Occasionally, despite all attempts to avoid a dispute sinking into a law suit, you think you might be facing one. You will need good, nationally recognized people, who are articulate and experienced. I have been an expert witness in two lawsuits, one of which actually went to trial! As it happens, in both cases, my client was satisfied with the outcome. My years of teaching all levels of persons how centrifuges work, comes in handy when the audience is non technical persons. Plus, I have spent countless hours reading specifications and working out compliance strategies. One client recently called and asked me to look over the contract and the plant startup reports to see if they had a good case to take to court. To be sure, the centrifuge manufacturer did a shoddy job optimizing, and the performance was a long way from that required by the spec, but the smoking gun was the sludge description.
