Ethics Expert Witnesses

This expert has over 10 years of experience performing vocational assessments as a vocational rehabilitation counselor. Her practice focuses on vocational evaluation, job skills training, return-to-work coordination, job coaching, and labor market research. She completed her BA in psychology from the University of British Columbia and earned a MA in industrial and organizational psychology from Adler University. This expert is certified as Canadian vocational evaluator, a vocational rehabilitation professional, a GATB administrator, and a SII administrator. She is also a registered rehabilitation professional. She is active in her field as a member of numerous professional organizations and societies, including the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, the American Board of Vocational Experts, and the Canadian Assessment, Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Society. Formerly, this expert was self-employed as a vocational rehabilitation consultant and psychometrist, and worked for the British Columbia Dragoons as a non-public funds accounts officer, an ethics coordinator, and an assistant adjutant. Currently, this expert is a vocational evaluator and vocational rehabilitation consultant at a rehabilitation services company and as a career counselor at a university, both in British Columbia.

This expert is fully qualified and equipped with knowledge regarding laws on ethics. He has been qualified as an expert previously. He was the former vice chair, and currently a member, of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association. In addition to his legal practices, he also travels throughout the state to various law schools and other legal associations as lecturer on ethics and civility. Furthermore, he has many publications on the topic of morality, ethics, and the law. He has defended hundreds of lawyers, judges and law students facing disciplinary and licensing problems.

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.

This expert has been teaching and researching ethics and law in healthcare for over 35 years. She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy with a concentration in the Philosophy of Law from the University of Virginia, as well as a J.D. from the University of Memphis, where she graduated magna cum laude. After receiving her Ph.D., she served as a Medical Philosopher in the Program in Human Biology and Society at the University of Virginia's School of Medicine prior to becoming an Assistant Professor of Philosophy in Medicine. Currently, this expert is a tenured Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at a major medical university, where she also served as a Professor in the Division of Health Services and Policy Research in the Department of Preventive Medicine. She is Chair of the American Bar Association's (ABA's) Task Force on Conflict Resolution in Health Care (Health Law section), while she also Chairs the ABA's Healthcare Committee (Dispute Resolution section). She has published over 160+ peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, including two major books on law in the medical marketplace and the intersection of medical ethics and medicine's economics. She sits on the Editorial Board of "IRB: Ethics and Human Research", the "Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics", "Accountability in Research" (2005 - 2015), while she is also a reviewer for a number of other professional journals, including the "Journal of Clinical Ethics" the "Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law," and various medical journals.

This highly qualified expert has 16+ years in academic medical and scientific publishing, and she has handled numerous publication ethics cases. She received her BA in Journalism from Ramapo College of New Jersey and graduated as a Cum Laude Honors. She has published 2 journal articles and has been an invited guest speaker and presenter at 2 professional conferences. She belongs to numerous professional societies that includes an executive position with the World Association for Medical Editors, and is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics. She formerly served as a Managing Editor with numerous publications, and currently she serves as Executive Director of a major plastic surgery society.

This distinguished expert is a tenured professor of journalism at a major Midwest university, having held previous academic appointments at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Indiana University, Universite de Paris, and Universite Laval in Quebec. He has written for Time magazine and has authored authoritative texts on media ethics specific to both the American and Canadian environments. His scholarly research has been funded by major media corporations and various government agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission.

This extremely well qualified expert of Psychiatry obtained his BS in Chemistry from the University of Virginia, his MTS in Ethics and Cultural Anthropology from the Harvard Divinity School, and his MD in Medicine from Columbia University. He completed his Internship in Internal Medicine and Neurology, his Residency in Adult Psychiatry, and his Fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and his Fellowship in Psychotherapy at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. He is Board Certified in Psychiatry and Neurology, Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry. He is a member of multiple Psychiatric Medical Associations and has 19 Publications on Psychiatry. He is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor at a Top Medical University in California.

This qualified expert of Addiction Medicine obtained his BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, his Pre-Med Certificate from the University of Maryland College Park, and his MPH and his MD from Tulane University. He completed his internship in Internal Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine, his Residency in Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College, his Fellowship in Pediatrics at Columbia University of Physicians and Surgeons, and his Fellowship in Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School. He is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Addiction Medicine and is a member of New York State Justice Center Medical Review Board (Appointed by the Governor) and several prestigious Psychiatry Medical Societies. He has 6 Publications related to Addiction Medicine research. He is currently an Attending Physician in Addiction Medicine for a Hospital in New York, an Assistant Attending Physician in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at a Top Hospital in New York, an Associate Professor of Psychiatry for a Medical School in New York and a Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics for a Top Tier Medical School.

This expert is a well respected and established Professor of Law specializing in ethics of the healthcare industry. He has testified before Congress and state legislatures and served on government commissions and advisory boards, including the Food and Drug Administration. He has provided training on conflicts of interest related to pharmaceutical good governance for various nations under the aegis of the World Health Organization. He has participated in meetings of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine and worked for the World Health Organization. He has extensive experience in the fields of health law and policy, pharmaceutical policy, biomedical law, medical ethics, and more.

This expert is a world renowned business ethics teacher, scholar and consultant. He received his J.D. from New York University and his Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard University. Prior to entering academia, this expert was the General Counsel of BioTechnica International, one of the first publicly-held biotechnology companies, and of Interlaken Capital, a privately held venture firm. Currently, he is a Professor of Management at a Silicon Valley-located business school specializing in business ethics. In 2003, he raised $53,000 in external funding to organize a conference on Ethics in the Pharmaceutical Industry, and he is an Editor of a book on ethics in the pharmaceutical industry. He has published and lectured extensively on business ethics, and he is a member of the Editorial Board of both the "Journal of Human Rights" as well as "Business Ethics Quarterly" and a Co-Editor of Business and Human Rights Journal.

This expert has been the managing partner of a homecare firm for more than twenty years. Arizona Business Magazine has ranked this expert's firm among the top home health care agencies in the state for several years running, and he has been a recipient of the Better Business Bureau’s Business Ethics Award Winner. Additionally, he was selected to the advisory board for the Arizona Attorney General’s Taskforce Against Senior Abuse, advising the Arizona Attorney General on issues concerning seniors and spreading awareness on ways to prevent senior abuse and exploitation.

This highly qualified attorney has been studying legal ethics for over 40 years. He earned his BA cum laude from Carleton University, his LLB summa cum laude from the Université de Sherbrooke, and his LLM from Yale Law School. Additionally, he was Columbia University's Law and Economics Fellow in 1981. Before coming to the US and entering academia, he served as a law clerk for a member of Canada's Supreme Court. He also served for five years on Quebec's Human Rights Commission. He sits on the advisory boards of several other think tanks. He sits on the Board of Governors of the National Association of Scholars. He or his op-eds have appeared in varied electronic media (including CNN, CNNfn, C-Span, Fox News, Fox News Online, Hudson Institute Online, National Public Radio, National Review Online, Tech Central Station, Voice of America, C.BC, Radio-Canada, and West German Radio) as well as in a wide array of newspapers (including the Wall St. Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Baltimore Sun, Washington Times, Tulsa Journal, Kansas City Star, [Montreal] La Presse, Montreal Gazette, [Montreal] Le Devoir, [Toronto] Globe and Mail, and Japan Times). Currently, he is a Professor of Law at a VA university where he teaches Torts, Legal Ethics, Products Liability, and Jurisprudence. His research on torts and ethics issues is nationally known has published numerous books, chapters, and articles on legal ethics. Notably, he is co-author of two editions of West's Legal Ethics in a Nutshell and is sole author of two editions of West's Products Liability hornbook.

This expert has over 20 years of experience working as an etiquette consultant. She frequently appears on television and radio programs nationwide and serves as a source for numerous high profile publications such as Forbes and Business Insider. She has authored multiple publications on topics relating to her field, and has published a book on workplace etiquette. She was trained and certified and continues her education through industry associations, research, and vigilant trend watching. Her clients include management, service industry, industry-specific associations, tech-industry, support staff, college students and the formerly incarcerated.

This qualified expert received his BA and MA from University of Notre Dame and his JD and PhD from Northwestern University. He has authored 15 books and over 80 articles on issues of business law, business ethics, and corporate compliance with a main focus on corporate ethics and compliance. This expert is the former executive director of the Institute for Corporate Responsibility at The George Washington University. He also served as a Lindner-Gambal professor of business ethics and a professor of strategic management and public policy both at The George Washington University. Currently, he serves as an Eveleigh Professor of Business Ethics at a top Indiana business school.

This expert specializes in internal medicine, addition medicine and medical ethics. He is dual-board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Preventive Medicine. He holds certifications in basic and advanced life support. Additionally, this expert is a member of various professional organizations, including the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Formerly, he has served as an internist at PA & Executive Healthcare, PLLC and as the lead of the ethics committee at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Currently, this expert is the medical director of a MN medical center and an internist at a MN medical clinic.

This qualified expert has 45 years of experience in psychiatry and bioethics. He earned his BA from Swarthmore College and continued on to earn his MD from Case Western Reserve University. He then completed an internship in pediatrics and a residency in psychiatry at University Hospitals of Cleveland. This expert is board-certified in psychiatry. He began his career in the field as a psychiatrist for a private practice and an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University. He then went on to eventually boast the title of tenured professor of medicine, psychiatry, and biomedical ethics at Case Western Reserve University. His other former positions include serving as director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and chairman for the Department of Bioethics. This expert is very involved in research pertaining to end-of-life decision making, having authored numerous scientific articles on the subject. Throughout his career, he has also served on various national committees concerning bioethics. He has received several awards for his work, including the Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Currently, this expert is a professor of bioethics and psychiatry at a university in Ohio.

This highly qualified expert has nearly 40 years of experience as an attorney and focuses on legal ethics, civil litigation, and trial advocacy. She received her BA in political science and business from Texas Christian University before earning her JD from the University of San Diego. She is admitted to practice law in both California and Arizona. She is active in her field as a member of the Consumer Attorneys of California and the Lawyers Club of San Diego. Throughout her career, she has received numerous awards, including an Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award and being named as a Southern California Super Lawyer for the past 12 years. She has been an attorney with several different firms, as well as been an owner of multiple firms and a shareholder of Nugent Weinman Abbene Alcock & Wolfe. Currently, this expert serves as the attorney and owner of a legal group based in California.

This highly qualified expert has over 20 years of experience as a bioethical consultant. He earned his BA in English literature from Temple University, his JD from Pepperdine University, and his MPH in health law, bioethics, and human rights from Boston University. This expert practiced medical malpractice law on both the patient and physician sides for over 30 years before retiring. He has published over 40 times on the topic of medical ethics and frequently lectures at medical centers and hospitals in southern California. He has extensive experience with ethics committees, end-of-life decision making, and the responsibilities of physicians and patients. Currently, he is an independent bioethical consultant, specializing in clinical bioethics.

This highly qualified expert has extensive experience in the fields of cancer, biomedical research, pre-clinical animal research and ethics, and drug development, among others. After earning his BS from East Carolina University and his MS from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, this expert completed his PhD in genetics and molecular biology at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He also went on to complete his MBA in biosciences management at North Carolina State University. This expert is an active member of the American Association of Immunologists, the Society for Leukocyte Biology, and the American Association for Cancer Research. In addition to being extensively published, he is the current associate editor of Frontiers in Immunology and Frontiers in Microbiology. Further, this expert has been engaged in a variety of university program development and research operations leadership roles throughout his career. Among his former roles, he has served as a research analyst with the Center for Human Genetics at Duke University Medical Center, a research associate for microbiology and immunology at The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and as an assistant professor of inflammatory diseases at Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. This expert currently maintains two assistant professorships at a public medical school in Virginia, in addition to his primary role as an associate professor of inflammatory diseases at a veterinary medicine education school.