Craig Setzer

Forensic Consulting Meteorologist

“It was a dark and stormy night”, but can you prove it? Craig Setzer can. With his nearly four decades as a practicing meteorologist, Setzer has the ability to study a case, find historical weather data, and create comprehensive and compelling reports to support his conclusions.

With his decades of experience providing live television weathercasts and public speaking, Setzer is at home in front of jurors or any audience. As a boater and sailor, and meteorologist forecasting Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico weather, Setzer is qualified to tackle any admiralty or maritime case.

Previous case work:

Michelle M. Niemeyer, P.A.  Marine insurance loss, Caribbean Sea, weather data collected, analyzed, report and deposition on marine weather, sailing conditions, and navigational limits compliance.  Services provided for the defendant.   

Cytryn, Sanatana, et al.  Storm related injury, Deerfield Beach, FL rainfall, storm event data collection and research. Services provided for the plaintiff.

Stearns, Weaver, et al, Hurricane damage, south Miami-Dade, FL wind and water event research and deposition. Services provided for the plaintiff.

Marlow, Connell, et al, Diving accident, Nassau, Bahamas, atmospheric lighting research, report, and deposition. Services provided for the defendant.

 Cytryn, Sanatana, et al.  Storm related power outage, Hollywood, FL rainfall, storm event research and deposition. Services provided for the plaintiff.

Elder, Vaccarella & Lewis, Broward County, FL building damage rainfall event estimate and deposition.  Services provided for the defendant.

Taylor & Fulton, Canal Rd Greenhouses, Manatee County, FL wind drift herbicide spraying. Services provided for the plaintiff.

Zelle and Larson, severe storm partial roof collapse of K-Mart, Bradenton, FL. Included court and deposition.  Services provided for the plaintiff.

El Paso County Colorado District Attorney, homicide involving extreme weather, Ellicott, CO. Included court and deposition. Services provided for the prosecutor