Atlantic Environmental has provided expert witness services on Environmental, Health and Safety issues throughout its entire 28 year existence. We offer the ability to translate highly technical, scientific information into real and practical terms. We have the ability to interpret technical information to assist the attorney in providing the best legal advice and direction on pursuing or settling litigation issues associated with chemical and environmental issues.

This includes assessing the possible association between chemicals and specific diseases as well as re-creating exposure scenarios from historical records or data. We have acted as experts in litigation for such issues as chemical exposure, asbestos, solvents, PCB's, and other environmental issues. We have provided these services to such firms as:

Woodard, Hall & Primm (Houston, TX)
Woolf, McClaine, Bright, Allen et. al. (Knoxville, TN)
Abrams, Scott & Bickley (Houston, TX)
Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough (Columbia, SC)
McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney (Morristown, NJ)
Lavin, Coleman (Philadelphia, PA)
Anderson, Kill & Olick (NYC)
Montgomery, McCracken, et. al. (Philadelphia, PA)
Daniel J. O'Connell & Associates, PC (Elgin, IL)
Levinson, Axelrod, Wheaton, Grayzel, et. al. (Edison, NJ)
Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios & Haley (Bath, ME)
Crivello, Carlson, and Mentkowski (Milwaukee, WI)
Marshall Denehy (Philadelphia, PA, Pittsburgh, PA)
Abbott, Simses & Kuchler (New Orleans, LA)
Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell (Jackson, MS)
Imai, Tadlock (San Francisco, CA )
Steptoe & Johnson (Charleston, WVA)
Goodell, Devries, Leech & Dann (Baltimore, MD)
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (Philadelphia, PA)
Provost Umphrey (North Little Rock, AR)
Provosty Saddler (Alexandria, VA)

We have assisted both Plaintiffs and Defendants in furthering their positions.

Contact Robert E. Sheriff directly at (973) 366-4660 or send us an e-mail (info@atlenv.com) to discuss any specific litigation needs. We will be open and candid as to whether we can be of benefit to you and your clients.

Frederick M. Toca, Ph.D., CIH, CSP , Senior Consultant
Dr. Toca is one of the most recognized individuals in Industrial Hygiene, Safety and Environmental Management in the United States. Dr. Toca has more than 20 years of experience directing and managing programs and acting as the principal technical specialist in Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Safety, and Environmental Sciences.

Dr. Toca is the former Director of Occupational Safety & Health for Hoechst Celanese, the former Director of Industrial Hygiene Safety & Compliance for USX Corporation (U.S. Steel), and the former Manager of Environmental Protection for General Electric Co., Plastics Division. Dr. Toca has also held director level positions in Tenneco Chemicals and Gulf Oil. He has also served as a staff member of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.

Fred Toca is a Past President of the 12, 000 member American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA). He is the co-author of the 1996 book titled "Management of People and Programs in Industrial Hygiene." He is the past Chair of the Chemical Manufacturing Association's Committee on Environment, Health, Safety and Operations Oversight Committee. Dr. Toca has authored a variety of research and management publications in Chemistry, Industrial Hygiene, Safety & Management and is an experienced and accomplished public speaker and lecturer.

He is available as an expert in a wide variety of health, safety & environmental subjects including chemical exposure, toxicology, regulatory interpretation, expert testimony on pending or proposed legislation, and standards of good and responsible practice.

Robert E. Sheriff, MS, CIH, CSP, CEO
A graduate of the University of Iowa with a Master of Science Degree in Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, he also served as a U.S. Army Officer, and is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (1974), and Certified Safety Professional (1978). Before he founded Atlantic Environmental, Inc. in 1978, Mr. Sheriff was Corporate Manager of Safety Health and Environment for Sun Chemical Corporation. Prior to this he held positions in the Loss Control Department of Continental Insurance and technical positions with Libby Foods and the Iowa Water Pollution Control Commission.

Having served as President of the 12,000 member American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) in 1991/92, he is a widely known and respected environmental professional.

Mr. Sheriff's experience includes acting as a qualified expert in federal, state, and worker's compensation jurisdictions. These activities have included depositions and testimony related to safety, industrial hygiene, asbestos, and EPA and OSHA regulatory requirements. His expertise includes recreating past exposure and pollution situations and drawing expert conclusions from the information available.

Henry P. Shotwell, Ph.D., CIH, Vice President
Ph.D. - Environmental Chemistry
MS - Biomedical Sciences
BS - Biology & Chemistry
Former Director, IH & Safety - Environmental Waste Mgmt. Associates
Former IH & Safety Controller - Shotwell Associates
Former Mgr. Health & Environmental Safety - Sun Chemical Corp.
Former Corp. Industrial Hygiene Safety Specialist - American Cyanamid Co. Adjunct Professor Farleigh Dickinson Univ., Madison, New Jersey

Dr. Shotwell has more than 37 years’ experience in industrial hygiene, toxicology, clinical chemistry, microbiology and safety engineering. He has extensive clinical research experience gained at Yale Arbovirus Research Unit (a combined effort of Yale University School of Medicine, World Health Organization and the Rockefeller Institute). Dr. Shotwell gained broad industrial experience in biological monitoring, industrial hygiene, chemistry, noise, radiation monitoring, indoor air quality and systems safety engineering with Olin Corporation, American Cyanamid Company and Sun Chemical Corporation. Dr. Shotwell has provided litigation support in mold and indoor air quality cases, and has evaluated exposures to volatile organic chemicals through mathematical modeling. His experience with industrial chemicals includes solvents, pesticides, dyes, plastics, and various organics and inorganics.

Dr. Shotwell teaches a course in toxicology for the Environmental & Occupational Health and Safety Institute of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ. He has served twice as the Chair of the American Industrial Hygiene Association’s Biological Monitoring Committee and three times as Chair of the Ionizing Radiation Committee.

Henry P. Shotwell, Ph.D., CIH is a recognized expert in indoor air quality, mold and mold remediation, industrial hygiene, noise and noise control, and ionizing/non-ionizing radiation. He has conducted field surveys, trained practitioners, developed expert opinions, given deposition and has appeared in court as an expert witness

Hamid Arabzadeh, MS, CIH, CSP, REA, CHMM
HRA Environmental Consultants, Inc., Irvine, CA
MS – Occupational Health & Safety, McGill UniversityBS – Industrial Technology Engineering, USC – Long Beach
Present Instructor – UC Irvine, College of MedicineFormer Environmental Health & Safety Manager – UC, Irvine, CA
Former Director Environmental Health & Safety - Los Angeles Unified School District
Former Corporate Manager – Industrial Hygiene – UnOCal
Former Senior Occupatioanl Health & Safety Consultant – Ontario Ministry of Labor, Canada
Registered Environmental AssessorCertified Industrial Hygienist
Certified Safety Professional
Certified Hazardous Materials ManagerAsbestos Inspector Management Planner – US EPA
Hazwoper Site Safety Officer – Incident Commander

Hamid is the Principal Consultant of Air and Building Sciences, LLC of Los Angeles, California. He is also the Environmental Health and Safety Manager of the University of California, Irvine. He is the former Director of Environmental Health and Safety for the Los Angeles (CA) Unified School District. He was also Corporate Manager of Industrial Hygiene UnOCal Corporation and a Senior Occupational Health and Safety Consultant for the Ontario Ministry of Labor. He was an adjunct Professor in Environmental Health, Pollution Prevention at Cal State, Long Beach and currently teaches Environmental Health and Safety at the University of California, Irvine.

Hamid is an industrial hygiene and safety expert as well as a specialist in water pollution prevention.

Wesley R. Van Pelt, Ph.D., CHP, Health Physicist
Renown health physicist and specialist in ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. Former Corporate Safety Director of Hoffman-La Roche, Inc. Received his doctorate in Nuclear Engineering from NYU, MS and BS in Radiologic Health and Physics from Rutgers University. He is a Certified Health Physicist (1973) and Certified Industrial Hygienist (1976).

He is an Adjunct Professor at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (UMDNJ), Rutgers University, and Thomas Edison College and is author or co-author of a variety of publications in Radiation, Biochemistry and Industrial Hygiene.

Dr. Van Pelt has acted as an expert in a wide variety of jurisdictions on subjects such as radiation, microwaves, radio frequency emissions, multiple chemical sensitivity and indoor air quality.

John J. Borris, Ph.D., NRCC, CIH
Dr. Borris has broad experience in environmental health and safety practice. He is the former Director of Health & Safety for Allied Signal Corporation and Foster Wheeler Corporation.

Dr. Borris holds a Ph.D. from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Technical Management. He has an MS in Biochemistry from the University of Maryland and a BS in Chemistry from Seton Hall University.

He has vast technical knowledge of chemistry, analytical chemistry and specific mechanisms of chemical pollution in the environment. He was a senior planner for over 100 Superfund Sites including:

He is also an adjunct professor of chemistry and environmental subjects at The University of Medicine and Dentistry (UMDNJ) of NJ., Hunter College and Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Dr. Borris is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and in the National Registry of Clinical Chemists.

Lawrence D. Kornreich, Ph.D., CIH
Dr. Kornreich has directed the activities of Enviro-Sciences, Inc. of Mount Arlington, NJ for the past 10 years. He has provided a wide variety of expert assistance in asbestos and product safety litigation. Dr. Kornreich has also participated in a wide variety of Indoor Air Quality assessments and an equally wide range of Industrial Hygiene exposure assessments.

He is the former Director of Environment and Safety for ITT Corporation with responsibility worldwide for Environmental Affairs, Industrial Hygiene, Safety and fire protection.

Dr. Kornreich received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in Air and Industrial Hygiene, a MS in Organic Chemistry from the University of Delaware, and a Bachelors Degree in Chemistry from Columbia University.

He is an Adjunct Professor in environmental science at Centenary College and a Diplomat of the American Academy of Certified Consultants and Experts.

Howard J. Cohen, Ph.D., CIH
Dr. Cohen is a Professor and Chair of the University of New Haven’s Occupational Safety and Health program, where he has taught for the past 11 years. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Cohen was the Manager of Industrial Hygiene for the Olin Corporation where he worked for 16 years.

Dr. Cohen is the former Editor in Chief of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, and immediate past-chair of the American National Standards Institute’s Z88.2 committee on respiratory protection. Dr. Cohen serves on two National Academy of Sciences committees on personal protective equipment. He also serves on the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. Dr. Cohen has authored 20 peer-review publications on a variety of subjects and several chapters of industrial hygiene textbooks.

Dr. Cohen is available as an expert in a wide variety of health, industrial hygiene, , safety & environmental subjects including exposure assessment, respiratory protection, diesel exhaust, asbestos, and metalworking fluid.

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