This expert is a well qualified and experienced drug and alcohol treatment professional. He completed his BA at SUNY, and his MS in clinical mental health counseling and MBA at UNLV. He is a certified addictionologist and a licensed alcohol and drug counselor. He is also active in the field as a member of the State of Nevada Association for Addiction Professionals and serves on the Governor’s Substance Abuse Working Group. He previously was the president and chief ...
This expert has served the Drug Enforcement Administration for 21 years before entering the private sector. He gained a BA in law enforcement administration from Youngstown State University and was a state trooper for the Maryland State Police for 7 years before joining the DEA. At the DEA, he investigated international and domestic crime organizations, seizing millions of dollars in drug-related assets. This expert has been decorated numerous times and has been honored ...
This highly qualified Adult Nurse Practitioner earned her degree from the University of Maryland. She is double board certified as an Occupational Health Nurse and a Substance Abuse Nurse. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. This expert has published over 10 peer-reviewed articles and has been invited to over 16 national lectures. She is a former Staff Nurse and Occupational Health Nurse. She is former Branch Chief at the White House Office of National ...
This fellowship trained doctor has a wide breadth of knowledge in the field of child abuse pediatrics. She received her medical degree from Ege University Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice for 31 years. She holds two board certifications, and is currently working on a parental education program to prevent shaken impact syndrome and the development of online training material on child abuse and neglect for medical trainees at the University of Iowa as well as ...
This highly qualified expert is in private practice representing an institute of pain management in Florida. He was formerly the medical director and CEO of Comprehensive Pain Medicine. He is board certified in Anesthesiology with added qualifications in pain management from the American Board of Anesthesiology and a Diplomate in Pain Medicine from the American Board of Pain Medicine. This expert is also a Diplomate in Addiction Medicine from the American Board of ...
This expert has been practicing toxicology for over 40 years. She holds a Master of Science in Clinical Chemistry as well as a Ph.D. in Toxicology, and an honorary doctoral degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki. She serves on the World Anti-Doping Agency's Prohibited List Committee, the National Commission on Forensic Sciences, the Organization of Scientific Area Committee on Toxicology, Transportation Research Board ...
This expert is triple board certified in Family Medicine, Addiction Medicine, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She earned her BS from Virginia Tech as well as Registered Dietitian License. From there she moved on to Stanford University, where she earned her MD. She completed a residency in Family Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. She has over 25+ years of diverse clinical experience as well as extensive experience teaching medical students, ...
This expert began his career as a medical consultant to the emergency room drug treatment and referral program. He’s been practicing for over 40 years and focuses on internal medicine, consulting in clinical pharmacology, and quality assurance medicine. He is currently involved in many aspects of pharmacology, and holds many positions on boards and committees related to drug abuse, prevention, and treatment. He has been a special government employee consultant for the ...
This expert received his BA from Cornell University, and his MD and PhD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his residency in Psychiatry at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute/Brentwood VA Medical Center. He is also a member of numerous academic societies including American Society of Addiction Medicine, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, Society of Biological Psychiatry, College of Problems of Drug Dependence and American Psychiatric Association. ...
This expert has been practicing anesthesiology at a 600 bed hospital in Southern California for nearly a quarter century. A graduate of UC Riverside, he attended medical school at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in Illinois and thereafter completed residencies in General Surgery and Anesthesiology at Loma Linda University Medical Center. A diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology and an active member of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain ...
This expert is Board of Governors Professor in the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research and the School of Social Work for a leading NJ University. At the Institute, he directs the Center for Health Services Research on Pharmacotherapy, Chronic Disease Management, and Outcomes, whose programs include the AHRQ-funded Center for Education and Research on Mental Health Therapeutics. He also is Chair of the Institute's Division on Aging and Associate ...
This expert is board certified psychiatrist and addiction specialist, and also is certified by the American Board of Disability Analysts. He is an expert in handling capital, personal injury, loss mitigation, malpractice and negligence cases that involve the use of abused substances (especially, opiates, alcohol, hallucinogens, and stimulants), prescribed pharmacological agents, and in the general field of psychiatric and brain disease. This expert also is a leading ...
A class action lawsuit filed in West Virginia federal court on January 31, 2021, seeks to hold the behemoth consulting firm McKinsey & Company accountable for its role in boosting the sales of opioid painkiller, OxyContin. According to the complaint,…
In one pending bellwether in the nationwide multidistrict litigation against opioid manufacturers, one defendant’s parent company is attempting to block a subpoena for internal documents. AbbVie is resisting a request from the plaintiff, the city of Chicago, for the documents…
Purdue Pharma, makers of opioid painkiller OxyContin, recently reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), pending the approval of the bankruptcy court. The agreement is an important step towards resolving a long legal battle over the drugmaker’s…
In late September 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit declined to embrace a novel form of settlement class known as a “negotiation class.” The class had been proposed as an attempt to consolidate opioid lawsuit settlement…
Court: United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Durante v. United States Citation: 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6865 Facts A New Jersey doctor was implicated in a federal sting operation for illegally selling…
Court – United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Jurisdiction – Federal Case Name – Thomas v. W&T Offshore, Inc. Citation – 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 158918 In this case, the plaintiff tripped and fell after his…
Court: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico Jurisdiction: Federal Ruling: Daubert Case Name: Bevan v. Valencia Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 108196 In this wrongful death lawsuit, which arose from an overdose, the court determined that…
This case involves a 52-year-old HIV positive male patient who initially refused antiretroviral therapy. When his viral load climbed up to near 30,000, he was prescribed a particular medication, however the pharmacist who filled his prescription accidentally dispensed a different medicine,…
 This case involves allegations by various Division III college athletes regarding the misuse and overuse of Ketorolac medications by team physicians. It was alleged that the physicians consistently prescribed more than the daily maximum daily dose and encouraged the athletes to…
This case involves a trucker who fell asleep while driving on a major highway and rear-ended a woman. At the time of the accident, the trucker had a blood alcohol content of 0.11. Subsequent drug testing showed consistent marijuana use as well.…
This is a case against distributors & manufacturers of opioids for, among other things, the violation of the Controlled Substances Act. Under the Controlled Substances Act, distributors are responsible for ensuring that opioids aren’t distributed and sold under suspicious circumstances,…
This case takes place in Alabama where several patients were treated by the defendant with long term opioid therapy, with more than 10 patients having died either as a result of drug abuse or acute overdose. The defending physician allegedly was aware…
This case takes place in Virginia and involves a patient who died from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs repeatedly prescribed. The patient presented due to a chronic medical condition which required an ongoing pain management regime. The patient was…