Mr. Campbell has performed investigations and provided technical support and associated reports on contaminant transport and hydrogeological conditions of hazardous constituents in a variety of geographical and geological settings. He has provided opinions on drilling and monitoring well installation and sampling, sampling of soils and sediments, on CERCLA and RCRA issues, including activities related to the National Contingency Plan (NCP). Mr. Campbell has also conducted forensic investigations on contaminated water supplies involving E. coli and metals, and on the activities of consultants in conducting Phase I and II environmental investigations for real-estate or associated transactions. Other type of projects includes investigations on PCE contamination from dry-cleaning facilities and other common sources.

Based on his extensive interdisciplinary experience, Mr. Campbell also has substantial experience in projects for industry and in litigation involving mining, mineral exploration, and mining-property assessment and development, mine dewatering, and ground-water supply projects . He has held senior-level industrial management positions in the mining and petrochemical industries and associated engineering consulting firms.

In the past few years, Mr. Campbell has provided testimony for defendant causes as well as righteous plaintiff causes. One plaintiff case involved alleged brine contamination of ranch and stock-water supply wells from an evaporation pit owned by an oil and gas production company operating in West Texas. Other cases involved alleged ground-water contamination of local, rural water supply wells adjacent to a large petrochemical complex, and project-cost allocations of ground-water investigations originating in and around an operating plant handling PCBs and solvents such as PCE, TCE, and PCA.

Mining and landfill cases have involved assessments of cost and activity of a mining contractor on a project in Nevada and a landfill-permitting case, the former engaged by plaintiff attorney and the latter for the defendant. Other cases have included reviews of expert reports (both defendant and plaintiff), and analyses of expert witness testimony during and after depositions, case structure, and technical execution of consultant activities. He also supervises field investigations to provide independent validation of the hydrogeologic and geologic conditions present for a variety of objectives. For a summary of recent ELA -initiated cases, click on: Recent ELA Investigations. For a summary of cases specifically handled by M. D. Campbell and Associates, click (here).

Mr. Campbell served as a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Environmental Forensics during the period: 2000 to 2003.

A detailed list of Active and Settled Cases is available upon request from identified, appropriate individuals. Click (here), when made available.

Last Update: May 5, 2004