Providing expert witness, forensic analysis, litigation support, and consulting mechanical engineering services related to product failures with valves, pressure vessels, piping, tanks, vents, industrial accidents, and other mechanical components. Serving plaintiff or defendant.

Experienced expert witness. Over thirty years of experience in mechanical design and solving mechanical problems. Paul R. Ostand, P.E. has extensive experience with manufacturing methods, is a patentee in the field, and designed mechanical products for the following industries.

·Valves for various industries, including chemical, petroleum, food processing, general industrial, commercial, sanitary, tank venting, and instrumentation.

·Hazardous fluid handling equipment for service station gasoline handling products, fuel stroage, fuel transfer; bulk plant tank valves, vents and fittings; tank transport valves, vents, and fittings.

·Construction equipment and machinery; mobile and fixed.

These expert services are performed by an analysis of the product failure taking into consideration product design, application of engineering sciences, testing, manufacturing methods, quality control, field performance, adherence to good engineering practice and relevant codes, as well as meeting the standards of other products offered in the industry.

Preparations for depositions and testimony will provide the attorney with litigation support and the necessary information to perform discovery and thoroughly question a witness.

Ostand's background as an experienced designer and inventor, will provide a firm and valuable foundation to professionally evaluate product performance or failure, such as a valve failure or leakage, venting failure, fuel leak, chemical leak, tank leak and other product failures that Ostand has had experience with and establish his credibility before a jury.

Call to discuss this experience and ability to represent your client's needs for the case in question.

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