Paul Gaston on site during a walking-surface inspection

Paul Gaston

Premises Liability Expert Witness

Experience:

30+ Years

Specialized In:

Premises Liability

Background:

Paul has worked across airport, municipal, healthcare, retail and commercial property in the Chicago area, holding responsibility for both new work and the maintenance programs that follow it. That range is what allows a condition to be compared against practice in genuinely comparable buildings.

Contact:

License and Trade

Licensure and trade record are set out in full in the curriculum vitae, together with employment history, training records and prior retentions for Rule 26 disclosure.

City of Chicago General Contractor License

Holding a City of Chicago general contractor license means the building code, the permit process and a contractor's obligations are applied as working knowledge rather than as secondhand reading.

Journeyman Carpenter, Local 10 (1989)

A union journeyman carpenter since 1989, with hands-on responsibility for flooring, stairs, thresholds and the millwork that determines how a walking surface performs in service.

OSHA and ADA Certification

OSHA construction and general industry safety training, with ADA accessibility and compliance certification, applied to walking surfaces, ramps, stairs and accessible routes.

Training records include OSHA safety certification, ADA compliance certification and fall-hazard recognition. A mold inspection certificate is held as a supporting inspection capability only and is never used for health-effects opinions.

  • City of Chicago General Contractor License
  • Union Journeyman Carpenter, Local 10 (since 1989)
  • OSHA 30-Hour Construction & General Industry Safety
  • ADA Accessibility and Compliance
  • Fall-Hazard Recognition Training
  • Mold Inspector Certification — a supporting inspection capability only, never used for health-effects opinions

Retained on a slip and fall matter addressing the walking-surface condition, the floor covering and the maintenance practice in place at the location. Listed as a factual record of engagement; no outcome is characterized.

Retained on a slip and fall matter addressing the walking-surface condition, the floor covering and the maintenance practice in place at the location. Listed as a factual record of engagement; no outcome is characterized.

Retained on a slip and fall matter addressing the walking-surface condition, the floor covering and the maintenance practice in place at the location. Listed as a factual record of engagement; no outcome is characterized.

Retained on a slip and fall matter addressing the walking-surface condition, the floor covering and the maintenance practice in place at the location. Listed as a factual record of engagement; no outcome is characterized.

Skill Overview

  • City of Chicago GC License
  • ADA Compliance Certification
  • Journeyman Carpenter, Local 10
  • Fall-Hazard Recognition Training

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Call Paul Gaston

773-619-1226

Email Address

Paul@expertwitness.co

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Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Service Area

Chicago & Cook County

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