MICHAEL PANISH
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
DOOR & GATE EXPERT
EXPERT WITNESS & CONSULTANT
EXPERT FOR ALL TYPES OF DOORS & GATES
PLAINTIFF, DEFENSE, CO-DEFENSE
DOOR MANUFACTURERS, DOOR SERVICE PROVIDERS
Thorough working knowledge of
all types of Doors, Gates & Door Hardware
The most active Door, Gate & Automatic Door
Injury Expert in the Country
Expert for all types of Gates, Parking Arms, Overhead Doors
Personal Injury & Wrongful Death Lawsuits
Mike Panish is an experienced door and door hardware expert witness with
over 40 years in the field of door and hardware installation, repairs,
and service. He has a thorough working knowledge of all types of doors
and door components including door frames, door closers, door locks, magnetic
locks, hinges, panic hardware, exit devices, security hardware, card readers,
access controls, and activation devices. The best expert is someone that
has a lifetime of practical experience in his or her field of work.
The only expert to call for hydraulic door closer injuries and any door
hardware issue
Expert witness for all types of Doors, Door Hardware, and Gates
- Doors (all types)
- Bilco Basement & Cellar Doors
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Door Closers
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Locks (All Types)
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Hinges
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Panic Hardware
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Security Hardware
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ADA Hardware
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Anti Ligature Hardware
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Card Readers & Access Controls
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Garage Doors, Roll up or Drop Down Doors
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Automatic Doors (All Types)
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Sliding Doors, Barn Style Doors & Specialty Doors
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Parking Control Arm Gates & Barrier Arms
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Truck & Trailer Doors
TYPES OF CASES THAT MIKE PANISH, DOOR & GATE EXPERT IS RETAINED FOR:
- Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
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Poor Installation
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Criminal (Breakins, Abuse, Murder)
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Door & Door Hardware Defects
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Safety & Maintenance
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ADA & Life Safety Compliance
Amputations from Door related injuries
GET THE MOST RETAINED DOOR & GATE INJURY & DEFECT EXPERT ON YOUR CASE
Doors, door hardware, door locks, and door closers are one of the most
frequent causes of serious personal injuries. Mike Panish is the most
retained expert witness in the country when it comes to the problems arising
from these defective or poorly maintained doors and door hardware.
NATIONWIDE INSPECTION & TESTIMONY FOR DOOR ISSUES
Mike Panish has been retained nationally and internationally as a door
expert witness to evaluate and identify the causation of many injuries
pertaining to doors and door hardware. He has given testimony in deposition
and trial in many states and has consistently convinced the juries about
the significant dangers of malfunctioning door hardware systems. He has
been the door expert witness in several spoliation hearings where he proved
that presented hardware was replaced and the actual products that were
the cause of injury had been removed and lost.
PERSONAL INJURY & WRONGFUL DEATH SUITS
Mike has been retained as door expert witness in serious personal injury
cases created by door closer malfunctions, including amputations (fingers,
hands, toes, feet) severing of arteries, tearing of ligaments and tendons,
broken bones, and head trauma injuries. He has also been involved in door
closer cases where severe head injuries have led to long term disability
and wrongful death. Mike has worked for both Plaintiff and Defense sides
of door injury claims, and has been the expert that has been chosen as
the standard of reference on some of his cases. Mike Panish has authored
and published many articles that have been used to train facility workers
and used as reference material in schools.
GET THE DOOR & GATE EXPERT WITNESS WHO HAS THE EXPERIENCE YOU NEED
Mike and his crews have installed, serviced and provided ongoing preventative
maintenance in many commercial buildings. They have been hired to perform
periodic maintenance in hospitals, hotels, apartment complexes, shopping
centers, and commercial venues such as theatres and restaurants. Mike
has been the contractor hired by Los Angeles County in California to service,
maintain and install products to the county courthouses, courtrooms, jails
and holding detention psychiatric facilities. He personally designed,
manufactured and installed over 450 proprietary ADA compliant door systems
for the courthouses in the County of Los Angeles, CA. after being chosen
as the sole source provider for this project. Mike has been retained as
expert witness by developers in cases pertaining to tract home development
door failures of pedestrian entrance doors, garage doors, and service
area doors. He has been brought in to evaluate the appropriate placement
of products in door related intrusion and home invasion cases. He has
been retained and acted as consultant in several wrongful death and murder
cases across the country that pertain to door hardware and door failures.
Mike Panish is a licensed door, lock and security hardware systems contractor
in the State of California. He has been responsible for developing and
establishing the protocols of many facilities' master keying systems.
He has participated in high security installations including courtrooms,
holding cells, jails, Sheriff's stations, juvenile detention facilities,
county buildings, sally ports and inmate transport facilities. He has
been retained by lock manufacturers to determine responsibility pertaining
to claims and insurance companies to analyze systems component design
and functions.
CASES INVOLVING BREAK-IN, ASSAULT, OR PREMISES SECURITY
Mike Panish is regularly called upon to inspect, analyze and evaluate the
conditions of a crime scene. His expertise as a door and door hardware
security expert provides attorneys with critical information needed for
the prosecution or defense of their case. Mike has been the retained expert
on several cases leading to
landmark awards by juries. His analysis and testimony includes appropriate usage of doors and door
hardware for the application, what alternative door hardware could have
been installed, what additional security equipment could have been in
place, and what lead to the failure of the opening.
CASES INVOLVING FIRE DOORS WITH ASBESTOS CORE
Mr. Panish has been trained, certified and has been involved in asbestos
abatement projects pertaining to original construction installed fire
rated doors (asbestos core), HVAC (air conditioning ductwork), plumbing
chases and pipe wraps in commercial buildings, court houses, jails, hospitality
and medical environments. He has been the prime contractor participating
in total door replacement projects throughout California where previously
installed asbestos containing door cores were known to exist and needed
to be removed and replaced with modern non-asbestos fire rated door products.
He has been retained for pending mesothelioma legal cases regarding the
actual working environments and site conditions that a door installer
and/or other proximate tradesmen would have encountered during the normal
course of a construction project. He has been retained as expert to offer
his trade experiences regarding construction practices, in-field door
preparations, and trade related operations for commercial, judicial, residential,
industrial warehouses, hospital/medical, and hospitality environments.
RETAIN THE EXPERT THAT WROTE THE ARTICLES ABOUT DOORS THAT SET INDUSTRY STANDARDS
Mike has authored and published many articles pertaining to automatic doors,
manual doors, and door hardware. Many of his articles are becoming known
as the industry standard for automatic doors and door hardware. His testimony
in many cases has set standards and been included in cited references
for case law.
Having been retained by many hundreds of legal professionals, door manufacturers,
and door service providers throughout the nation, he is considered to
be the ultimate source of information on automatic door operations, regulations,
and door safety standards.
If you represent the Plaintiff, Defendant, or Cross Defendant in any type
of dooror gate case, you need Mike Panish
Make the call NOW and find out why you need Mike Panish, Door & Gate Expert
A brief phone conversation with Mike about your case will convince you
that he is the expert you should hire to provide you with the experience
and support you need to get the best results for your case. You will learn
more about your door case during that initial call to Mike than you would
learn from any other door or gate expert.
Available for Nationwide Inspection & Testimony.
CALL NOW to discuss your case with Mike!