Policy development, CSA score strategy, and litigation support from a working fleet safety professional with 30(b)(6) corporate designee experience and a focus on Reptile Theory defense.
FMCSA has approved changes to the CSA Safety Measurement System; implementation is still to be announced. The forthcoming methodology reorganizes roadside violations into approximately 100 consolidated groups and revises how percentiles are calculated. We help you understand where you stand today — and prepare for how you'll be measured next. See FMCSA's Prioritization Preview →
Violation pattern analysis, DataQs challenges, driver scorecards, and corrective action plans built around both the current and forthcoming Safety Measurement System — with a fixed-fee diagnostic to show you where the points are coming from.
Safety manuals and policies designed to be practical, regulatory-aligned, and supportable in litigation. No absolute language a plaintiff's attorney can weaponize; clear, achievable standards aligned with the FMCSRs.
Full mock DOT audits plus a litigation-readiness review that finds the gaps between what your policies promise and what your records show — before opposing counsel does.
Our front door: a fixed-fee mock DOT audit, CSA review and insurance-readiness scorecard with a 90-day plan. 50% of the fee is credited toward any retainer started within 60 days.
Illustrative example using sample values — not client data. The dashed line marks an illustrative intervention threshold; actual thresholds differ by BASIC and by carrier type, and percentiles are published only for BASICs with sufficient data. Figures shown are for explanation only and are not a prediction of any carrier's results.
Built for carriers of 10–75 trucks that need a safety program capable of surviving an audit, an underwriter, and a deposition — but can't justify a $110,000+ full-time safety director. Every engagement has a defined scope and a number up front. Milepost Compliance is included in every retainer.
Driver qualification files, expiration tracking and Clearinghouse queries, managed in one place. Built by a working safety director, not a software vendor.
A senior-led mock DOT audit across all six factors, a CSA/BASIC and DataQ review, and an insurance-readiness scorecard — delivered as a written findings report with a 90-day plan you can hand to your insurer.
On-site day +$2,000 plus travel
For carriers with new operating authority. FMCSA requires a safety audit within roughly your first twelve months of operation, and new carriers tend to fail on the same predictable gaps.
For the problem in front of you today. Each is scoped and priced before work begins.
| Project | Price |
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| Conditional-rating corrective action plan and upgrade request, through FMCSA's decision | $4,500–$7,500 |
| Insurance renewal package — loss-run narrative, safety program dossier, underwriter meeting | $3,500–$6,000 |
| Driver qualification and onboarding program build | $2,500–$5,000 |
| Deposition-ready safety policy and compliance manual | $3,000–$6,000 |
| Post-crash response playbook with tabletop drill | $2,500 |
| DataQ challenge | $250 each · 5 for $1,000 |
| Driver safety meeting or training session | $750 |
For carriers that want a safety director's number in their phone without a retainer.
Everything in Managed Compliance, plus ownership of the safety function itself. For carriers that need a safety director's judgment and accountability but don't have the fleet size to justify the salary.
A full-time trucking safety director averages about $113,000 a year nationally — roughly $9,400 a month before benefits.
| Tier | Core | Standard Most requested | Executive |
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| Fleet | 10–25 trucks | 26–50 trucks | 51–75 trucks |
| Monthly | $2,500per month | $4,500per month | $7,000per month |
| Time | ~10 hrs · on-site quarterly | ~18 hrs · one on-site day a month | ~32 hrs · two on-site days a month |
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Six-month initial term, then month to month with 30 days' notice. Billed monthly in advance. Travel beyond 75 miles of Middleville, MI at cost. Ten percent off with twelve months prepaid. Hours are a guide, not a cap.
Consulting pricing applies to motor carriers of 10–75 power units and is confirmed in writing before any work begins. Milepost Compliance software is available to fleets of any size. Litigation support engagements are separate — see Litigation Support.
Nuclear verdicts are built on unprepared corporate witnesses and sweeping safety-rule admissions. We prepare 30(b)(6) designees who tell the truth without conceding the plaintiff's theory of the case. TIDA member, and a regular attendee at the USLAW Network, ALFA International, and A.C.T.A. transportation conferences.
Topic-by-topic preparation of corporate designees, in coordination with retained counsel, grounded in first-hand experience testifying as one. Documents mastered, scope understood, answers accurate and bounded.
Prepared to recognize safety-rule anchoring, hypothetical traps, and scope-broadening questions — and, in coordination with retained counsel, to train witnesses to answer them without feeding the verdict multiplier.
Standard-of-care analysis, safety program audits and — in coordination with retained counsel — discovery support and case merit evaluation, from a practitioner current on FMCSA regulations and the forthcoming SMS methodology changes.
Engaged by defense counsel and insurers as a non-testifying consulting expert — analysis grounded in current, hands-on fleet safety practice rather than a career built in a conference room.
Carriers: most engagements start with the Fleet Safety & Insurability Assessment. Counsel: request the CV and rate schedule.
CV, rate schedule, and engagement terms available on request. Engagements are non-testifying and run under retained counsel's direction. Conflicts checked before any case discussion — please do not send privileged material with an initial inquiry.
Inquiries answered within one business day.