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David Hendrix
is President of The Hendrix Group Inc., a materials engineering consulting
company in Houston TX. David has more than 29 years of
consulting experience in the related areas of materials selection,
corrosion investigations and failure analysis of metals and non-metals.
When these same investigations have taken a legal turn, David has acted
both as a testifying expert and consulting expert in more than 25 cases.
This legal experience has included legal research, depositions, expert
reports and trial testimony.
| Mark
A. Waite is a partner at the law firm of
Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P. He practices exclusively in
civil trial and litigation law, and is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law
by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Mr. Waite handles
cases in multiple areas and industries, including energy, construction,
professional risk, and general commercial litigation,
and tries cases to judges and juries in federal and state courts. Mr.
Waite is a graduate of Texas A&M University and the University of
Houston Law Center.
| Michael
Burns is a consultant with Metallurgical
Consultants, Inc. He works primarily in material selection and
failure analysis of oilfield, offshore, and industrial equipment. He
was involved extensively in the investigation of the Ocean Baroness riser
failure and the subsequent lawsuit. He has BS and MS degrees in
metallurgical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and an M. Div.
degree from Wartburg Theological Seminary. In addition to his work
at Metallurgical Consultants, Inc., Mike is an ordained pastor in the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. |