Description
SEAK’s 2024 Survey of Expert Witness Fees is available for immediate download as an E-Book. Order today.
The 2024 Survey of Expert Witness Fees includes data from almost 1,600 experts in over 250 areas of expertise. This 206 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 or payments via ACH/Wire Transfer?
Specifically, the 2024 Survey of Expert Witness Fees includes:
- Expert witness rates for file review/preparation, deposition and trial testimony (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 and/or ACH/Wire Transfers.
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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 |
52 |
Accounting |
26 |
Actuarial |
2 |
Addiction Medicine |
14 |
Addiction Psychiatry |
9 |
Advertising |
1 |
Agriculture |
13 |
Allergy & Immunology |
5 |
Anatomic Pathology |
4 |
Anesthesiology |
36 |
Appraisal & Valuation |
42 |
Aquatics Safety |
3 |
Architecture |
25 |
Athletics & Recreation |
10 |
Automotive |
15 |
Aviation & Aerospace |
19 |
Banking |
19 |
Bariatric Surgery |
3 |
Biomechanics |
15 |
Business Damages |
21 |
Business Operations |
16 |
Business Valuation |
16 |
Cardiology |
24 |
Cardiothoracic Surgery |
4 |
Chemistry & Chemicals |
14 |
Chiropractic |
12 |
Colon & Rectal Surgery |
5 |
Computers/Information Technology |
24 |
Construction/Construction Defects |
116 |
Correctional Healthcare |
8 |
Critical Care Medicine |
17 |
Critical Care Surgery |
10 |
Cryptocurrency |
2 |
Cybersecurity |
2 |
Dentist |
24 |
Dermatology |
4 |
Diagnostic Radiology |
7 |
Dram Shop & Alcohol Services |
6 |
Economics |
28 |
Education & Schools |
15 |
Electricity /Electrician |
16 |
Electronics |
9 |
Electrophysiology |
3 |
Elevators & Escalators |
1 |
Emergency Medical Services |
12 |
Emergency Medical Toxicology |
3 |
Emergency Medicine |
66 |
Employment |
25 |
Endocrinology |
8 |
Engineering |
153 |
Environmental |
26 |
Ergonomics |
3 |
Family Medicine |
31 |
Financial |
45 |
Fire |
18 |
Firearms & Ballistics |
7 |
Food |
6 |
Foot & Ankle Surgery |
7 |
Forensic Pathology |
3 |
Forensic Psychiatry |
16 |
Forensic Psychology |
23 |
Forensic Science |
34 |
Fraud |
30 |
Gaming & Gambling |
3 |
Gastroenterology |
13 |
General Medical Practice |
2 |
General Surgery |
30 |
Geriatric Psychiatry |
2 |
Geriatrics |
28 |
Gynecology |
5 |
Hand Surgery |
9 |
Health Informatics |
1 |
Hematology |
6 |
Hepatology |
1 |
Horses |
1 |
Hospice and Palliative Care |
12 |
Hospitalist |
31 |
Hotel & Restaurant |
11 |
Human Factors |
15 |
Hydrology |
7 |
Industrial Design |
6 |
Industrial Hygiene |
16 |
Infectious Diseases |
9 |
Insurance |
42 |
Intellectual Property |
25 |
Internal Medicine |
48 |
Internet |
5 |
Interventional Cardiology |
6 |
Laboratories & Testing |
4 |
Land Surveying |
7 |
Landscape Design |
5 |
Law Enf & Criminal Justice |
31 |
Legal |
20 |
Life Care Planning |
32 |
Management |
9 |
Manufacturing |
17 |
Maritime /Boating |
16 |
Marketing |
9 |
Medical Billing/Medical Coding |
6 |
Medical Management/Hospital Liability |
9 |
Metallurgy |
5 |
Meteorology |
11 |
Midwife |
3 |
Mining |
5 |
Mold |
8 |
Motorcycle |
3 |
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine |
9 |
Nephrology |
8 |
Neurological Surgery |
17 |
Neurology |
32 |
Neurophysiology |
5 |
Neuropsychiatry |
5 |
Neuropsychology |
18 |
Neuroradiology |
8 |
Nurse |
41 |
Nurse Anesthetist |
3 |
Nurse Practitioner |
16 |
Nursing Administration |
6 |
Nursing Home Administration /Long Term Care |
22 |
Obstetrics & Gynecology |
31 |
Occupational Medicine |
13 |
Occupational Therapy |
3 |
Oil and Gas |
11 |
Oncology |
13 |
Ophthalmology |
14 |
Optometry |
1 |
Oral Surgery |
8 |
Orthodontist |
1 |
Orthopedic Surgery |
48 |
Otolaryngology |
20 |
Otology |
4 |
Pain Management - Medicine |
36 |
Pathology |
1 |
Pediatric Anesthesiology |
3 |
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine |
6 |
Pediatric Emergency Medicine |
11 |
Pediatric Neurology |
3 |
Pediatric Psychiatry |
5 |
Pediatric Pulmonology |
3 |
Pediatrics |
30 |
Periodontics |
4 |
Pharmaceutical Regulation/Research |
8 |
Pharmacist |
17 |
Pharmacology |
10 |
Pharmacology- Clinical |
6 |
Photography & Imaging |
2 |
Physical Medicine & Rehab |
28 |
Physical Therapy |
9 |
Physician Assistant |
7 |
Plastic Surgery |
16 |
Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck |
3 |
Plumbing |
7 |
Podiatry |
9 |
Police Practices & Procedures |
22 |
Premises Liability |
44 |
Preventive Medicine |
3 |
Products Liability |
29 |
Prosthetics |
3 |
Psychiatry |
38 |
Psychology |
31 |
Public Health |
3 |
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine |
5 |
Pulmonary Disease |
2 |
Radiology |
9 |
Real Estate |
68 |
Reproductive Endocrinology |
2 |
Rheumatology |
4 |
Risk Management |
19 |
Safety |
77 |
School Safety |
13 |
Securities & Investments |
19 |
Security |
32 |
Sleep Medicine |
9 |
Slip Trip & Fall |
25 |
Social Work |
8 |
Software |
11 |
Speech-Language Pathology |
1 |
Spine Surgery & Spine Care |
22 |
Sports Medicine |
13 |
Statistics |
10 |
Technology |
17 |
Telecommunications |
8 |
Thoracic Surgery |
4 |
Toxicology |
19 |
Transportation |
30 |
Trauma Surgery |
11 |
Travel & Tourism |
3 |
Ultrasound |
2 |
Urgent Care Medicine |
8 |
Urology & Urological Surgery |
10 |
Vascular & Interventional Radiology |
4 |
Vascular Surgery |
7 |
Video |
5 |
Vocational Rehabilitation |
26 |
Warnings & Labels |
3 |
Wound Care |
26 |