In a message dated 3/16/2005 7:19:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
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I have been asked to review a case for legal purposes.  Have any of you ever
gotten paid for reviewing a case as an IBCLC and if so what did you charge?
I have been a paid expert witness several times. I have been seated as an 
expert witness in 3 different counties, have testified 6 times in court, 2 times 
in mediation, and consulted with the family and attorney but did not testify 
in 2 other cases. I was presented once as an expert witness, but the judge did 
not accept me, preferring to accept the pediatrician instead as the lactation 
expert.  I charged my consultation fee times the number of hours.  Usually it 
was about 3-4 hours of preparation time, and 4-8 hours in court. The attorney 
can also give you an estimate of what the normal experts charge in your 
community.  They pay other experts like child psychologists, etc and the attorney 
said my fees were in line with those.  Of course MDs get paid more. About 
$400/hour.
Barb Whitehead, BS, IBCLC, RLC
Eastern NC

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