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1 Technical and Scientific Support for Radiation Related Claims & Claims Avoidance Roger P. Shaw, CHP Shaw Partners LLC shawpartners@comcast.net www.shawpartners.com

2 Pr ofessional Role Shaw Partners LLC Provide support to attorneys on scientific, medical and technical issues in litigation, regulatory and transactional matters in a variety of practice areas and disciplines, including the following: Product Liability/Toxic Tort Personal injury Property damage Environmental/Land Use Risk Management Workers Compensation

3 Technical Support Functions  Assist attorneys in all respects on scientific, medical and technical issues relating to prospective work, litigated claims and other matters  Prepare write-ups and conduct in-house seminars  Educate attorneys, clients and staff on new to the company, issues for existing matters Shaw Partners LLC

4 Technical Support Functions  Analyze and summarize for attorneys and clients scientific, technical and medical literature  Analyze merits of medical, technical and scientific aspects of client’s and adversary’s positions  Assist in identifying technical, dosimetry and medical records needed from client, adversary and third parties. Analyze and summarize such records, identify missing records. Shaw Partners LLC

5 Technical Support Functions  Assist in determining probability of causation and probable damages  Participate in interviews of fact witnesses and parties on technical issues  Assist attorneys in taking and defending depositions of fact witnesses with knowledge of technical/scientific/medical matters  Identify, interview and help attorneys choose experts – current cadre is >100 radiation experts – many considered some of the world’s best in a multitude of disciplines Shaw Partners LLC

6 Technical Support Functions  Act as primary liaison between attorneys and experts during report writing process  Assist attorneys in taking and defending depositions of experts  Prepare graphic presentations of technical/scientific/medical points and chronologies of claims related events or accidents Shaw Partners LLC

7 Background B.Sc. Nuclear Engineering Technology Graduate Work - Radiobiology/Medical Effects of Radiation Penn State Executive Institute Graduate Health Physicist, Nuclear Engineer, Radiological Engineer, Litigation Support - 37 years Certified Health Physicist (~1,200 worldwide) Former Director of Radiation Protection, Three Mile Island and Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plants – Senior Emergency Management for all radiological events 17 years technical litigation support

8 Background Project Manager, first U.S. Commercial Nuclear Plant Worker Cohort Cancer Mortality Study (Columbia University and IARC) Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Radiation Protection Committee (ad hoc) Chairman, Indian Point Nuclear Plant Independent Expert Task Forces on Emergency Preparedness National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) Committee Member, NASA Astronaut Dose Limits (Report No. 167)  Past-President, Health Physics Society Power Reactor Section and Member Homeland Security Committee  Shaw Partners – legal consulting for 15 years


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