GEORGE PASTERNACK, Ph.D.
Expert Witness


Email:mb.pasternack@verizon.net
Telephone: (941) 927-3513
Expert Witness and Coating Consultant

Dr. Pasternack has a Ph.D. in chemistry and offers more than 30 years of extensive R&D, manufacturing, patent law, worldwide government compliance and management expertise in the chemical industry. A nationally known expert in the field of UV and EB curable coatings, Dr. Pasternack has been selected to present the Technical and Safety Primer Session at the last five RadTech National Conferences (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006).

Services

Expert witness including deposition and trial testimony for product liability, patent infringement and trade secret cases. Specializing in chemicals, paints, coatings, UV and EB curable coatings, radiation curable coatings, polymers, plastics, failure analysis, laboratory testing, manufacturing, safety, product and process defects.

Profile

Dr. Pasternack has hands-on laboratory and R&D management experience in the commercialization of more than 50 new products for a broad range of industrial uses.

Dr. Pasternack developed and implemented a multimillion-dollar global patent program that included worldwide patent enforcement as well as filing patent applications worldwide. In addition, he created and directed a corporate worldwide product MSDS and government compliance program.

For more than twenty years, Dr. Pasternack directed a corporate technical exchange program between his United States laboratory and European and Japanese partners. He has more than 65 publications including patents, journal articles and presentations at technical conferences

Dr. Pasternack has excellent writing skills and is able to communicate complex chemical technology into easy to understand language. His extensive knowledge of chemical and physical analytical test methods is a critical asset in achieving favorable results in client litigation.

Legal Experience & Services

  • Review case history
  • Site inspection
  • Failure analysis
  • Evaluate opposing technical expert witness' findings
  • Develop, recommend and carry out technical strategies
  • Perform analytical tests to support planned strategy
  • Provide written reports in convincing easy to understand language
  • Attorney deposition
  • Court testimony

Recent Publications

More than 65 publications including patents, technical journal articles and presentations at technical conferences. Recent publications and presentations include the following:

George Pasternack, "Strategies to Overcome the Challenges of UV/EB Curable Coatings," Specialchem4coatings.com, September 20, 2005.

George Pasternack, "Overview and Applications of UV/EB Curable Coatings," Ketek Research Institute, Kokkola, Finland, March 30, 31, 2005.

George Pasternack, " Developing UV/EB Curable Coatings for Wood, Automotive and Plastic Applications," Specialchem4coatings.com, October 13, 2004.

George Pasternack, "An Introduction to UV and EB Curable Coating Technology," RadTech Report, 2004, Vol. 18, No. 1, p. 20-27.

George Pasternack, "Ultraviolet Light (UV) and Electron Beam (EB) Curable Coating Technology, " Conference Proceedings, Coatings 2003, Indianapolis, Indiana, 27-30 October 2003, p. 450-470.

Keizer, H. M., Sijbesma, R. P., Jansen, J. F. G. A., Pasternack, G., Meijer, E.W., "Polymerization-Induced Phase Separation Using Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Polymers," Macromolecules 2003, 36, 5602-5606

George Pasternack, "Method for Cleaning/Coating a Substrate With a Composition Comprising Radiation Curable Groups," U.S. 6,093,257 (2000).

Education

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mellon Institute
Ph.D., Photochemistry, City University of New York
M.S., Organo-metallic chemistry, City College of New York
B.Sc., Chemistry, City College of New York

Courses and Seminars: management, sales, strategic planning, patents, government regulations, toxicology and health & safety programs

Consulting Practice

All states

Areas of Expertise

Chemistry
Chemicals
Paints and coatings
Polymers
Plastics
UV curable coatings
EB curable coatings
Adhesives
Polyurethanes
Solvents 		Laboratory testing
Accidents
Manufacturing process
Failure analysis
Physical and mechanical testing
Hazardous materials
Material Safety Data Sheets
Patents
Trade secrets
Chemical safe handling

Affiliations

American Chemical Society, RadTech North America

Qualifications

A complete resume is available upon request