Forensic Pathology Expert Witnesses

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Forensic pathology expert witnesses practice in a variety of fields, including criminal defense, prosecution, civil litigation, and medical malpractice. Some of the most common specialties include cause and manner of death, injury pattern analysis, toxicology, and time-of-death estimation. They can opine on the effects of trauma, disease, drugs, and forensic evidence on mortality and injury outcomes.

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Average Forensic Pathology Expert Witnesses Court Fees

$550/hr

Review Fee

$600/hr

Deposition Fee

$650/hr

Court Fee

Forensic Pathology Experts

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  • Review Fee $400/hr
    Deposition Fee $600/hr
    Court Fee $600/hr

    This expert has over 30 years of experience working in the toxicology and health risk assessment field. He specializes in evaluating potential human health effects of chemical and microbial agent exposures. In particular, he has experience with evaluation of exposures to asbestos, benzene, carbon monoxide, silica, metals, pesticides, solvents, oil and gas fracking chemicals, other petroleum products, and toxic gases. Additionally, he is a Board-Certified Toxicologist as a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology and a Licensed Professional Engineer. Currently, this expert is a toxicologist at a privately owned toxicology and human health risk assessment firm.

    Toxicology Consultant, A Private Toxicology and Human Health Risk Firm

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of North Carolina

    Austin,

    Texas

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

    This expert holds a doctorate degree in toxicology and has been a practicing toxicologist for over 40 years. Board certified by the American Board of Toxicology and a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences, he had published over 35 scientific articles and is a former president of the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the Society of Toxicology. He spent over 30 years as a Director of Toxicology for two major pharmaceutical companies and currently serves as an independent toxicology consultant.

    Consultant in Toxicology and Drug Safety

    Doctor of Science (ScD), University of Cincinnati

    Blue Bell,

    Pennsylvania

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  • Review Fee $700/hr
    Deposition Fee $700/hr
    Court Fee $700/hr

    This board-certified and fellowship-trained expert has over 15 years of experience as a pathologist. He has presented both nationally and internationally and has authored over 50 publications on the topic of pulmonary pathology. Elected as a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists, he currently serves as a tenured Associate Professor of Pathology and Staff Pathologist at a major university medical center.

    Pathologist, Major University Medical Center

    Doctor of Medicine (MD), Georgetown University School of Medicine

    Durham,

    North Carolina

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  • Review Fee $200/hr
    Deposition Fee $250/hr
    Court Fee $250/hr

    This expert holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Pathology, a Masters degree ion Environmental Health and Radiation Health Physics and a Bachelors degree in Biology. He worked for several years in academic research related to pulmonary injury and disease and pulmonary carcinogenesis. He also worked a the director of an environmental testing laboratory. In addition, this expert worked as an industrial Hygienist and as the Director of Safety at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. For the past 15 years he has been an independent consultant in Environmental Health, Safety and Toxicology. He advises attorneys and testifies in legal matters. This expert has written several publications and books on both scientific pulmonary research and on Healthcare Safety and Regulatory Compliance. he continues to write and lecture on topics related to healthcare safety, general safety and OSHA compliance.

    Independent Toxicology Consultant, A MA safety consultancy

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

    Stoughton,

    Massachusetts

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

    This highly qualified toxicologist earned his PhD in Toxicology at Oregon State University, as well as a BS at the University of Texas and MS in Applied Environmental Sciences at the University of North Texas. He has served on several expert panels with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Academies of Science and other scientific agencies and government organizations. He has a strong expertise in risk assessment and the toxicology of pesticides and metals. Formerly, this expert served as a Public health Toxicologist for Oregon State Public Health. Currently, he is a tenured Associate Professor and Director of an Environmental Health Center at a major research-based university where he focuses on human health concerns related to chemical exposure and approaches to risk assessment.

    Associate Dean, An Agricultural Sciences in OR

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Oregon State University

    Portland,

    Oregon

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  • Review Fee $600/hr
    Deposition Fee $700/hr

    This highly qualified expert is a nationally renown authority in toxicology. He received his Ph.D. in pharmacology from the University of Kansas Medical Center. He has served as Toxicology Program Director in the Department of Environmental Health at the University of Washington, then as Associate Chairman of the Department, as Associate Dean for Research in the School of Public Health, and Associate Vice Provost for Research. He is currently Dean and Vice Provost of the Graduate School at the University of Washington. This expert continues his academic appointment as Professor Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, and Public Health Genetics. He has served as the founding director of the Center for Ecogenetics & Environmental Health, an NIEHS Core Center of Excellence. Nationally, he has served on the Board of Directors and as Treasurer of the American Board of Toxicology, and as President of the Society of Toxicology. He has also served on the Board of Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Academy of Sciences /National Resource Council, as a member of the Board of Directors and Vice-President of the Toxicology Education Foundation, and on the Board of Trustees of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences. He is an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Academy of Toxicological Sciences. This expert was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and to the Washington State Academy of Sciences. He has published over 150 scientific articles and book chapters in the field of toxicology and risk assessment. He is the sole author of a widely used Law Review article titled on scientific judgment and toxic torts.

    Dean and Vice Provost, A Major University

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Kansas Medical Center

    Seattle,

    Washington

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  • Review Fee $500/hr
    Deposition Fee $650/hr
    Court Fee $700/hr

    This highly qualified and board certified toxicologist earned her BA at Ohio Wesleyan University and medical degree at The Ohio State University School of Medicine. She completed residency training at Indiana University School of Medicine and fellowship training in toxicology at the Indian University School of Medicine. She is a member of several professional organizations including the American College of Medical Toxicology and American Academy of Clinical Toxicology. Currently she is the Associate Medical Director at the a state poison control center and and attending physician at a university affiliated hospital.

    Associate Medical Director, A Poison Control Center in IN

    Doctor of Medicine (MD), The Ohio State University

    Indianapolis,

    Indiana

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  • This highly qualified Professor of Pharmacology received a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois and went on to receive a doctorate in Pharmacy from the University of Michigan. He is board certified in Clinical Pharmacology and Nutrition. He is a Fellow of both the American College of Clinical Pharmacology and the American College of Nutrition. he has won many awards throughout his career including the American Society of Pharmacy Law honor for legal writing. He has published over 300 journal articles and book chapters and currently serves as a reviewingeditor of the American Journal of Therapeutics. He is frequently invited to lecture as a guest speaker both nationally and internationally. This expert is a former assistant director of pharmacy at Cook County Hospital, and is currently an associate professor of pharmacology at a major medical college.

    Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Major Medical College

    Master of Science (MS), Rush University

    Illinois

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

    This highly qualified and board certified toxicologist has 30+ years experience. He is currently the Director of a major poison control center and an Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor at a major university. This expert is a fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and is a member of several professional organizations including the American Board of Applied Toxicology and American Association of Poison Control centers. He is widely published in his field. He has authored 170+ articles in peer reviewed journals and is a frequently invited guest speaker at major conferences. This expert has received several awards through his career including the Outstanding Service Award by the American Association of Poison Control Centers. He earned his BA and BS in Nursing at Rutgers University and his MS from Columbia Pacific University.

    Director, A State Poison Control Center

    Master of Science (MS), Columbia Pacific University - School of Health Sciences

    Lanesville,

    Indiana

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  • Review Fee $750/hr
    Deposition Fee $750/hr

    This expert is board certified in Medical Toxicology, Addiction Medicine, and Preventive Medicine. He has over 15 years of experience in academia, conducting research, teaching, and publishing peer-reviewed articles in occupational and environmental toxicology. His clinical practice is specialized in addiction medicine, and he provides patient care in Oregon. This expert has provided consulting and expert witness services for over 15 years, in a diverse range of toxicology-related matters. Areas of specific expertise include addiction medicine, postmortem toxicology, overdose and adverse effects from drugs of abuse (alcohol, opioids, opiates, stimulants, benzodiazepines), and health effects from human exposure to mold, mycotoxins, pesticides, metals, irritant gases and carbon monoxide.

    Independent Consultant, A Medical Toxicology Consultancy

    Master of Public Health (MPH), Oregon Health & Science University

    Portland,

    Oregon

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  • Review Fee $650/hr
    Deposition Fee $650/hr
    Court Fee $650/hr

    This board-certified and fellowship-trained expert has 16 years of experience in forensic pathology. After receiving her M.D. from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, she finished a fellowship in Anatomic Pathology at the University of North Carolina and a fellowship in Forensic Pathology at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A member of the National Association of Medical Examiners and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, she has experience working at various offices, including Galveston County, Indiana University School of Medicine and the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office, as a medical examiner and forensic pathologist. Her primary practice is as a consultant in forensic pathology. She is President and Consultant for a forensic pathology consultation company, providing expertise in all types of death cases.

    Owner and Forensic Pathologist, A Forensic Pathology Consulting Firm in TX

    Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

    Houston,

    Texas

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

    This highly qualified expert earned his Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the University of California Riverside and his PhD in Comparative Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of California San Francisco. A member of numerous pharmaceutical societies, he is extremely well published, having authored 120+ peer-reviewed papers and 10 books. He previously served as an Assistant Professor of pharmacology at Washington State University and the University of Southern California. This expert currently serves as an Associate Professor at a top university medical center in southern California.

    Professor Emeritus, A University in CA

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of California, San Francisco

    Orinda,

    California

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

    This highly qualified expert has been conducting academic studies in toxicology for 30+ years. He completed his postdoctoral and fellowship training at Rochester University. He is a fellow at the American Association for the Advancement of the Sciences and a member of numerous professional associations, including the Academy of Toxicological Sciences, where he serves in the board of directors. He is also the past president of the International Neurotoxicology Association. He has authored approximately 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts and chapters in the area of neurotoxicology and serves on the editorial board of several journals. He is the former director of clinical pharmacology and toxicology at Vanderbilt and the former director of the NIEHS Molecular Toxicology Center. Currently, he is a professor and chair of molecular pharmacology at a major university in New York.

    Professor, A Prestigious University in NY

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Rochester

    Bronx,

    New York

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  • Review Fee $150/hr
    Deposition Fee $200/hr
    Court Fee $750/hr

    This highly qualified expert has years of experience in using animal models to study diabetes. He received his PhD degree from Ohio State University and completed his fellowship training in physiology and biophysics at the University of Illinois. He has published 98+ peer-reviewed journal articles and serves as a reviewer for 26+ renowned medical journals. He has been listed in "Who's Who in America" for science and engineering and lectures nationwide. Currently, he is a professor of pharmaceutical science and research and the director of pharmacology and toxicology at a major university. He is also the director of the Center for Diagnostic Nanosystems and the associate director of the Cell Differentiation and Development Center at the same institution. Additionally, he is the biological sciences laboratory supervisor at another major university.

    Laboratory Supervisor, Major University

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio State University

    Huntington,

    West Virginia

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  • Review Fee $500/hr
    Deposition Fee $500/hr

    This expert has experience with toxic environmental contamination, industrial chemical exposures and occupational health. this expert is a physician (The Ohio State University), board certified in Occupational Medicine (American Board of Preventive Medicine), who holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Toxicology (University of Cincinnati, Kettering Laboratory). He has served on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati and the New York University Medical Center and joined the faculty of the University of Texas School of Public Health in 1992 in its Environmental Sciences Discipline and Occupational and Environmental Health and Aerospace Medicine Module. He is Associate Professor of Occupational Health, directs the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program and is a member of the research team for an education and research center. He is a graduate of the Health Educators Fellowship and serves as a member of the Center for Interprofessional Collaboration, Steering Committee. He maintains a clinical practice of occupational medicine and medical toxicology and is a frequent consultant to governments, corporations and the legal community on matters related to industrial chemical exposure, toxicology and environmental justice. His research interests include: environmental and occupational chemical exposures, inhalation injuries, the relationship between metal exposures and cancer, and professional training and learning. As a teacher, he specializes in reducing complex subjects to familiar and recognizable concepts that are accessible to a broadly diverse audience.

    Director of Occupational Medicine Residency, A Prominent TX Medical School

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati,

    Texas

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

    This board certified expert earned a BS from the University of Pittsburgh and her MD from New York Medical College. She completed her residency at Yale New Haven Hospital and subsequently pursued fellowships in Forensic Pathology and Perinatal & Pediatric Pathology. She is actively involved in teaching, supervising, and mentoring medical students and residents. Currently, she serves as a staff pathologist at a prominent Southeastern medical center and lectures on topics in forensic pathology, perinatal pathology, and death certification.

    Assistant Professor of Forensic Pathology, A University Affiliated Medical Center

    Doctor of Medicine (MD), New York Medical College

    Johnson City,

    Tennessee

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

    This recognized expert in medical toxicology earned his medical doctorate in New York state, thereafter completing a residency in internal medicine at the University of California - Davis. He is board certified in both medical toxicology and emergency medicine and has been widely published in his field. He currently divides his time between serving as a full professor of toxicology at one of the West Coast's best schools of medicine and as the medical director of a regional poison control system.

    Medical Director, A Poison Control System in OR

    Doctor of Medicine (MD), Albany Medical College

    Portland,

    Oregon

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  • Review Fee $600/hr

    This senior pathologist is Board Certified in neuropathology and anatomic pathology, and trained in forensic pathology. He earned his M.D. and a Ph.D. in Experimental Pathology from the University of Chicago. The expert spent the major part of his career in academia including positions as a professor of pathology and vice chairperson of the department of pharmacological and physiological sciences at the University of Chicago, as the chair of the department of pathology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and as an endowed professor of pathology and neurology at Emory University. he has coauthored over 140 publications and is a member of several relevant medical associations, including the American Association of Investigative Pathology, the American Association of Neuropathologists, and the International Academy of Pathology. Since 2010 this expert practiced forensic pathology in several major metropolitan offices. He has been qualified as an expert and testified in numerous criminal and civil trials. He currently works privately as an expert consultant in anatomic, neuropathology and forensic pathology.

    Consultant, Neuropathology, Forensic Pathology, General Pathology, PA

    Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Chicago

    Columbus,

    Pennsylvania

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  • Review Fee $400/hr
    Deposition Fee $500/hr
    Court Fee $500/hr

    This expert completed his PhD in Neuropharmacology in the UK and completed postgraduate work at the Tennessee University Center for the Health Sciences. He is board certified in Pain Management, Psychopharmacology, Substance Abuse and Disability Analysts. He is currently an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at a university in the southern US.

    Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University in Tennessee

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UK)

    Unicoi,

    Tennessee

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  • Review Fee $150/hr
    Deposition Fee $150/hr
    Court Fee $150/hr

    This expert is a third generation Funeral Director at a family run funeral home in GA. He is a 1995 Graduate of John Milledge Academy, and is a Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer. He is a 1999 Graduate of Gupton - Jones College of Funeral Service where he was Parliamentarian on the Student Council and a member of the Theta Chapter of Pi Sigma Eta, which is the National Academic Honor Fraternity for Funeral Directors. He is a member of the Georgia Funeral Directors Association, The Independent Funeral Directors of Georgia, The Academy of Graduate Embalmers of Georgia, The American Society of Embalmers, The National Funeral Directors Association, and the International Conference of Post Mortem Reconstructive Surgery, as well as having completed the ICCFA University's School of Advanced Embalming Technique. In the Spring of 2008, he was appointed by the Secretary of State's Office and The Georgia State Board of Funeral Service to serve as a Subject Matter Expert.

    Funeral Director, A family run funeral home

    Graduate, ICCFA University's School of Advanced Embalming Technique

    Barnesville,

    Georgia

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Related Specialties

What Can a Forensic Pathology Expert Witness Opine On?

Autopsy

Examination to determine cause of death.

Toxicology Screening

Testing for substances in bodily fluids.

Histopathology

Microscopic examination of tissue samples.

DNA Analysis

Identifying genetic material for evidence.

Ballistics Analysis

Examining firearms and ammunition evidence.

Injury Documentation

Recording and analyzing trauma types.

FAQs for Forensic Pathology Expert Witnesses

What is a forensic pathology expert witness?

A forensic pathology expert witness is a medical doctor who determines cause and manner of death for legal cases. They assist by reviewing autopsy records, testifying in court, and clarifying complex medical evidence.

In what case types may a forensic pathology expert witness provide valuable insight?

A forensic pathology expert witness provides valuable insight in homicide, suspicious death, wrongful death, medical malpractice, child abuse, and in-custody death cases.

How can a forensic pathology expert witness clarify disputed cause of death?

A forensic pathology expert witness clarifies disputed cause of death by analyzing autopsy findings, medical records, and injury patterns, then explaining them in clear, objective testimony.

How does a forensic pathology expert witness assess time-since-death estimates?

A forensic pathology expert witness assesses time-since-death estimates by analyzing body temperature, rigor and livor mortis, decomposition changes, and scene and medical evidence.

What qualifications should a forensic pathology expert witness have for complex homicide matters?

A forensic pathology expert witness in complex homicide matters should be a board‑certified forensic pathologist with extensive autopsy, courtroom testimony, and homicide investigation experience.

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