Double board certified pediatric neurologist with 30 years' experience in practice and academic settings, with some work experience in adult neurology also, who has done medicolegal review, mostly for defense, for 21 years.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: M.D. from Case-Western Reserve Univ, 1972
Licensure: Medical, Ohio
Board certified: American Board of Pediatrics, since 1978:
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, since 1980.
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: Child Neurology Society
Fellow, American Acad. of Neurology
Fellow, American Acad. of Pediatrics
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: Academic full-time appointment at Univ of MN 1977-9, Univ of Cincinnati 1979-82.
Clinical Asst. Prof., UC 1982-2005.
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No.
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: Over 150 cases over 21 years.
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Mostly pediatric neurology; occasionally adult neurology. Cases of OB outcome, other med. mal., head trauma, missed brain tumors and infections.
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: About 5%.
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: About 95%
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: Around 100.
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: Within a few months.
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: On every occasion a case went to trial, which was 8 to 10 times.
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: 8 to 10 times.
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: 21 years.
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Record review, independent medical exam, literature review, depo and trial testimony.
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: $275.
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: $275.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: $1200 for the first 2 hours or less, then $500/hr for additional hours or parts of hours, including travel time, waiting plus expenses.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: $500/hr for time spent in travel, conference, waiting and testifying, plus expenses.
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Travel expenses were mentioned above. Copy fee: actual cost of copies plus my time involved at $275/hr.
References
Thomas EvansRendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis
One West Fourth St., Suite 900
Cincinnati, OH 45202-3688
(513)381-9200
Scott E. Solomon
Falk, Waas, Hernandez, Cortina, Solomon & Bonner
113Almeria Ave.
Coral Gables, FL 33134
(305)447-6500
