EXPERT WITNESS BIOGRAPHY

Mark Webber is a Board Certified Master Arborist , Registered Consulting Arborist® (RCA) and a Certified Professional Horticulturist with nearly forty years of relevant professional experience. He provides investigations, reports, and testimony in matters related to tree condition, maintenance and removal; management of nursery, arboricultural, and landscaping operations; and an assortment of horticultural issues.

Mark started working at farms and nurseries in 1975. He remains active in his industry as the Founder/Co-owner of a landscaping nursery and farm. His company provides a full range of landscape design and installation, tree evaluation, lawn care, weed control, tree and arboricultural services, drainage improvements, and installation of retaining walls. Mark also worked for some time as a Research Assistant for the BASF Corporation involving fungicides, insecticides, and herbicides and as an Apiary (Honey Bee) Technician for The Ohio State University.

Mark earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Horticultural Science with a minor in Agricultural Business from The Ohio State University. He is designated as a Board Certified Master Arborist by the International Society of Arboriculture, and is a Tree Risk Assessment Qualified Arborist and is a Master Nursery Technician by the Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association. He is also recognized as a MArborA by the UK’s Arboricultural Association which is second highest recognized ranking in the United Kingdom. The Board of Tree Experts in New Jersey has designated Mark as Licensed Tree Expert (LTE #639). Additionally, he is Licensed Arborist in multiple states. The board of the American Society of Horticultural Science has designated Mark as a Certified Professional Horticulturist.

EXAMPLES OF TREE EXPERT WITNESS INVESTIGATIONS

Mark is regularly retained to investigate a broad range of injuries and property damage claims involving trees, plants, and other landscaping features. Topics representative of his casework include: