MICHAEL PANISH

NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED 
EXPERT WITNESS & CONSULTANT

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.