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NON-MEDICAL RESUMES ALM EXPERTS: Southwestern Edition 2025

ROY THEOPHILUS BENT, JR.
HOUSTON AUTO APPRAISERS
1300 Rollingbrook Dr. Ste. 406 • Baytown, Texas 77521
Office: 1-877-845-2368 • Cellular 832-279-2368
[email protected]

Areas of Expertise:

 Diminished Value  Trial Court Expert Witness Testimony  J.D. Power Valuation Services
 Total Loss Claims  National Insurance UMPIRE  Self-Insured / Liability Claims
 Stolen Vehicles  Actual Cash Value / Fair Market Value  Loss of Use / Business Income
 Defective Products  Classic Cars & Custom Vehicles  Vehicle Market / Data Analyst
 Federal Lemon Laws  Heavy Trucks, Trailers, and Tractors  Tax, Title & Registration Process
 Defective Air Bags  Dry Vans, Reefers, and Flatbeds  Wholesale, Retail, Loan, Auction
 Repair Negligence  Recreation Vehicle Appraisals  Bonded Titles / Lost Titles
 Motor Homes  Manufactured Housing / Mobile Homes  Mechanics Lien Foreclosures
 Motorcycles  Bankruptcy/ Divorce/ Estate/ Probate  Unibody & Frame Repairs
 Safety Recalls  Used Car Dealer Fraud / DTPA  Crash Data Retrieval / CDR
 Engines Failures  Gray Market VIN’s / Non-Disclosures  Event Data Recorder

Professional Experience:

Houston Auto Appraisers 1998 – Present
IACP Certified Auto Appraiser / Court Expert Witness / Appraisal Clause UMPIRE
 Retained by Insurance Companies, Financial Companies, State and Local Governments, Attorneys, Dealers,
Brokers, Investors, Realtors, Oil & Gas Companies, Refineries, Petrochemical Companies, Educational
Organizations and private parties to provide 3 party independent IACP Certified Appraisals.
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 Testify in front of judges and juries during trial as court expert witness in Justice of Peace, Small Claims, District,
Civil, Family, Federal and Criminal courts regarding diminished value, total loss, stolen vehicles, insurance bad
faith claims, prior accident non-disclosures, and deceptive trade practices (DTPA).
 Classic Cars – 1926 to Present, Gray market vehicle identification numbers, no VIN’s, and branded titles.
 Tractor / Trailers – long haul conventional, local/delivery, vocational, construction, med/light duty, levels 1-12
warranties, engines, transmissions, axles, suspensions, 5 wheel, frame, cab overs, sleepers and bodies.
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 Recreational Vehicles – tow vehicles, truck campers, motor homes, travel trailers, fifth wheel trailers, park models,
camping trailers, manufactured houses and mobile homes.
 Appointed as Court-Ordered Umpire, Mediator, and Arbitrator neutral involving Personal Auto Policy and
Commercial Vehicle line insurance appraisal clause valuation disputes.
 Expert knowledge of Classics, Exotics, Muscle Cars, Recreational Vehicles, Vintage and Retro Motorcycles.

Certifications:

J.D. Power and Associates / NADA – New & Used Passenger Car & Truck Valuation Expert
Texas Licensed Arbitrator & Mediator – University of Houston Law Center 2016
Bureau of Certified Auto Appraisers - IACP Certified Auto Appraiser #997911001 (40-hour training & testing)
CCC/ Mitchel/ Audatex/ Web-Est Vehicle Collision Damage Estimator & Appraiser - 2003
Information for Police Technology Management IPTM – Auto Accident Reconstruction – 2000
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practices (USPAP) – 2000

Technical Training – Continuing Education:
 Major Auto Accident Reconstruction – Information for Police Technology Management (IPTM) Florida – 2000
 Shopware USA – 12 Part course on Auto Body Repair, Structural Analysis, and Damage Repair – Analyzing
collision forces, unibody structural damage, measuring structural damage, determining repair methods, tool
selection, calculating labor costs, and dealing with evasive insurance adjusters.
 I-Car Collision Specialist, ASE Certified Auto Mechanic, ASE Certified Diesel Repair Technician

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