Chicago-based appointment deepens the firm’s electrical engineering, product safety, fire investigation, and laboratory capabilities.  

Secretariat is pleased to welcome Dr. Justin Bishop, an industry-leading electrical engineering expert, as Managing Director. With nearly two decades of experience, Dr. Bishop brings extensive expertise in investigating electrical systems and equipment across industrial systems, consumer products, residential and commercial properties, and marine incidents.  

Dr. Bishop’s work includes alleged design defects, electrical equipment and control-system failures, fires and explosions, electrical work practices, and shock, electrocution, and arc-flash incidents. He has analyzed power-generation and process equipment, industrial control systems, electrical installations, and operator interactions with automated systems.  

Dr. Bishop also advises consumer product companies on pre-market product evaluations and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recall investigations. His experience includes product testing, failure analysis of field-returned units, product risk assessments, review of safety compliance programs and production techniques, and technical evaluation of corrective action plans.  

Dr. Bishop will conduct investigations and testing at Secretariat’s new laboratory in Naperville, Illinois. The Naperville laboratory supports targeted testing, failure analysis, root-cause investigations, and other forensic engineering evaluations – offering a dedicated, state-of-the-art environment for Secretariat’s multidisciplinary Engineering Sciences experts working across electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, thermal sciences, human factors, and other specializations. These in-house capabilities complement Dr. Bishop’s work and further expand the technical resources available to clients. 

“Justin brings an invaluable combination of rigor, technical depth, and investigative experience to our Engineering Sciences practice,” says Eric Guyer, Managing Director. “His arrival, together with our investment in the Naperville lab, reflects Secretariat’s continued commitment to providing clients with the technical resources, testing capabilities, and multidisciplinary expertise needed to address increasingly complex engineering challenges.” 

Dr. Bishop is a licensed Professional Engineer, a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator, and a Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator. He is a member of the National Fire Protection Association and the National Association of Fire Investigators. He is also a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a principal member of the National Fire Protection Association Technical Committee on Electrical Inspection Practices.  

Dr. Bishop holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Utah, and a Bachelor’s degree in computational physics from Illinois State University.