Meet Your Expert – Michael Napier
A United States Marine, Michael Napier retired honorably from the Corps as a Master Sergeant with 20 years of service – working specifically in the area of logistics & transportation. Upon retirement, Michael Napier successfully and profitably operated and performed in the private sector of the trucking industry and various applications of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) operations for nearly 20 more years. Michael Napier is an accomplished expert, who stands apart from his peers. He is recognized and well-respected by those close to and within the trucking litigation, analysis, consultation and expert witness testimony arena. If your case(s) requires a trucking industry “Expert” who not only knows the written text of the regulatory standards, but also has hands-on trucking industry experience unparalleled by anyone in his field, with an unmatched ability to present his knowledge, experience, education and training without difficulty and backed with integrity, then look no further – Michael Napier is that expert!
Michael Napier, operations arms his clients with the upper hand when attempting to resolve disputes. Having never been successfully challenged under Daubert or Frye, Michael Napier employs the industry’s well-recognized and established methodology(s) in order to provide his clients with an accurate and honest evaluation of the issues that may or may not be present in their case(s). Michael Napier’s guidance from beginning to end, discovery through trial, provides his clients with the confidence they need to see their case(s) through, providing unmatched analysis, straightforward consulting, and sound, reliable expert opinions and expert witness testimony. (See Curriculum Vitae)
The retention of Michael Napier, as an expert analyst, consultant and/or witness will put years of valuable industry management and commercial motor vehicle driving experience on your team. This is the attribute which has become the hallmark of his business.
Michael Napier’s distinctive and diverse experience includes, but is not limited to, the following issues:
Regulatory and Industry Standards Of Care
Hours of Service and Symptoms of Fatigue
Industry Specific Training and Evaluation
Entry Level Driver Training
Safety & Health Standards; OSHA
Preservation of Records
Corporate Financial Statements
Drug and Alcohol Testing
Accident Investigation
Accident Countermeasures
Brokers of Property
Freight Forwarders
Levels of Financial Responsibility
Out of Service Violations
Registration and Insurance
Process Agent Designation
Electronic Control Modules-ECMs (i.e. Black-box)
Satellite Tracking Systems/GPS
EOBR-Electronic logs
Non-CMV Driving Employees
Common, Contract, Private or Exempt
Motor Carriers
Driver Qualifications
Driver Medical Qualifications
Commercial Driver Licenses
Hiring, Retention and Supervision
Employer-Employee Relationships
Owner-Operators and Contract Drivers
Accident Contributing Factors
Driver Skills Testing
Loading/Unloading
Cargo Securement
Intermodal Transportation
DOT Compliance Reviews
Operating Authority
Trucking Company Research Data
Hazardous Material Regulations
Motor Carrier Compliance
Lease and Interchange Agreements
Truck Driver Duties
Various Motor Carrier Related Contracts
Interchange Agreements
Tractor/Trailer Inspections/Maintenance
Conspiquity Requirements
Interstate or Intrastate Rules
Cargo Claims or Losses
Third Partly Logistics Agents (3PL)
Agents
Motor Carrier Liabilities
Fuel Tax Reporting
DOT Safety Fitness and Ratings
Human Resource Issues
Facilities Management
and Much, Much More…
About the Expert
With over 40 years of Transportation Industry Experience, ranging from truck driver to CEO, Michael K. Napier Sr. can provide the analysis neccesary to assist you.
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