
OUR TEAM
Our Team
Call any time, day or night. Whether you need a scene covered tonight or you are deciding whether a file needs a second look, we are ready to help.
Our Legal Team

Michael Cummings
EVP
Fire investigator with T.J. Russo Consultants since 2011 and a retired Second Grade Arson and Explosion Detective with the New York City Police Department, where he served on the Arson and Explosion Squad and the ATF Joint Task Force. Longtime volunteer firefighter and former chief with the Bay Shore Volunteer Fire Department.
Our Legal Team
Investigators

Joseph Battaglia
IAAI-CFI
Senior Fire Investigator with T.J. Russo Consultants and a Fire Marshal Lieutenant with the Nassau County Fire Marshal's Office, where he commands the Special Facilities Division. Serves as an ATF accelerant detection canine handler and leads the Nassau County Fire Marshals Drone Team.

Eric Baum
IAAI-CFI, NAFI-CFEI, CVFI
Fire and explosion investigator with T.J. Russo Consultants and nearly two decades in the field. Previously served as a lead fire investigator with a national insurance carrier and as a senior investigator and field supervisor with a national forensic investigation firm.

Keith Blum
NYS Pro-Board Certified Fire Investigator.
Senior Fire Investigator with T.J. Russo Consultants and a retired Nassau County Police Officer and Detective with more than 23 years of service. Assigned to the department's Arson/Bomb Squad as an arson investigator and hazardous devices technician, and to its Emergency Service Unit. Also serves as a subject matter expert and course developer on terrorism and explosives for programs supporting DHS and FEMA.

Gavin Budde
MS, NAFI-CFEI, IAAI-ECT, IAAI-FIT
Fire investigator with T.J. Russo Consultants and more than 20 years in the fire service. Currently a Lieutenant with the Brookhaven National Laboratory Fire Department, part of the U.S. Department of Energy, and a former volunteer fire chief, fire marshal, and municipal emergency management director. He also brings prior private-sector experience as a fire investigator with a national forensic consulting firm.

Ed Kunz
IAAI-FIT, IAAI-ECT
Fire and explosion investigator with T.J. Russo Consultants and nearly two decades in the field. His prior experience includes serving as a lead fire investigator for a national insurance carrier and as a senior investigator and field supervisor with a national forensic consulting firm.

Louis Legregin
IAAI-CFI, NAFI-CFEI
Senior Fire Investigator with T.J. Russo Consultants and more than 40 years of combined fire service and law enforcement experience. Career includes principal and ownership roles in forensic and origin and cause firms, and service with the Jersey City Fire Department as firefighter, arson investigator, engine captain, arson captain, and arson commander.

Vincent Palmieri
IAAI-CFI, NAFI-CFEI
Fire investigator with T.J. Russo Consultants since 2011 and a former Supervising Fire Marshal with the FDNY, following service as a fire marshal, firefighter, and NYPD police officer. Developed and implemented the FDNY Field Mentor Program and instructed at the FDNY Fire Marshal Academy.

Gene Pietzak
GIFireE, IAAI-CFI, IAAI-ECT
Fire investigator with T.J. Russo Consultants since 2010 and a former Fire Investigator and Fire Inspector with the Nassau County Fire Marshal's Office. Longtime instructor with the Nassau County Fire Service Academy and a technical editor and reviewer for NFPA manuals.

Frank J. Poerio Jr.
IAAI-CFI
Fire investigator with T.J. Russo Consultants and more than 12 years in law enforcement, the last six as a Detective and Fire Investigator in an Arson/Fire Investigations Unit. He also previously served as a full-time fire investigator with national forensic investigation firms.

Jeffrey T. Walkowicz
NAFI-CFEI
Lead Fire Investigator with T.J. Russo Consultants and a former Fire Investigator and firefighter with the Rochester Fire Department, where he served in the fire service for nearly two decades. He also brings prior private-sector experience as a fire investigator with a national fire investigation firm.
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