Litigation Expert Witness Services

At any one time, ATOKA normally has six to ten active litigation support/expert witness cases in progress. A few examples of a few of our current cases:

• Two cases within Arkansas involving hydrocarbon contaminant plumes from leaking underground storage tanks, which have allegedly migrated beneath adjacent private property.
• One case in Louisiana involving hydrocarbon contamination from leaks along a major interstate hydrocarbon pipeline that have migrated beneath adjacent private property.
• A case in Oklahoma involving potable groundwater contamination potentially caused by natural gas extraction and hydraulic fracturing.
• ATOKA is representing a landowner in negotiations with an adjacent limestone quarry and the AHTD, which desires to purchase the landowner’s property.
• ATOKA regularly testifies before the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission for different clients.

• ATOKA President and Senior Hydrologist/Hydrogeologist, Dr. Jerry Overton, provides litigation support and expert witness testimony for Geology, Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Hazardous Waste Management, Environmental Health and Safety, and NORM cases.
• ATOKA Vice President, Joe D. Henry, provides litigation support and expert witness testimony in food safety, microbiology, mold, indoor air quality, and other specialized areas.
• ATOKA Executive Vice President, Clifford McBryde, provides expert witness services in asbestos, indoor air quality, and industrial hygiene cases as well as site assessments.
• ATOKA Senior Engineers Gary Martin and Kevin Chitwood provide expert witness services for Civil and Environmental Engineering cases.