Victor M. Castro Albert v. Frontline Inspection Services Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP, and Liberty Surplus Insurance Ireland v. San Francisco Municipal Railway Sheppard-Rosen Law Firm, LLC Charleston Place v. Bron Concrete Warda & Yonano, LLP Ewrudje v. City of Berkeley, et al. Law Offices of George Holland Coakley v. Kreger, et al. Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP, and STAR Insurance Company Gresham v. City of San Jose O'Brien & Kelleher, LLP Dwivedi v. Corrie Development Veres Reed & Veres Crane v. Brenlar Investments Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP Town of Woodside v. Bridgman McCracken, Byers & Haesloop, LLP Mohsanian v. Mahalati Sweeney, Mason, Wilson & Bosomworth ACACIA Bank v. Chan Law Offices of Cary L. Dictor Great American Insurance Company v. Ellison, Nielsen, Knibbs, Zehe & Antas, P.C. Diablo Valley Masonry, Inc. Besharati v. Marin County Public Works Department Kesten, Colton, Bogaards & Brandt Lombardini Residence Law Offices of Peter J. Zouras Goodin v. Selig Law Office of James R. Nicholas, Jr. Tham v. Carona Engineers Peter Tham Creekside Gardens Apartments JCM Partners, LLC |
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