Litigation Consulting/Toxic Tort Cases/Weather Events Reconstruction

MET Associates provides litigation support services and expert witness testimony to the Environmental Law profession and Insurance Industry for both plaintiff and defendant cases that involve Air Quality Modeling and/or Forensic Meteorology. MET can assist attorneys and insurance claim professionals in obtaining, analyzing, modeling, and interpreting the correct atmospheric data for their case. MET associates uses the latest Regulatory and Air Quality modeling software approved by the EPA. MET's modeling expertise, combined with their advanced knowledge of Meteorological Data Processing and Analysis, provides strong support to the attorney for the visual presentation of data modeling results.

MET Professional Services

Forensic Meteorology Services for the Legal Profession
Toxic Tort Strategy for Plaintiff or Defense/Environmental Air Pollution
Insurance Industry Services including Meteorological Reconstruction of Weather Events
Expert Witness Testimony/Litigation Consulting/Air Pollution Meteorology
Air Quality Computer Modeling/Air Dispersion Analysis/Hazardous Plume Releases
Meteorological Data Acquisition, Processing and Analysis (Domestic and International)
Aviation Meteorology
Observational Field Programs
Atmospheric Dynamics and Severe Storm Analysis
Climate Studies
Short Range and Long Range Weather Forecasting

Summary of Qualifications

David L. Mitchell is an authority on the numerical modeling of geophysical atmospheric data with a Doctorate in Meteorology. Dr. Mitchell has over 25 years of technical modeling experience in industry and consulting. His business experience includes various research and technical consulting positions with Conoco, Getty Oil Company, Texaco, Tenneco, British Petroleum and IBM Corporation. Dr. Mitchell has extensive knowledge of air quality meteorology and has published his research results on the modeling of atmospheric stability and convection. Dr. Mitchell is an expert on wave propagation in elastic media, atmospheric fluid dynamics and air dispersion modeling. He has extensive knowledge of air pollution meteorology and air quality modeling techniques. He is a member of the Air and Waste Management Association, the American Meteorological Society and the National Association of Environmental Professionals. Dr. Mitchell is also an Associate Member of the American Bar Association with affiliation with the Litigation Division.

Degrees
Ph.D., Atmospheric Science and Meteorology, Purdue University, 1976
M.S., Physics, Purdue University, 1974
B.S., Physics and Mathematics (Dean's Distinguished List), Baylor University, 1972

Dissertation
A Theoretical Investigation of Atmospheric Convective Modes as a Function of Rayleigh Number, Prandtl Number and Eddy Anisotropy; 1977, Meteor. Soc. Japan, Vol. 55, No. 4, 341 - 363.

Litigation Support Experience
Dr. Mitchell has provided technical support and expert testimony in deposition on issues of scientific data and mathematical modeling for the Petroleum Industry.

Business Experience
1976 - 1978 Conoco, Inc., Research Scientist
1978 - 1984 Getty Oil Company/Texaco, Research Department Manager
1984 - 1988 Tenneco Oil Company, Senior Specialist
1988 - 1992 British Petroleum Company, Senior Staff Specialist
1992 - Present MET Associates, Managing Director and Consulting Meteorologist

Contact Us
Whether your case or project requires technical models of air pollutants and hazardous releases, or you need expert witness testimony on weather related incidents, let the professionals at MET Associates assist you in translating complex technical issues and empirical data into information that is useful to the court, your client and your case.