Michael J. Slifka, Internationally Renowned Fire Protection Engineering Expert Witness and Consultant, Instrumental in Largest Civil Judgment in Wyoming History


Middleton, WI (PRWEB) May 22, 2014

Experts.com is proud to welcome Michael J. Slifka, PE, to its esteemed cadre of fire protection engineering expert witnesses and consultants. A multi-faceted leader, Slifka’s focus is on fire research, fire code development, fire protection engineering, and health care facility design, maintenance, and operation. He is an expert in the fields of Fire Cause and Origin, Defective Construction Practices, and Wrongful Death and Injury cases.

Slifka has investigated hundreds of fires during his fire protection career and has been qualified as an expert witness in both deposition and at trial in U.S. Federal and State Courts. He was recently instrumental in winning two high-profile lawsuits concerning fire and life safety:

Slifka represented the defendants in a case involving a $ 4,000,000 generator building fire at the St. Louis Airport. His expertise was vital in finding the defendants not liable for any damages.
Working for the Plaintiff on a carbon monoxide poisoning case, Slifka’s testimony was crucial in the awarding of a $ 3,000,000 judgment plus a $ 25,500,000 punitive damages judgment, the largest civil judgment in Wyoming history.

Slifka formerly acted as Chief of Safety, Fire Protection, and Occupational Health for the Veterans Administration, the world’s largest health care organization responsible for, among other duties, the compliance of 172 hospitals and 225 outpatient clinics to JCAHO criteria. His experience consulting with hospitals regarding pre JCAHO physical plant safety assessments spans 30 years. An Expert on the Life Safety Code, Slifka was one of the developers of the Fire Safety Evaluation System (FSES) for Health Care facilities (now known as NFPA 101 A).

Slifka is a recognized and published authority on high rise fire risk and design. His major projects include Water Tower Place and McCormick Place 2 in Chicago, the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, 3 Federal High Rise Office Buildings in CA, IL & GA. He is responsible for over 50 new and/or major renovations of VA and private sector hospitals located throughout the USA. He has served on the National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards (NCSBCS), the National Bureau of Standards, the National Fire Protection Association, and the U.S. General Services Administration.

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Eleanor E. Spring, CFE, CRT, a Nationally Renowned Expert on Fraud Deterrence and Identity Theft Risk Management, is now a Member of Experts.com


Stockton, CA (PRWEB) October 08, 2013

Experts.com is honored to announce one of its newest members, Eleanor E. Spring. A principal at SpringAction Fraud Elimination, Ms. Spring has spent many years dedicated to fraud deterrence, detection, and recovery, and identity theft risk management. As a Certified Deception Detection Expert, she utilizes Behavior Analysis, the reading of body language, during interviews to detect the truth in fraud related crimes.

As a certified leader in the field of identity theft and identity theft risk management, her knowledge and experience in understanding how identity thieves operate has helped put hundreds of criminals behind bars. Ms. Spring works with local police and legal counsel to cut losses, reduce liability, discreetly interview witnesses, interrogate suspects, identify fraudsters, get written confessions and write professional fraud investigation reports that stand up in a court of law.

Ms. Spring is engaged by attorneys for both Plaintiff and Defense in Fraud and Identity Theft situations for investigation, data examination, interviewing of victims, witnesses and suspects, and litigation support. Her interrogation experience combined with her ability to detect deception through direct discreet contact with victims, witnesses and suspects means fast effective resolutions

Ms. Spring is a regular guest on the NYC / FBI Infragard Alliance streaming media show, and is the go-to fraud expert for the Infragard Alliance Organization, a partnership between the FBI and the private sector, and associated with businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other participants.

Eleanor E. Spring is one of Experts.com’s cadre of world-class expert witnesses and consultants. Her engagements are within the domains relating to bank record analysis, credit card, fraud, counterfeit document detection, employee theft, forensic mortgage audits, identity theft and other fraud related crimes.

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