Forensic Accident Investigation: Motor Vehicles
Explanation of the physical laws underlying motor vehicle accident reconstruction and the way to present physical evidence most effectively |
More on InsuranceThomas Bohan is a respected expert on accident reconstruction with extensive experience in both law and forensic science. He is the director of MTC Forensics in Portland, Maine, as well as the editor of Matthew Bender's
Forensic Accident Investigation: Motor Vehicles (2001-2004) and author of
Forensic Engineering Science: Crashes and Collapses published by Facts on File as part of its
Forensic Science Series (2005). He is also founder of Bohan, Mathers & Associates, the leading intellectual property law firm in Maine, and a certified diplomat to the International Institute of Forensic Engineering Sciences.
Prior to joining MTC Forensics in 1982, Bohan worked as a forensic consultant, physics professor at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, research physicist at Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation in North Chicago, Ill. (1960-1962) and a member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (1957-1960).
He is listed in American Men & Women of Science, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in American Law, and in Who's Who in America. He is also the recipient of the Founders Award of the Engineer Sciences Section of the AAFS in recognition of his outstanding services to forensic engineering sciences (2003). His other honors include numerous appointments with AAFS, including being named workshop chair for its 2005 annual meeting and representative to the Advisory Committee of the National Forensic Science Center (2003).
Bohan is admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of the United States (1996), Federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1995), Federal Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1992), Federal District Court, District of Massachusetts (1991), Federal District Court, District of Maine (1980), Maine State Bar (1980), Massachusetts State Bar (1980) and U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (1980).
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Affiliations:
- Member, American Academy of Forensic Sciences
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Physical Society
- American Society of Testing and Materials
- Biotechnology Association of Maine
- Cumberland County (ME) Bar Association
- Maine Trial Lawyers Association
- National Fire Protection Association
- National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists
- Sigma Xi
- Society of Automotive Engineers
- Member, Forensic Advisory Committee of the National Center for Forensic Science
- Member, ASTM Committee E30 on Forensic Science
Presentations and Public works:
- "Ten Years After Daubert: The Status of the States," Thomas L. Bohan and Joseph A. Keierleber, delivered by JAK, February 2004 at the 56th Annual Meeting of the AAFS, Dallas, TX.
- "The Forensics and Physics of Low-Speed Car Accidents." Delivered at Maine Trial Lawyers Association Seminar titled "Anatomy of a Car Accident Low Speed, Low Damage, Low Verdict," January 10, 2003, Portland, ME.
- "Design Patents: What Are They Good For?" Presented to the Intellectual Property Section of the Maine State Bar Association, April 22, 2002, Portland, ME.
- "Forensic Elasticity in the Air, on Land, and Sea," Thomas L. Bohan and Joseph A. Keierleber, delivered by TLB February 2003 at the 55th Annual Meeting of the AAFS, Chicago, IL.
- Plenary Session of AAFS Annual Meeting, 2004: "Truth and Justice in the Balance: Forensic Scientists as the Counterpoise." A presentation on the role of the forensic investigator in exonerating the innocent, with focus on arson inves
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