Disciplines \ Practice Areas

Alphabetical Directory Listing

Admiralty / Maritime

Stem to Stern. The maritime industry spans a wide variety of operations, both afloat and ashore. This includes commercial shipping, cruise lines, intermodal services, and the recreational boating sec...

Agriculture / Food

On the Farm. Our professional engineers are concerned with, and understand the importance of, creating and maintaining a safe and healthy environment for growing and raising agricultural commodities ...

Amusement

Our amusement and theme park investigators survey the causes of a client's injuries and claims to determine: Amusement and theme park equipment safety, defects, maintenance, use, and malfunction p...

Aquatics

Our aquatics experts can evaluate and assess a company's risk management procedures to determine if the procedures are correct and adequately followed. From the pool and spas to the shore and beach ou...

Architectural

Forensic perspective beyond the architecture process. Architecture cases and claims call for a professional, experienced expert with a proficient and focused skill. We have experts specializing in...

Auto

Today’s vehicles have new features that help to reduce the number of crashes due to driver loss of control, minimize injuries to occupants, monitor safety system readiness and performance, and record ...

Bicycle

Our bicycle experts are riders with engineering backgrounds that can design, assemble and maintain a bicycle. We reconstruct a bicycle crash to determine the root cause through inspecting and evaluati...

Biomechanical

Applying engineering principles to forces exerted on the body. The biomechanical experts at Robson Forensic provide scientific and analytical evaluation of injury causation. Our experts are engag...

Biomedical

Our biomedical experts analyze cases involving device failures, as well as patients' adverse tissue reactions to medical device products. Our experts review the device supplier's design and manufactur...

Boating

Our boating experts can reconstruct incidents involving any type of watercraft. Our experts excel in product liability and boat accident reconstruction for cases and claims, and court testimony. Our e...

Child Supervision

Identifying negligence and child safety hazards. Our child supervision investigations evaluate the impact of supervision, or lack thereof, on the injury of a child. Effective supervision is much more...

Civil / Site

Designing for quality of life in residential and commercial buildings and structures. We have experienced civil engineers that can handle residential site development, road layout and drainage, co...

Construction

Investigating a wide range of construction matters. Construction cases require focused expertise. We have experts in architecture; geotechnical and material sciences; civil, structural, mechanical...

Construction > Aquatic Facilities

Aquatic facility design and construction requires specialized expertise and in-depth understanding of the many systems involved in the complex operation of waterparks, swimming pools, hot tubs, spray ...

Construction > Hydrogeology

Experts in water distribution, movement, and chemistry. When an injury or loss occurs due to flooding, hydraulic structures, ground or surface water pollution, water supply depletion, precipitatio...

Contracting

Contracting cases or claims requires focused expertise. Our experts can assist in the litigation of cases resulting from personal injury, commercial, or insurance claims regarding, management preparat...

Criminal Science

Our criminal science experts have performed thousands of civil and criminal investigations. Most of our criminal cases involve arson or motor vehicle charges, such as homicide or assault. We can also ...

Cyber Forensics

Robson Forensic provides quality expert services in computer forensics. Our experts provide support in investigations involving Internet security, premises security, data retrieval, electronic tracki...

Dendrology

Trees are often involved in litigation surrounding accidents, trespass, and other events. Typically, the critical questions may involve the health and condition of the tree and its status as a potenti...

Dram Shop

Most states hold a server of alcoholic beverages responsible for the bodily injuries and/or property damages to a third party caused by a patron who may have become visibly intoxicated in a licensed e...

Driver Action / Performance

Drivers must remain attentive and observant behind the wheel. Drivers not only encounter motorcyclists, bicyclists and pedestrians, but they must contend with the hazards of construction zones, volati...

Education

With a combined 90 years experience as instructors, our education experts understand the responsibilities of teachers. We have experience in all types of educational environments: Elementary, jun...

Electronics / Communication

We are experienced with all types of electronic communications including wireless, data, cellphones, VoIP, surveillance equipment, and electronic communications standards and protocols. Our electroni...

Elevators / Escalators

Our elevator and escalator experts are veterans in the industry having worked for manufacturers, installation contractors, and maintenance companies as mechanics, inspectors, designers and engineers. ...

Energy

Our energy practice includes engineers with backgrounds in the production and sale of energy. Our experts have experience in the electric power industry, including generation and transmission, and in ...

Environmental Health / Safety

Unearthing environmental issues. Industrial, commercial, laboratory, and household activities leave their imprint on the environment. Hazardous substances released into the air, water, soil, and g...

Fire / Explosion

Our investigation is not finished until the origin and cause are determined. Our certified fire investigators are experts in fire scene management, evidence retrieval and identification of fire or...

Fire / Explosion > Fire Modeling

Robson Forensic offers many other areas of expertise through science, engineering and architecture, and supporting professionals. It is often difficult for our clients to determine what kind of techn...

High Voltage / Pole Line

Power lines and poles are often involved in injury and property damage cases and claims: poles break, lines fall, and fuses blow. Our high voltage and pole line experts investigate issues related to...

Highway / Roadway / Traffic

Our highway experts examine crash sites, use field measurements, scrutinize crash scene photos and perform accident reconstruction to determine if highway factors and road conditions were a...

Human Factors

Human factors is a science that studies how people interact with or use all types of products, machines, equipment, and environments. Human factors studies the effect of people’s mental, perceptual, ...

Hydrogeology

Robson Forensic offers many other areas of expertise through science, engineering and architecture, and supporting professionals. It is often difficult for our clients to determine what kind of techn...

Marine

A professional marine engineer, with an advanced license, is responsible for all facets of marine construction; from design through testing and operation. This includes welding procedures, piping desi...

Mech / Elec / Plumbing

Our mechanical engineers specialize in physics for analysis, manufacturing, design, and maintenance of mechanical systems. Our experts have a depth of understanding in concepts including mechanics, k...

Medical Devices

Our medical devices experts analyze cases involving device failures, as well as patients' adverse tissue reactions to medical device products. Our experts review the device supplier's design and manuf...

Medical Malpractice

In a hospital, medical office, medical laboratory or patient care setting, a clinical engineer is responsible for all medical equipment, facilities, infrastructure, machines, medical devices, procedur...

Motor Vehicle Accidents

Not only do we know how to reconstruct crashes, we also know how to determine causation. Our vehicle crash group consists of reconstruction experts, vehicle and highway engineers supported by spec...

Motor Vehicle Accidents > Tires

Our tire experts have extensive tire engineering and forensic experience. We understand how to determine if a tire failure caused a vehicle crash and why tire explosions occur during tire service. Ou...

Motor Vehicle Accidents > Train

Our railroad experts are civil engineers with backgrounds in bridge, track and grade crossing safety. We are frequently retained to evaluate grade crossing collisions and train/subway collisions inv...

Motorcycle / ATV

Our motorcycle and ATV experts are enthusiasts who combine their engineering and industry knowledge of motorcycles and ATVs with hands-on experience. We evaluate issues of operator actions, product de...

Other Areas of Expertise

Robson Forensic offers many other areas of expertise through science, engineering and architecture, and supporting professionals. It is often difficult for our clients to determine what kind of techn...

Pedestrian / Bicycle

Not only do we know how to reconstruct crashes, we also know how to determine causation. Our vehicle crash group consists of reconstruction experts, vehicle and highway engineers supported by special...

Police Procedures / Security

Reconstructing incidents and evaluating actions. Our police procedures/security team of police officers and private investigators is trained to investigate cases involving police actions, fraudulent ...

Premises Liability

Finding answers to premises liability. Our premises liability team of architects and engineers is trained to investigate cases involving the design, construction, operation and maintenance of residen...

Product Liability

Investigating the challenges of product liability. Our product liability group includes engineers and scientists who have designed, manufactured and repaired a wide array of consumer, medical and ind...

Product Liability > Aquatic Facilities

Our aquatic experts specialize in equipment failures caused by chemical degradation, incompatible materials, improper equipment selection and installation, and defectively designed equipment. Robson F...

Product Liability > Biomechanical

Investigating the challenges of products liability. Our products liability group includes engineers and scientists who have designed, manufactured and repaired a wide array of consumer, medical and i...

Product Liability > Glass / Ceramics

Investigating the challenges of products liability. Our products liability group includes engineers and scientists who have designed, manufactured and repaired a wide array of consumer, medical and i...

Professional Liability

Experienced professionals often times suffer losses due to lawsuits filed against them or a client of a professional can suffer damage from negligent professional services. Robson Forensic experts ca...

Restraint Systems

Not only do we know how to reconstruct crashes, we also know how to determine causation. Our vehicle crash group consists of reconstruction experts, vehicle and highway engineers supported by special...

Skiing

We provide skiing and snowboarding expertise in skiing and winter sports injuries. Our winter sports experts perform investigations involving lift operations; snow making; ski instruction; ...

Sports / Recreation

Our sports and amusement investigations evaluate the causes of participant injuries and claims to determine: Were the equipment and facility safely designed, used and maintained? Was equipment pr...

Sports > Aquatics

Our aquatics experts evaluate the causes of participant injuries and claims to determine if the equipment used was maintained and handled correctly. Our aquatics product liability experts can determin...

Structural

Forensic perspective beyond the construction process. Structural cases often requires an expert with focused expertise. We have licensed professional structural engineers who have experience with res...

Towing

Not only do we know how to reconstruct crashes, we also know how to determine causation. Our vehicle crash group consists of reconstruction experts, vehicle and highway engineers supported by special...

Traffic Signal

Traffic signal malfunction or improper design can be a significant factor in intersection crashes. Issues may include designing, installing and maintaining traffic signals. A traffic signal inv...

Truck / Bus

Not only do we know how to reconstruct crashes, we also know how to determine causation. Our vehicle crash group consists of reconstruction experts, vehicle and highway engineers supported by special...

Working From Heights

We've all seen the famous photographs illustrating the construction of the Empire State Building. Workers were perched on a steel beam high above the NYC skyline eating their lunch, while others “wal...

Workplace

Resolving matters of the workplace. Our industrial/workplace safety group includes engineers, occupational safety specialists and certified industrial hygienists. We are well versed in federal and st...

Workplace > Construction

Laborer, pipe fitter, carpenter, painter, bricklayer, cement finisher, roofer, boilermaker - what do these trades have in common?  They work in one of the most dangerous industries; they ar...

Workplace > Safety

Our workplace safety experts can evaluate the concerns that arise from cases or claims concerning workplace liability. Workplace safety consists of a broad based set of responsibilities covering mach...