Expert Witness Testimony

ZMW has a qualified team is available to assist in technical evaluations, scientific analysis, testimony and preparation of cases for trial.

ZMW provides Expert Witness Testimony for cases involving

• Explosives
• Detonators and Initiation Systems
• Explosives manufacturing
• Emulsion explosives technology, formulations, equipment, process
  management and plant installation
• Explosives, pyrotechnical and propellant disposal
• Explosives security
• Blast design
• Explosives sales and marketing
• Explosives safety
• Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) Explosives Hazards and Operability (HAZOP) Reviews
• Hazards classification facilitation of new explosives substances and articles in accordance with the United Nations standards: “The Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods"Manual of Tests and Criteria"
• Explosives site contamination and remediation
• Respected and qualified regulatory interface involving energetic materials

Explosives expert witness testimony and legal support on cases involving explosives Bob Morhard has provided Expert Witness Testimony for Plaintiffs and Defendants with approval from the following courts:

• US and State Courts including the New York Supreme Court
• Canadian Courts
• European Court of Justice
• High Court - Ireland and Germany

Bob Morhard - Explosives Ordnance Disposal Technician (1970's)

One of the most dangerous jobs in the modern United States military is the Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialty. The job of handling and destroying explosives that is seized or turned over to the United States Military is a dangerous, but very important and vital job. The US Military EOD expert deals with chemical weapons, nuclear and biological weaponry, IED devices, and other types of conventional munitions. Working in this job field takes steady nerves and a calm demeanor. It is not a job for the faint of heart or the excitable type person. The EOD Disposal Specialists include identifying, locating and disposing of domestic and foreign made explosive devices. They work in a wide variety of environments, and at times they are required to come to the scene and disarm a bomb or explosive device to keep military and civilian personnel safe. Some of the different duty responsibilities that a military EOD disposal specialist deals with includes: identification of various weapons and ordnance prior to disposal and neutralization, rendering harmless and defusing unexploded bombs and explosives, disposing of different types of chemical and biological explosive devices safely, detecting and identifying various chemical agents, identifying various mass destruction type of weaponry, assisting in maintaining and operating different ordnance disposal tools, equipment and vehicles, and helping to construct and maintain field chemical decontamination stations and units.