A veteran attorney and recognized authority on legal ethics, this expert has more than 40 years of experience evaluating professional responsibility and attorney fee issues. The expert assists in complex litigation involving malpractice allegations, disciplinary proceedings, and professional liability matters. This attorney and legal ethics expert witness has more than 40 years of experience in law and legal practice, with a focus on professional ethics, professional responsibility, and attorney fee matters. The expert provides analysis and consulting in matters involving attorney conduct, fee issues, professional liability, and related legal practice concerns, including ethics compliance, attorney malpractice allegations, fee disputes, and professional responsibility issues arising in civil litigation and law firm practice.

The expert’s legal background includes extensive experience as an attorney in private practice, along with work involving appellate matters, attorney fee issues, and professional responsibility concerns. Areas of analysis include consulting and advisory opinions on professional ethics issues, litigation services related to fee disputes, lawyer discipline, judicial ethics, judicial discipline, and professional liability questions affecting attorneys and public officials. Additional experience includes participation in legal education and training programs addressing professional responsibility and ethics for legal professionals and public officials. The expert holds a Juris Doctor (J.D.) and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Professional admissions include membership in the bar of a state court, the United States District Court, the United States Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Professional affiliations include the American Bar Association and other professional legal organizations. Scholarly contributions include publications addressing statutory interpretation, attorney fees in civil litigation, appellate practice, and product liability law.