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Expert Witness & Litigation

Expert Witness & Litigation

Peak’s expert staff includes geochemists, forensic scientists, geologists and hydrogeologists who collectively have over 75 years of experience assisting clients with environmental litigations. Clients include law firms, insurance carriers, industrial and commercial entities, as well as residential property owners of contaminated sites. Peak provides specialty services such as determining the origin and discharge period (“dating”) of a range of soil and groundwater contaminants that include free phase petroleum (heating oil, gasoline, and PCB-containing dielectric fluid), non-chlorinated dissolved phase compounds and chlorinated solvents (DNAPL) and contaminant source discrimination (e.g., DAP, select metals). Peak’s Expert Witness and Litigation Support services include:

    • Determining whether a discharge occurred within the period of insurance coverage
    • Assessing whether a contaminant was released prior to or after a property transaction
    • Discerning source origins when two or more similar contaminants are present
    • Evaluating whether a contaminant plume originates from off-site
    • Confirming or refuting whether a historic petroleum delivery impacted the subsurface
    • Providing alternate remedial approaches to previously remediated sites to support cost recovery
    • Technical assessment of employed remedial strategies, and
    • Establishing whether changes in land use (i.e., detention basin construction) have altered groundwater elevation or flow direction and impacted subsurface structures.

2024 attorney endorsement:  “Eric, Thank you again for your help. We bumped into three jurors [after the trial] who all thought you were a great witness. I agree whole heartedly. I wanted to share a text I sent to [opposing attorney] while you were being cross examined: ‘This is the reason you cannot go toe to toe with an expert unless you are ready to get your — kicked or really know what you are talking about.’  Very nicely done!”

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Peak Promotes John Mesaros to Project Scientist 

Congratulations to John Mesaros on his well-deserved promotion to Project Scientist! John started with Peak as a Staff Scientist in July 2023 and has proven to be a great asset to the Peak Team in both field work and office work, along with mentoring new staff. Cheers...

The State of PFAS – Update

The State of PFAS – Update

Earlier this year, the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) updated their per- and poly-flouroalkyl substances (PFAS) regulation tracking tables, which present current information sorted by State. The tracking tables assist the regulated community in...

NJDEP Activity 2024

Trenton, NJ, September 19, 2024.   The NJDEP Contaminated Site Remediation & Redevelopment (CSRR) program has had a very active 2024. They opened the year with a number of significant actions, including proposed amendments to the Ground Water Quality Standards...

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