Deposition & Court Testimony

DEPOSITION AND COURT TESTIMONY:

The following is a limited amount of information (partial list) related to cases where I have testified either in court or deposition since 1990.  Prior to 1990, I worked for the City of Pomona and testified hundreds of times; however none of the information, regarding those cases, was tracked at the time and cannot be located without thousands of hours of research.

Fee Investigations File #1029 – April 29, 1991

  • Gaebel Watkins & Taylor       14222 South Prairie Avenue in Hawthorne (Case # Dempsey vs. Maryland Casualty)  (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #1034 July 1, 1991

  • Breidenbach, Swainston, Crispo & Way  Color Tex Dying and Finishing (Travelers vs. United Air Specialists)  (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #1053 – 11-92

  • Johnson, O’Connell & McCarthy  (Case – Inland Empire vs. Campbell Heating & Air Conditioning) – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #1058 – 12-02-92

  • Case # Palm Canyon Prosperities vs. Ishikawa, Kiyoshi & Taruka)  (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #1067 – 3-03-93

  • Southern California Edison Company vs. Unknown – (file #CI 9302545N) (Testimony at an Arbitration Hearing)

Fee Investigations File #1082 – 10-5-93

  • State Farm vs. Unknown (file #55 C 192 326) – (Deposition)

Fee Investigations File #1108 – 7-94

  • US Public Defenders Office (Case # People vs. Jorge Camacho) (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #1134 – 3-24-95

  • Gene Osko (Case # People of California vs. Chris Robert Hawks) (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #1135 – 3-27-95

  • Southern California Edison (Case # State of California vs. Southern California Edison) Winchester Fire – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #1138 – 4-18-95

  • Southern California Edison (Joe’s Plastics vs. Southern California Edison) (Deposition and Court Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #1139 – 5-22-95

  • Scottsdale Insurance Company (Case #384590) – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #1144 – 7-6-95

  • Scottsdale Insurance Company (Case #389726) – (Deposition Testimony) 

Fee Investigations File #1147 – 9-11-95

  • Kossler & Hamby  (Case # Soloiqa vs. Paramount Swap Meet) – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #1163 – 4-30-96

  • Southern California Edison Company (Case # Growers vs. Southern California Edison Company) Deposition and (Trial Testimony) (Grand Fire)

Fee Investigations File #1177 – 12-20-96

  • Gene Osko (Case # People vs. Richard Dominquez) – (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #1138 – 12-20-96

  • Southern California Edison Company vs. Joe’s Plastics – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #1179 1-03-97

  • Attorney Ron Pearson (Case # Topper vs. Unknown) – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #1138 – 1-16-97

  • Joe’s Plastics vs. Southern California Edison Company – (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #1194 – 5-17-97

  • Attorney Linda Baltram (Case # Blake vs. Duraflame, Inc.) – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2014 – 8-29-97

  • Attorney Pete Navarro –Public Defender’s Office (Case # People vs. Juvenile) – (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2024 – 12-18-97

  • Southern California Edison Company – Calabasas Fire –Wildland – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2077 – 11-19-98

  • Southern California Edison Company – Sterns Warf in Santa Barbara – Pier fire – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2141 – 12-10-99

  • Southern California Edison Company – 9627 West Avenue “B” Street in Lancaster, California – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2144 – 12-16-99

  • Southern California Edison Company – James Birmingham vs. Southern California Edison – Wildland – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2162 – 4-24-00

  • RFKCO – Rigley’s Supermarket Fire – (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2180 – 8-14-00

  • State Farm Insurance Company – 30 Glacier track Mount Baldy, California – Residential – (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2229 – 10-01-01

  • Rudy Staubs – 10960 Leolang Avenue in Sunland, California – Structure – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2234 – 11-08-01

  • Attorney Bernard Schwatz – Riverside, California – Criminal – (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2252 – 3-26-02

  • Dave Chovanec – Fox Studios in Mexico – (Deposition Testimony) – Wrongful Death Investigation

Fee Investigations File #2257 – 4-6-02

  • Southern California Edison Company – Santa Barbara Pier Fire in Santa Barbara, California – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2268 – 6-02

  • Attorney Williamson – Fire in Denver, Colorado – Wildland – (Court Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2271 – 7-15-02

  • Attorney Gary Jensen/Black Hills Power – Grizzly Gulch fire in Black Hills, South Dakota – Wildland – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2305 – 8-6-03

  • Attorney David Pillemer – McAllister vs. Holden – Motor-home fire – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2336 – 2-23-04

  • Southern California Edison Company – Foamex vs. Southern California Edison Company – Pole fire/Structure – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2341 – 4-13-04

  • Southern California Edison (Hguyen Hung vs. Southern California Edison) (Deposition) Testimony – 310 South Center Street in Santa Ana, California – Pole/Structure

Fee Investigations File #2344 – 5-24-04

  • Carlson, Calladine & Peterson LLP (Case ABC News vs. Lakeside) (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2346 – 6-1-04

  • Attorney Amy Schuldt/Chris Palmer’s Office – Elm Springs, South Dakota – Hay fire – (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2369 – 2-8-05

  • Attorney Chris Palmer – Cedar Canyon, South Dakota – Wildland – (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2470 – 6-11-07

  • People vs. Quiroz – (Trial Testimony)  San Bernardino Courts – Criminal – Attorney Peter Schlueter

Fee Investigations File #2468 – 11-13-07

  • Richard Arko, Attorney for Southern California Edison – (Deposition and Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2410 – 12-03-07

  • Attorney Aron Laub – State of California vs. Timothy Komonyi – (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2392 – 1-5-08

  • Victor Alvarez, Willie Fuller vs. Tony Aguiar, Ruiz Merillo (State Farm case) – Structure – (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2409 February 14, 2008

  • Cook-Kettler vs. Southern California Edison  –  – Structure – (Deposition)

Fee Investigations File #2529 February 21, 2008

  • Attorney Celine Bonillo – State of California vs. Diego Daniels – (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2438 August 1 and 6, 2008

  • Attorney Al De La Cruz of Manning & Marder in San Diego – Renaissance Restoration vs. Harbor Manufacturing  (Deposition)

Fee Investigations File #2396 August 28, 2008

  • Attorney  Margaret Miglietta of Cummins & White, LLP in Newport Beach  – First National vs. County Line – (Deposition)

Fee Investigations File #2403 March 23, 2009

  • Sharon Gaston and David Gaston vs. TXU Electric Company now known as Oncor Electric Delivery Company, Energy Future Holdings Corp. – Wildland – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2354 November 4, 2009

  • Attorney Jorge Martinez of Taylor Anderson LLC. Denver, Colorado  – USDA vs. Firestone Ranch – (Deposition)

Fee Investigations File #2608 December 10, 2009

  • Attorney Jonathan Mandell, Alhambra, California  – People vs. Ken Toh  – (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2583 March 14, 2011

  • Attorney Nancy Sharp, Kern County Public Defender’s Office, Bakersfield, California  – People vs. Scott Brus – (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2579 July 12, 2011

  • Attorney Guy Gruppie, Murchison & Cumming LLP, Los Angeles Superior Court North Valley District Case #PC048300  Hartford Causality Insurance Company vs. American Power Conversion – (Deposition)

Fee Investigations File #2597 August 2, 2011

  • Attorney Don Zell, Irvine, California – Southern California Edison vs. Preciado – (Deposition)

Fee Investigations File #2597 October 21, 2011

  • Attorney Don Zell, Irvine, California – Ventura Superior Court Case #56-2010-0382014-CU-PP-VTA  Preciado vs. Southern California Edison vs. – (Trial Testimony)   Vegetation Fire

Fee Investigations File #2785 December 1, 2011

  • San Bernardino County Public Defender Eric Loftman – Superior Court, Criminal Case# FSB1104250 Pipe Bomb – People v. Travis Lockwood.  (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2686 April 5, 2012

  • Attorney Don Zell, Irvine, California – Southern California Edison vs. Van Allen (Deposition).  LA County Case No. KC057131

Fee Investigations File #2823 May 11, 2012

  • Attorney Gail Block, Beverly Hills Public Defender’s Office, Superior Court Beverly Hills, California Case# SA080325 People vs. Jimmy Jones (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2628 – November 29, 2012

  • Attorney Steven D. Turner, Jones Turner, LLP, Irvine, California, Superior Court Torrance, California Case# YC063549 Affiliated FM Insurance vs. Amtech Elevator Services (Deposition)

Fee Investigations File #2711 – July 8, 2013

  • Attorney Craig French, Marshall French & De Grave, Irvine, California, (Deposition), Case# CIV DS 1014173 Hartford Casualty Insurance Company v. Tri-County Dental Supply, Inc., Image Works Corporation, AFP Imaging Corporation.

Fee Investigations File #2666 – July 25, 2013 – Volume #1

  • Attorney John Horwitz, Schaffer, Lax, McNaughton, Chen Law Firm, Los Angeles, California – (Deposition) – Case #YC065387 – City of Rancho Palos Verdes and Takashi Nakamura and Toshiko Nakamura vs. Southern California Edison Company – deposition taken by Richard Watson, Gershon Law Firm 355 South Grand Avenue, 40th floor Los Angeles California 90071

Fee Investigations File #2889 – November 5, 2013

  • Attorney Irwin R. Miller, Irwin Miller Law Firm, Oxnard, California – (Deposition) – Case #56-2010-00382014-CU-PP-VTA – Irwin R. Miller vs. Edward L. Clark, Jr. – Deposition taken at 17141 Pleasant Circle, Huntington Beach, California 92649

Fee Investigations File #2891 – January 17 and 21, 2014

  • Attorney Anousheh Elmi, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office, Los Angeles, California – (Trial Testimony) – Case #BA-401241 – People vs. Richard Gomez – Fire located at 6010 Gloucester Street in Los Angeles, California

Fee Investigations File #2604 – February 7, 2014

  • Law Offices Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack, Los Angeles, California – (Deposition) – Case #BC457025 – Oakridge, LTD vs Southern California Edison Company – Wildland Fire

Fee Investigations File #2666 – February 21, 2014 – Volume #2

  • Attorney John Horwitz, Schaffer, Lax, McNaughton, Chen Law Firm, Los Angeles, California – (Deposition) – Case #YC065387 – City of Rancho Palos Verdes and Takashi Nakamura and Toshiko Nakamura vs. Southern California Edison Company – deposition taken by Richard Watson, Gershon Law Firm 355 South Grand Avenue, 40th floor Los Angeles California 90071

Fee Investigations File #2855 – March 13, 2015

  • Attorney Mark S. Roth and Philip J. Berens, Cozen O’Connor Law Firm, Los Angeles, California – Declaration – Case #BC508426 – County of Los Angeles Federated Service Insurance Company vs. Chava Distribution & Salvador Juarez

Fee Investigations File#3028 – March 16, 2015

  • Attorney Jonathan Mandel, Mandel Law Firm, Encino, California – Declaration – Case #LA074978 – City of Beverly Hills, California, State of California vs. Dontai Everidge,

Fee Investigations File #2881 – April 9, 2015

  • Richard Arko, Attorney for Southern California Edison – (Hisham Al-Kahmteeb vs. Southern California Edison)  Case # 302012-00596896-CU-NP-CJC/Orange County – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2905 – October 30, 2015

  • AAA vs. Colony Specialty Insurance – (Mediation Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #2986 – July 7, 2016

  • Richard Moreno, Attorney for Murchison & Cumming – (Saska vs Omni Hotels Management)  Case #37-2014-00035106 /San Diego – (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #3129 – September 15, 2017

  • Reed Owens, Colorado Public Defender’s Office – (State of Colorado vs Johnny Vasquez)  Case #16CR55/Eagle County, Colorado – (Schreck Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #3189 – October 19, 2017

  • Mr. Jennell Mimms, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office – (State of California vs Derrick Hill)  Case #YA095474/Torrance, California – (Trial)

Fee Investigations File #3166 – October 30, 2017

  • Brian Cardoza, Attorney for Southern California Edison – (KCN Investments vs. Southern California Edison) Case #BC618711/Los Angeles (Deposition Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #3166 – November 9, 2017

  • Brian Cardoza, Attorney for Southern California Edison – (KCN Investments vs. Southern California Edison) Case #BC618711/Los Angeles (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #3071 – November 16, 2017

  • Colin Jennings/Kristi Blackwell, Tyson Mendes – (Jesus Romero vs. Macy’s Inc.) United States District Court Case #3:15-cv-00815-GPC-MDD/San Diego (Deposition Testimony). Deposition taken at Gomez Trial Attorneys, 655 West Broadway, Suite 1700 San Diego, California 92101

Fee Investigations File #3071 – January 18, 2018

  • Colin Jennings/Kristi Blackwell, Tyson Mendes – (Jesus Romero vs. Macy’s Inc.) United States District Court Case #3:15-cv-00815-GPC-MDD/San Diego (Trial Testimony).

Fee Investigations File #3129 – April 24, 2018

  • Reed Owens, Colorado Public Defender’s Office – (State of Colorado vs Johnny Vasquez)  Case #16CR55/Eagle County, Colorado – (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #3073  – June 11, 2018

  • Carol Ojo, Attorney at Law – (State of California vs Andrew Clark)  Case #SA090528/Los Angeles County, California – (Trial Testimony)

Fee Investigations File #3247 – January 25, 2019

  • William Bruzzo, Attorney at Law – (State of California vs. Kevin Welch) Case #B6718456/Orange County, California – (Bail Hearing)

Fee Investigations File #3248 – October 14, 2019 Eugene Sung, Attorney at Law – (State of California vs. Duran)  Case #17CF2197/Orange County, California – (Trial Testimony)