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National Trucking Safety Consultants, LLCP. O. Box 5840, 2430 Knotty Pine Drive Navarre, Florida 32566 United States of America  Contact: Mr. Roland Brown Tel: (850) 939-8926, Fax: (850) 939-5853
Trucking Safety, Driver Qualifications, Driver Training & DOT RegulationsExpert Witness - Speaker Bureau
National Trucking Safety Consultants, LLC services include setting up management teams, programs and procedures for effective hiring, training and supervising truck drivers. Insure compliance with DOT, OSHA, HazMat and Environmental regulations. The firm serves as expert witness for plaintiff and defense attorneys, utilizing over 35 years experience in the trucking industry.
Services
The firm provides services related to on-site consulting and management of trucking companies or fleet operations, as well as set up, training and supervision of a company’s employees following the procedures that they put in place. The firm also provides training to the people so that they are able to continue with the work, and they do periodic on-site reviews to assure the success of the procedures set up by the firm consultants.
They devote some time in working with insurance companies who insure trucking operations in underwriting assistance. They examine a potential or existing client for insurance companies to improve their loss rates and make recommendations, both to the insured and insurance companies as to programs and procedures to improve the situation. The firm serves as expert witness for defense attorneys in supporting their case, ensuring that everything has been done by a safe, prudent and professional fleet operation. The firm also serves as expert witness for plaintiff attorneys in finding facts, and forming professional opinions as to the "short fall" of the defendant in doing what a safe, prudent and wise fleet operator should have done. The firm focuses on finding the actual cause of the accident, and then assist the attorney in building his or her case to present it to the jury.
Profile
Roland Brown has worked in the trucking industry for over 35 years at all levels of management, including middle management, top management and part-owner of trucking companies. His most recent employment was at a tank transport trucking company as COO (Chief Operating Officer). He is certified by the National Committee for Motor Fleet Safety (now, North American Transportation Management Institute, a training division of the American Trucking Association) as Certified Safety Director, and a Certified Accident Investigator. Said certifications are obtained through personal experience in those fields of work, where meeting high standards of testing should be met and full knowledge of the programs and procedures of the Training Institute should be proven.
The firm stays current on all Safety Regulations as well as DOT, and state regulatory agency regulations through membership in American Trucking Association, various state trucking agencies and the National Safety Council.
Roland B. Brown has previous expert witness experience in over 100 cases ,and in approximately 20 states as well as in federal court in various jurisdictions.
Licenses
CDS (Certified Director of Safety) issued by Penn State University and National Committee for Motor Fleet Safety
CAI (Certified Accident Investigator) issued by Florida State University and National Committee for Motor Fleet Safety
Professional Experience
District Manager at Bowman Transportation, Inc., Atlanta, GA. Supervised 7 terminals in the Southeast.
Vice President/Safety & Personnel at Howard Hall Co., Inc., Birmingham, AL. Handled Teamsters Union negotiations, grievances and arbitration.
Vice President/General Manager at Colonial Fast Freight Lines, Inc., Birmingham, AL
Vice President/Part-owner at Super Truckers, Inc., Birmingham, AL: New start trucking company built from the ground up.
Vice President/Sales at Coral Industries, Inc., Tuscaloosa, AL.
National Sales Manager at Gral Corporation - Upper Marlboro, MD.
COO at Virginia Tank Lines, Inc., Fredericksburg, VA, until November, 2002.
Mr. Brown has has been working fulltime as transportation consultant and expert witness in his own business, National Trucking Safety Consultants, which he has operated full-time or part-time since 1981.
Legal Experience
Mr. Brown worked with approximately 150 law firms in approximately 20 states, geographically located from Montana to Maryland; Florida to Michigan and New Mexico to Alabama. He worked with both defense and plaintiff attorneys.
He serves as expert witness in state and federal courts, and assists in case preparation and developing areas of the trucking industry not usually considered by many attorneys, especially with regard to industry standards and common safety and industry practices.
His expertise includes accident investigation, driver qualifications, safety programs and industry standards of the trucking industry. He evaluates what actually caused an accident and then determine if that meets standards of the industry.
Affiliations
American Trucking Association
Former member of Virginia Trucking Association
Former member of Maryland Trucking Association
Alabama Trucking Association
Florida Trucking Association
Former member of Georgia Motor Truck Association
National Safety Council
Qualifications
Personnel and Safety Director
General Manager of Trucking Companies
Part-owner of Trucking Company
Driver Trainer & Supervisor
Professional References
Howard Hall, Jr. - Chairman of the Board, Howard Hall Company, Inc., Birmingham, AL
Tom McBridge - President, Colonial Freight Systems, Knoxville, TN
Al Askew - President, Coral Industries, Inc.
David Noles - Sales Supervisor, CRST Flatbed Div., Birmingham, AL
John Walker, Esquire - Walker & Walker, P. C., Jackson, MS
Joshua Silverman, Esquire - Williamson & LaVecchia, P. A., Attorneys at Law, Richmond, VA
John Grafton, Esquire - John Grafton Law Firm, Winfield, WV
Sherry Angelo, Esquire - Sherry Angelo, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Houston, TX
Robert O. Newton - Attorney at Law, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios & Haley, LLD. Portland, ME
James A. Hall, IV - Attorney at Law, Trebisacci & Reck, LLC. Pawcatuck, CT
Education
He obtained a BS Degree in Samford University, Birmingham, AL. He attended the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
He holds certifications from Florida State University, North Carolina State University, and Penn State University programs.
Consulting Practice: All States
Areas of Expertise:
 Accident
Accident Analysis
Accident Investigation
Accident Prevention
Brakes
Document Examiner
DOT Compliance
Driver Qualification
Employment
Hazardous Materials
Investigation
Litigation
Loss Prevention
Management
OSHA
Regulatory Compliance
Research
Safety
Transportation
Trucking
Trucking Safety
Wrongful Death
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