Description
SEAK’s 2021 Survey of Expert Witness Fees is available for immediate download as an E-Book. Order today.
The 2021 Survey of Expert Witness Fees includes data from almost 1,100 experts in over 250 areas of expertise. This 212 page E-Book gives you the hard information to answer these critical questions:
- Am I charging enough?
- Should I raise my expert witness rates?
- How much should I charge for an expert witness retainer?
- Should I require counsel to sign a written retention contract?
- What is my earning potential in my discipline?
- How likely is it that I will experience collections difficulties?
- Should I accept credit cards?
Specifically, the 2021 Survey of Expert Witness Fees includes:
- Expert witness rates for trial, deposition, and file review/preparation (average, median, high, and low);
- Retainer amounts (average, median, high, and low);
- Frequency and results of rate increases;
- Most money billed on a single case (average, median and high);
- Typical total billings on a single case (average, median, high and low);
- Percentage of expert witnesses requiring counsel to sign a written retention contract;
- Percentage of expert witnesses experiencing collection difficulties; and
- Percentage of expert witnesses accepting credit cards.
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The list of the specialties/areas of expertise covered in the fee survey and the number of responses for each specialty are as follows:
|
Accident Reconstruction |
32 |
|
Accounting |
11 |
|
Actuarial |
1 |
|
Addiction Medicine |
12 |
|
Addiction Psychiatry |
4 |
|
Advertising |
2 |
|
Agriculture |
5 |
|
Allergy & Immunology |
6 |
|
Anesthesiology |
19 |
|
Appraisal & Valuation |
20 |
|
Aquatics Safety |
1 |
|
Architecture |
15 |
|
Athletics & Recreation |
7 |
|
Automotive |
11 |
|
Aviation & Aerospace |
10 |
|
Banking |
11 |
|
Bariatric Surgery |
2 |
|
Biomechanics |
4 |
|
Business Damages |
12 |
|
Business Operations |
15 |
|
Business Valuation |
7 |
|
Cardiology |
16 |
|
Cardiothoracic Surgery |
4 |
|
Chemistry & Chemicals |
9 |
|
Chiropractic |
8 |
|
Colon & Rectal Surgery |
3 |
|
Computers/Information Technology |
15 |
|
Construction/Construction Defects |
63 |
|
Correctional Healthcare |
8 |
|
Critical Care Medicine |
10 |
|
Critical Care Surgery |
3 |
|
Cybersecurity |
2 |
|
Dentist |
15 |
|
Dermatology |
5 |
|
Diagnostic Radiology |
4 |
|
Dram Shop & Alcohol Services |
1 |
|
Economics |
17 |
|
Education & Schools |
12 |
|
Electricity /Electrician |
10 |
|
Electronics |
7 |
|
Electrophysiology |
2 |
|
Elevators & Escalators |
1 |
|
Emergency Medical Services |
13 |
|
Emergency Medical Toxicology |
2 |
|
Emergency Medicine |
65 |
|
Employment |
19 |
|
Endocrinology |
2 |
|
Engineering |
99 |
|
Environmental |
12 |
|
Family Medicine |
23 |
|
Financial |
21 |
|
Fire |
8 |
|
Firearms & Ballistics |
4 |
|
Food |
6 |
|
Foot & Ankle Surgery |
1 |
|
Forensic Pathology |
4 |
|
Forensic Psychiatry |
13 |
|
Forensic Psychology |
9 |
|
Forensic Science |
14 |
|
Fraud |
14 |
|
Gastroenterology |
7 |
|
General Medical Practice |
3 |
|
General Surgery |
22 |
|
Geriatric Psychiatry |
4 |
|
Geriatrics |
16 |
|
Gynecology |
9 |
|
Hand Surgery |
6 |
|
Health Informatics |
1 |
|
Hematology |
5 |
|
Horses |
2 |
|
Hospice and Palliative Care |
6 |
|
Hospitalist |
20 |
|
Hotel & Restaurant |
12 |
|
Human Factors |
8 |
|
Hydrology |
3 |
|
Industrial Design |
2 |
|
Industrial Hygiene |
5 |
|
Infectious Diseases |
10 |
|
Insurance |
30 |
|
Intellectual Property |
29 |
|
Internal Medicine |
37 |
|
Internet |
2 |
|
Interventional Cardiology |
3 |
|
Laboratories & Testing |
3 |
|
Land Surveying |
4 |
|
Landscape Design |
5 |
|
Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice |
15 |
|
Legal |
12 |
|
Life Care Planning |
36 |
|
Management |
9 |
|
Manufacturing |
11 |
|
Maritime /Boating |
8 |
|
Marketing |
4 |
|
Medical Billing/Medical Coding |
9 |
|
Medical Management/Hospital Liability |
12 |
|
Metallurgy |
7 |
|
Meteorology |
8 |
|
Midwife |
3 |
|
Mining |
2 |
|
Mold |
1 |
|
Motorcycle |
4 |
|
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine |
7 |
|
Nephrology |
2 |
|
Neurological Surgery |
15 |
|
Neurology |
22 |
|
Neurophysiology |
4 |
|
Neuropsychiatry |
2 |
|
Neuropsychology |
21 |
|
Neuroradiology |
6 |
|
NONE OF THE ABOVE |
146 |
|
Nuclear Medicine |
1 |
|
Nurse |
24 |
|
Nurse Anesthetist |
3 |
|
Nurse Practitioner |
8 |
|
Nursing Administration |
4 |
|
Nursing Home Administration /Long Term Care |
13 |
|
Obstetrics & Gynecology |
28 |
|
Occupational Medicine |
8 |
|
Occupational Therapy |
2 |
|
Oil and Gas |
7 |
|
Oncology |
13 |
|
Ophthalmology |
12 |
|
Oral Surgery |
4 |
|
Orthopedic Surgery |
44 |
|
Otolaryngology |
10 |
|
Otology |
2 |
|
Pain Management - Medicine |
29 |
|
Pathology |
4 |
|
Pediatric Anesthesiology |
2 |
|
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine |
5 |
|
Pediatric Emergency Medicine |
8 |
|
Pediatric Neurology |
2 |
|
Pediatric Psychiatry |
4 |
|
Pediatric Pulmonology |
3 |
|
Pediatrics |
17 |
|
Periodontics |
3 |
|
Pharmaceutical Regulation/Research |
4 |
|
Pharmacist |
17 |
|
Pharmacology |
7 |
|
Pharmacology- Clinical |
7 |
|
Physical Medicine & Rehab |
19 |
|
Physical Therapy |
10 |
|
Physician Assistant |
5 |
|
Plastic Surgery |
8 |
|
Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck |
6 |
|
Plumbing |
6 |
|
Podiatry |
3 |
|
Police Practices & Procedures |
10 |
|
Premises Liability |
22 |
|
Preventive Medicine |
3 |
|
Products Liability |
11 |
|
Prosthetics |
2 |
|
Psychiatry |
35 |
|
Psychology |
23 |
|
Public Health |
4 |
|
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine |
2 |
|
Pulmonary Disease |
6 |
|
Radiation Oncology |
1 |
|
Radiology |
24 |
|
Real Estate |
26 |
|
Reproductive Endocrinology |
2 |
|
Rheumatology |
1 |
|
Risk Management |
17 |
|
Safety |
40 |
|
School Safety |
10 |
|
Securities & Investments |
10 |
|
Security |
17 |
|
Sleep Medicine |
11 |
|
Slip Trip & Fall |
10 |
|
Social Work |
5 |
|
Software |
9 |
|
Speech-Language Pathology |
2 |
|
Spine Surgery & Spine Care |
15 |
|
Sports Medicine |
8 |
|
Statistics |
7 |
|
Technology |
7 |
|
Telecommunications |
5 |
|
Thoracic Surgery |
1 |
|
Toxicology |
18 |
|
Transportation |
15 |
|
Trauma Surgery |
9 |
|
Travel & Tourism |
3 |
|
Ultrasound |
3 |
|
Urgent Care Medicine |
6 |
|
Urology & Urological Surgery |
8 |
|
Vascular & Interventional Radiology |
5 |
|
Vascular Surgery |
4 |
|
Video |
3 |
|
Vocational Rehabilitation |
27 |
|
Warnings & Labels |
4 |
|
Wound Care |
18 |
