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Post-Wildfire Analysis and Litigation Support
Wildfire Expert Witness - Post Wildfire Analysis - Litigation Support
Rich Schell
Bachelors of Science in Forestry (Cum Laude)
California Registered Professional Forester #1978
Expert Witness and Litigation Support
Rich Schell's experience and knowledge is ideally suited to provide expert witness and litigation support to any wildfire case. His nationwide and international contacts among the wildfire professionals provides resources that may be otherwise unavailable. As a peace officer, he understands the legal system. Rich is recognized as one of the top Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Loss Mitigation experts in the nation.
He is currently the proprietor of Resources for Wildfire Solutions (RWS Consulting) since 2004, specializing in Wildfire Forensics and Litigation Support, including post-wildfire structure assessment, post-wildfire suppression strategy and tactics analysis, wildfire cost analysis, the wildland-urban interface and defensible space.
In my 35 plus years of work as a litigation attorney, this is one of the finest expert witness reports I have ever read - Mr. Stephen A. Cain, Attorney at Law, Modesto California
Mr. Schell, you are the first non-attorney to appear before me that has performed at the level of an attorney or a law student. Administrative Law Judge, California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.
This is the best response I’ve seen to a CDF Administrative Report of Costs (ARC – wildfire cost demand) CDF Cost Recvery Officer
You sir, really made a difference for the Lower North Fork community - Amanda Kost, KMGH 7 News, Denver (ABC)
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