Legal Representation

AWT provides legal services for clients and law firms as an expert witness in the field of agricultural consulting and engineering. AWT representatives have testified for a number of clients over the last ten years. These include:

2006

• Whitaker & Sons, LLC, Henegar, AL 35978
  Case No.: 4:03-cv-2546-WMA
  Wooten, Thornton, Carpenter, O’Brien, Lazenby & Lawrence,Talladega, AL
• City of Waco vs. Dennis Schouten, Et Al
  Expert Witness Report for
  Jackson Walker, LLP, Fort Worth, TX

2005

• Land O’ Lakes, Inc., PO Box 607, Hinton, OK 73047, T. Venable Nursery No. 1 and No. 2
  ODAFF Case #04-02-CAFO
  Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Attorneys At Law, Oklahoma City, OK
• Land O’ Lakes, Inc., PO Box 1418, Beaver, OK 73932, J Venable B/G/F No. 1 and No. 2
  ODAFF Case #00-04-CAFO
  Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Attorneys At Law, Oklahoma City, OK
• Land O’ Lakes, Inc., PO Box 1418, Beaver, OK 73932, Ferguson Nursery No. 1 and No. 2
  ODAFF Case #04-03-CAFO
  Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Attorneys At Law, Oklahoma City, OK
• Rodney Preisser vs Board of County Commissioners, et al,
  Case No. 98 CV 6
  Lincoln County, Colorado Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, Denver, CO

2004

• American Canoe Association, Inc. et al. Vs. Murphy Farms, Inc., d/b/a Murphy Family Farms and D.M. Farms
  of Rose Hill, LLC, United States District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina Wilmington, NC
  Testimony
  Crowell & Moring, Esquires, Washington, DC

2003

• Circle Four Farms adv. Keith Dotson, et al. Fifth Judicial District Court, Beaver County, Utah
  Case No. 970500062
• City of Tulsa, et al vs. Tyson Foods, Inc., et al U S District Court, Northern District of OK, 01CV0900B(x)
  Testimony
  Daubert Hearing Joyce, Paul, and McDaniel, Tulsa, OK

2002

• Doug and Karen Blass, et al vs. Iowa Select Farms, LP, et al Sac County, Iowa District Court LA CV 018147
  Deposition
  Brown, Winick, Graves, Gross, Baskerville and Schoenbaum
• Oklahoma Board of Agriculture, State of Oklahoma Application for License Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
  Submitted by: Land O’ Lakes, Inc., TiBar B/G/F, Beaver, OK 73932 Case No. 02-02-CAFO
• Oklahoma Board of Agriculture, State of Oklahoma
  Application for License Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Submitted by: Land O’ Lakes, Inc.,
  Reddick, B/G/F, Beaver, OK Case No. 02-01-CAFO

2001

• Oklahoma Pork Council, Inc. vs. Oklahoma Department of Agriculture An Oklahoma Public Agency, CJ2001-8605
  Challenge Under Administrative Procedures Act to an Emergency Regulation Related to Odor Abatement Plans for Swine LMFOs District Court of Oklahoma County
  Expert Witness Testimony, Logan & Lowry, LLP
• State of Oklahoma vs. Seaboard Corporation, Case #97-14-CAFO,
  Application for License Confined Animal Feeding Operation Oklahoma City, OK
  Deposition, Lathrop & Gage, LC
• American Canoe Association, Inc. et al. Vs. Murphy Farms, Inc., d/b/a Murphy Family Farms and D.M. Farms of Rose Hill, LLC,
  United States District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina,
  Washington, D.C.,Crowell & Moring, Esquires

2000

• Toney Ivey, et al. Vs. Gold Kist Inc., et al., Case #CV-99-345, Circuit Court of DeKalb County, Alabama
  Trial Testimony
  Walston, Wells, Anderson & Bains, LLP
• Land O’ Lakes, Hall B/G/F & Nursery Hearing, Case #00-02-CAFO
  Expert Witness Testimony
  Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Oklahoma City, OK
• Land O’ Lakes, Wright Canyon Hearing, Case #97-19-CAFO
  Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Okahoma City, OK
• Seaboard Farms, Venable Hearing
  Deposition
  Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Oklahoma City, OK

1999

• Seaboard Farms, Venable, OWRB Hearing
  Testimony
  Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Oklahoma City, OK
• DWQ Hearing
• Pestey vs. Cushman Trial, Case #CV-94-0530238S
  Expert Witness Testimony
  Robinson & Cole, Hartford, CN
• Land O’ Lakes, Kerns Nursery & B/G/F OBA Hearing, Case #99-04-CAFO
  Expert Witness Testimony
  Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Oklahoma City, OK
• CLEAN vs. Premium Standard Farms, Inc., Case #97-6073-CV-SJ-6
  Deposition
  Blackwell, Sanders, Peper, Martin, Kansas City, KS
• Land O’ Lakes, Ferguson Nursery 2, ODA Hearing, Case #99-06-CAFO
  Expert Testimony
  Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Oklahoma City, OK
• CLEAN vs. Premium Standard Farms, Inc., Case #97-6073-CV-SJ-6
  Deposition
  Blackwell, Sanders, Peper, Martin, Kansas City, KS
• Land O’ Lakes, Wright Canyon, OWRB Hearing, Case #97-19-CAFO
  Expert Testimony
  Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Oklahoma City, OK
• Land O’ Lakes, Kerns Nursery & B/G/F, ODA Hearing
  Expert Testimony
  Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Oklahoma City, OK
• Land O’ Lakes, Randolph, ODA Hearing, Case #98-03-CAFO
  Testimony
  Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Oklahoma City, OK

1998

• Land O’ Lakes, Naylor Nursery 1 & 2, ODA Hearing, Case #99-03-CAFO
  Testimony
  Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Oklahoma City, OK
• Land O’ Lakes, Naylor Nursery 1 & 2, ODA Preliminary Hearing, Case #99-03-CAFO
  Testimony
  Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Oklahoma City, OK
• Pestey vs. Cushman Trial, Case #CV-94-0530238S
  Deposition
  Robinson & Cole, Hartford, CN
• Land O’ Lakes, Trahern, ODA Hearing, Case #98-04-CAFO
  Expert Testimony
  Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Oklahoma City, OK
• Land O’ Lakes, Kerns Nursery & B/G/F, ODA Hearing
  Deposition
  Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Oklahoma City, OK
• Land O’ Lakes, Wright Canyon, OWRB Hearing, Case #97-19-CAFO
  Deposition
  Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Oklahoma City, OK

1997

• Illinois Pollution Control Board of the State of Illinois
  Livestock Waste Regulations (35ILL.ADM.CODE 506)
  R97-15 (Rulemaking-Land)