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Malpractice expert witnesses practice in a variety of fields, including healthcare, law, dentistry, nursing, and pharmacy. Some of the most common malpractice expert witness specialties include surgical malpractice, dental malpractice, legal malpractice, psychiatric malpractice, and pharmaceutical malpractice. They have provided opinions on the effects of negligence, improper treatment methods, failure to diagnose, breach of duty, and professional misconduct.

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Average Malpractice Expert Witnesses Court Fees

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Review Fee $750/hr

This extremely qualified Cardiac Electrophysiology expert received his medical education from some of the most highly regarded institutions in the country. He is triple board certified and fellowship trained in Cardiac Electrophysiology. He is a fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society, American College of Cardiology, and American Heart Association. This expert is highly active in the research community with his projects attracting millions of dollars in grants. He has published extensively on the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation and frequently lectures throughout the country as an authority on the subject. This expert has authored over 100 publications and has a long history of serving as an expert in malpractice and civil cases, representing patients, physicians, hospitals, and health care systems.

Attending Physician, A major university-affiliated hospital

Master of Applied Science (MASc), University of California, San Francisco

Palo Alto |

California

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Review Fee $595/hr
Deposition Fee $595/hr
Court Fee $595/hr

This experienced attorney earned his JD from Golden Gate University in San Francisco and his LLM from the University of San Diego. He is admitted to practice law in both California and Nevada. Since 1989, he has maintained a private practice with a focus on legal malpractice, medical malpractice, and personal injury. Additionally, he has many years of experience serving as a Fee Dispute Arbitrator for the State Bar of California and the San Diego County Bar Association.

Legal Malpractice and PI Attorney, Private practice

Master of Laws (LLM), University of San Diego

San Marcos |

California

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Review Fee $250/hr
Deposition Fee $580/hr
Court Fee $580/hr

This expert has been providing chiropractic and integrated physical medicine to his New Mexico patients for over 30 years. He also provides both plaintiff and defense consulting to include malpractice and personal injury. He has conducted several thousand reviews and had testified under oath approximately 100 times. He has faced several Daubert challenges and never been disqualified. The hallmarks of both his treating and consulting practices include integrity, knowledge and experience.

Private Practice Chiropractor, null

Doctor of Chiropractic (DC), University of Western States

Albuquerque |

New Mexico

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Review Fee $400/hr
Deposition Fee $550/hr
Court Fee $550/hr

This highly qualified expert has 25 years of experience in pharmacotherapy. He earned both his BS in pharmacy and his PharmD from the University of Missouri. He then completed a clinical pharmacy residency at Truman Medical Center. He is board-certified in pharmacotherapy and a certified geriatric pharmacist. He is active in his field as a member of organizations such as the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. He is also highly involved in pharmacological research, having authored numerous journal articles. His former positions include director of the New Mexico Geriatric Education Center, director of the Center for Pharmaceutical Care for the Elderly at the University of Houston, and director of the Institute for Geriatric Pharmacy at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Currently, this expert serves as professor emeritus at a pharmacy college in Oklahoma, as well as the managing partner of a consultancy in Oklahoma.

Managing Partner, A Consultancy in OK

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), University of Missouri

Guthrie |

Oklahoma

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Review Fee $425/hr
Deposition Fee $475/hr
Court Fee $500/hr

This highly qualified expert received his BA/BS from Michigan State University, his LIM from the University of San Diego, and his JD from Golden Gate University School of Law. He is an active member in his professional field, belonging to the State Bar of California, Nevada Justice Association, and the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, among others. This expert specializes in legal and medical malpractice, ethics and professional responsibility, debt and judgment collection, and business and contract law. He formerly served as an attorney at a number of law firms, including at Beckley, Singleton, DeLanoy, Jemison & List. Currently, this expert is an attorney and the owner of a sole proprietor law office in Calfornia.

Attorney & Owner, A Sole Proprietor Law Office in CA

Juris Doctor (JD), Golden Gate University School of Law

California

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Review Fee $250/hr
Deposition Fee $250/hr
Court Fee $250/hr

This highly-qualified nursing expert has over 25 years of experience in the field. She earned her BSN from Lake Superior State University and her MSN in management and leadership from Walden University. She is a certified professional in patient safety and is active in her field as a member of several organizations, including the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association. She spent a majority of her career with War Memorial Hospital, serving as a registered nurse, the interim director of obstetrics and women's health, and the director of nursing for the medical-surgical unit. Additionally, she served as the lead dialysis RN for Northern Michigan Dialysis, the home and health hospice RN case manager for the Chippewa County Home Health Department, and the summer health care camp coordinator for Lake Superior State University. This expert is currently the principal for a consulting firm and an assistant professor of nursing at a university, both based in Michigan.

Principal, A Consulting Firm in MI

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Walden University

Sault Ste. Marie |

Michigan

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Review Fee $250/hr
Deposition Fee $250/hr
Court Fee $300/hr

This qualified expert is a women's health and adult nurse practitioner certified in critical care, and has previously assumed a managerial nursing position. She has also published in her field.

ANP, A University-Affiliated Medical Center in MA

Master of Science (MS), Simmons Graduate School

Mendon |

Massachusetts

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Review Fee $300/hr
Deposition Fee $400/hr
Court Fee $400/hr

This qualified nurse practitioner has assumed such high ranking clinlical administrative appointments as Director of Nursing for several private healthcare networks, and is currently a Certified Adult, Adolescent, and Pediatrics Sexual Assault Nurse in addition to a women's health nurse practitioner. She has both published and given national presentations in her field.

Sexual Assault Nurse, Major Private Healthcare Network

Master of Science (MS), University of Missouri at Kansas City

Kansas |

Kansas

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Review Fee $250/hr
Deposition Fee $500/hr

This infusion therapy specialist earned his BSN at Northern Illinois University and has worked with a number of Chicago area pharmacies. He currently serves as the Nurse Manager for a large home infusion therapy service. He has previous medical expert experience.

Nurse Manager, A Home Infusion Therapy Provider

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Northern Illinois University

Aurora |

Illinois

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Review Fee $450/hr
Deposition Fee $900/hr

This expert Life Care Planner obtained her AS in Liberal Arts & Sciences and her ADN from Chaffey College and her BSN from Jacksonville University. She completed her training in Life Care Planning at Kelynco in Utah and is a Certified Life Care Planner, Legal Nurse Consultant, Certified Nurse Life Care Planner, and a Registered Nurse. She has 1 Publication and is currently a full time Life Care Planner and part time Educator in Nursing.

Adjunct Faculty, A community college in CA

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), West Coast University

Oak Hills |

California

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Review Fee $150/hr
Deposition Fee $250/hr
Court Fee $275/hr

This qualified expert has decades of experience in legal and forensic nursing. She earned her BS in nursing from New York University and is a licensed registered nurse. She is an active member of professional organizations including the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, the International Association of Forensic Nurses, and the American College of Forensic Examiners International. Formerly, she served as a staff nurse in the medical/surgical ICU at The Genesee Hospital, and as a staff nurse in the neonatal ICU, labor and delivery department, as well as a special project nurse of infectious disease research, all at Strong Memorial Hospital. More recently, she served as a legal nurse consultant at Faraci, Lange, Johns & Schwarz and as owner and president at Egan Consultants of NYS. Currently, this expert is the owner and president, a legal nurse consultant, and forensic nurse at a legal and forensic nursing consultancy in New York.

Forensic Nurse, A legal and forensic nursing consultancy

Bachelor of Science (BS), New York University

Rochester |

New York

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Review Fee $225/hr
Deposition Fee $325/hr
Court Fee $425/hr

This expert has been a practicing nurse for nearly 20 years. A licensed registered nurse, she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Kansas and her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Missouri. This expert has extensive experience in quality control and ensuring proper standards and protocols are being followed and met. A Risk Management Consultant for Health Cap/HCRMS, she conduced training workshops and consultation for long-term care facility staff in quality insurance and improvement, risk management, safety management, risk mitigation, and best practices. As a Quality Educator with Primaris, she worked with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as part of the Quality Improvement Organization for the state of Missouri, educating, consulting, and providing resource materials to skilled nursing staff to promote improvement in resident care. Currently a Clinical Educator and Consultant for a major university, she continues to work with Quality Improvement of Missouri and provides educational presentations throughout the state for long term care facilities, the Missouri League of Nursing, and various hospitals, targeting specific audiences and quality of care issues. This expert is also an independent Nurse Consultant and is experienced in reviewing legal cases as an expert witness, analyzing medical malpractice files, and analyzing standard of care, causation, and damage issues.

Long-term Care Nurse Consultant, An Independent Consultancy in MO

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), University of Missouri-Kansas City

Saginaw |

Missouri

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Review Fee $600/hr
Deposition Fee $750/hr

This highly qualified attorney earned her BS in Business Administration from Georgetown University and her JD from the University of Chicago Law School. She writes about and researches issues related to corporate compliance, drawing on scholarship from the areas of professional ethics, corporate governance, employment law, and corporate social responsibility. She is currently an associate professor of law at a top midwestern law school. Before joining the law school faculty, this expert was a clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and an attorney at Gibson Dunn in Washington, D.C.

Professor, A Prestigious University in NC

Juris Doctor (JD), University of Chicago Law School

Durham |

Indiana

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Review Fee $350/hr
Deposition Fee $500/hr
Court Fee $500/hr

This expert is the Lead Land Use Attorney at the Land Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic and Associate Professor of Law at a the top law school in West Virginia. Before joining his current institution, this expert was an associate professor in urban affairs and planning at Virginia Tech, teaching land use law, environmental law, and real estate. His research and experience focuses on land use law. Prior to his academic endeavors, this expert was in private practice in Virginia. He presently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Agricultural Law Association. He previously served on the Virginia Farmland Protection Task Force and the Virginia Water Policy Technical Advisory Committee.

Professor, A law school in WV

Juris Doctor (JD), University of Virginia School of Law

Morgantown |

West Virginia

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Review Fee $750/hr
Deposition Fee $750/hr
Court Fee $750/hr

This board-certified expert has been practicing law for 36 years with 24 of those years including legal malpractice. Recognized by Who's Who in American Law and by Best Lawyers in America, he is a Diplomate and Board Certified in Legal Malpractice by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. He currently is an attorney in his own practice, specializing in legal malpractice, in addition to authoring the New York Attorney Malpractice Blog and being an Outside Counsel Columnist for the New York Law Journal.

Adjunct Professor, A law school in NY

Juris Doctor (JD), Syracuse University

Southampton |

New York

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Review Fee $875/hr
Deposition Fee $875/hr
Court Fee $875/hr

This expert has been practicing law for over a decade. She completed her undergraduate studies at Columbia University prior to earning her J.D. from Fordham University, where she graduated cum laude and was a member of the Order of the Coif. She is a past Chair of the New York City Bar Association's Committee on Professional Ethics and the Co-Chair of the Committee on Professional Ethics of the New York Women's Bar Association. She also holds membership in the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. Currently, this expert is a Partner at a major firm, where her practice focuses primarily on legal ethics, professional responsibility, and legal malpractice. She frequently writes and lectures on legal ethics and professional responsibility issues.

Partner, A major law firm in NY

Juris Doctor (JD), Fordham University

New York |

New York

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Review Fee $300/hr
Deposition Fee $300/hr

This highly qualified legal malpractice expert has 25+ years experience as an attorney. This expert earned his BS at the Cornell University and his JD at UCLA. He worked as an associate for several law firms in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California where he gained valuable experience as a civil litigator, trial attorney, and appellate lawyer. In 1995, this expert was admitted to practice law in Maryland and the District of Columbia; and he relocated his practice to Germantown, Maryland. His innovative litigation tactics and skills garnered attention from the Washington Post, Montgomery Journal, and Montgomery Gazette as well as many local television and radio stations.

Attorney, A solo practice in MD

Juris Doctor (JD), UCLA School of Law

Germantown |

Maryland

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Review Fee $450/hr
Deposition Fee $450/hr

This highly qualified attorney has 35+ years of experience. He earned his BA from the University of Maryland and JD from The John Marshall Law School of Chicago, Illinois. After graduation he served as an Attorney-Advisor to Esther Peterson, President Carter's Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs where he initiated the interagency litigation project, establishing a consumer presence in Administrative cases across the government. Thereafter, he served as General Counsel to the District of Columbia Office of Consumer Protection where he was instrumental in closing down illegal auto repair shops, forcing thousands of dollars in refunds from Holiday Spa, and establishing the D.C. Lemon Law. After leaving prestigious government positions, he served as one of the first Commissioners of the District of Columbia Lemon Board. This expert's private law practice evolved into a more locally based private legal practice with a focus on medical malpractice, personal, injury, and professional negligence. He has represented a number of consumers in legal malpractice actions against their former lawyers when it appears that the lawyers' violation of the standard of care led to adverse results. This expert has appeared before several state and federal courts. He has also been identified in federal and state courts as an expert in legal procedure.

Solo Practitioner, His own firm in MD/DC

Juris Doctor (JD), The John Marshall Law School

Columbia |

Maryland

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Review Fee $450/hr
Deposition Fee $450/hr
Court Fee $450/hr

This experienced trial lawyer has taken 105 cases to judgment and verdict, specializing in business, real estate, and legal malpractice. He earned his J.D. from the University of Southern California Law School and then spent several years with law firm Meserve, Mumper & Hughes. The expert later worked as a Partner for Haight, Dickson, Brown & Bonesteel, where he was in charge of the legal malpractice unit. He also served as a Principal with Rodi, Pollock, Pettker, Galbraith & Phillips and then with Newkirk, Newkirk, Rolin & Drucker. The expert is a Member of the Superior Court Arbitration Panel and a Past President of the Lawyers Professional Liability Bar Association of Southern California. He currently focuses his consulting efforts on attorney conduct in compliance with applicable standards of care.

Sole Practitioner & Legal Malpractice Expert Witness, null

Juris Doctor (JD), University of Southern California

Westlake Village |

California

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Review Fee $875/hr
Deposition Fee $875/hr
Court Fee $875/hr

This highly experienced attorney and academic currently serves as a named Professor of Law and Special Counsel to the President at a large state university in Nevada. Previously, she was the Dean and a Professor of Law at the University of Houston, as well as the Dean and a Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska. The expert earned her J.D. from Stanford Law School and began her career in the Bankruptcy and Workouts Group with Morrison & Foerster before entering academia as an Assistant/Associate Professor at The Ohio State University College of Law. The expert specializes in professional ethics, corporate governance, and bankruptcy. She has published numerous works and is a frequent speaker, including a presentation delivered at the National Association of Estate Planner's 52nd Annual Conference on ethical behavior. In addition to her role as a Professor, she remains active as an expert witness and consultant.

Named Professor of Law & Special Counsel to the President, A Large Law School in Nevada

Juris Doctor (JD), Stanford Law School

Las Vegas |

Nevada

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FAQs for Malpractice Expert Witnesses

What is the role of a malpractice expert witness in a legal case?

A malpractice expert witness provides specialized knowledge and insight into cases involving professional negligence. They can clarify standard practices, identify breaches, and assess damages.

What types of cases does a malpractice expert witness typically handle?

Malpractice expert witnesses handle cases involving medical, legal, dental, or other professional negligence claims where standards of care were allegedly breached.

How can a malpractice expert witness help strengthen my case?

A malpractice expert witness can provide credible testimony on industry standards, identify deviations from these standards, and explain complex concepts to the court.

Are there subspecialties within the field of malpractice expert witnessing?

Yes, there are many subspecialties. For example, a medical malpractice expert might specialize in surgery, while a legal malpractice expert could focus on contract law.

Why is it important to hire a malpractice expert witness with experience specific to my case?

An expert with specific experience can provide more accurate and compelling testimony because they understand the nuances and complexities of your particular situation.

How does Expert Institute select its Malpractice expert witnesses?

Expert Institute offers a personalized approach to help you find the highest quality experts. We source actively-practicing professionals who match all your requirements for specialty areas, work experience, litigation history, fee range, certifications, location, and more.

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