Dr. Bruce M. Hasspieler is internationally-recognized with a background in Forensic, Medical and Environmental Toxicology. His endeavors include alcohol & drug testing, DUI/DWI, personal injury, product liability, addiction treatment, death investigations, environmental forensics, cancer and poisoning.

He is a fully accredited member of the Society of Toxicology and the International Society of Environmental Forensics, a former SAMHSA laboratory director for the transportation industry, formerly a toxicologist with the Ontario Centre of Forensic Sciences and has published numerous scientific articles.

Dr. Hasspieler's services include telephone consultation, affidavits and court testimony across North America.

Dr. Chris Coggins is a Board-Certified Toxicologist, a qualification he has held since 1986. He is a Principal in Carson Watts Consulting, with special expertise in Inhalation Toxicology, General Toxicology, Toxicological Pathology and Epidemiology.

Dr. Coggins' services include technical assistance in various aspects of Inhalation Toxicology, including Study Design, Exposure Methods, Study Monitoring, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, and Collation of such data into Reports and Publications in the peer-reviewed Scientific Literature. He provides similar services in the Disciplines of General Toxicology, Toxicologic Pathology, and Epidemiology. Dr. Coggins also provides Testimony as an Expert Board-Certified Witness in the Toxicology Disciplines.

Dr. Coggins has published extensively on the Toxicology of Tobacco Smoke. In addition to Publishing, he has also acted as a Reviewer for many Scientific Journals, including several of the journals in which Studies on Tobacco Toxicology are Published.

Dr. John G. Looney is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Duke Medical Center. He is Board Certified in General Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, and Forensic Psychiatry. He has more than 30 years of experience in psychiatric treatment of Adults, Children & Adolescents. He is experienced in Hospital Psychiatry and Residential Treatment of patients with psychiatric and addictive disease. He is designated a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

Through the American Psychiatric Association, he has published about treatment methods for children and adolescents. He describes methods of treating children and adolescents who have suffered serious and longstanding problems in his edited book, Chronic Mental Illness in Children and Adolescents.

Specialties:

• General Psychiatry for Adults
• General Psychiatry for Children
• Addiction Psychiatry
• Forensic Psychiatry
• Organizational Consultation for Schools and Universities

Shannon C. Miller, MD, FASAM, FAPA - Free initial consultation

Forensic services on issues relating to alcohol or drug use, addiction, related behaviors (gambling, sexual addiction, etc), drug testing, psychiatry, as well as the often intertwining legal issues (cognitive effects, wrongful death, child custody, malpractice, etc.

Retained as Expert Witness throughout the USA & Europe

Both sides of the bar, civil and criminal, deposition & testimony exp.

Active clinical practice, broadly experienced

Board Certifications: Addiction Medicine, Psychiatry

Certified, Buprenorphine

Fellow, American Society of Addiction Medicine & American Psychiatric Association

Co-Editor for both the official journal & textbook of the American Society of Addiction Medicine

America’s Top Psychiatrists

Co-Editor, VA-DOD Substance Use Disorders Clinical Practice Guidelines

Interviews: Dateline NBC, Pravda, US News & World Report, etc.

Credentials, Competence, Credibility, Communication Skills

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Healthcare Litigation Support is a team of experts - physicians, healthcare administrators, reimbursement specialists, health organization experts, health insurance experts, and other healthcare personnel - with broad, extensive experience and expertise in medical and administrative malpractice issues, physician practice operations, hospital management, health insurance and TPA issues, Medicare and Medicaid, medical billing and collections, fraud and abuse, managed care and other areas.

Healthcare Litigation Support is a team of experienced healthcare experts who consult on litigation issues and testify as needed. In addition to the four Principals, there is a larger group of Associates, individuals with specific expertise and areas of knowledge, we include in order to fully serve the needs of the legal community.

Areas of Expertise:

Audit Medical Standards of Care Dental Standards of Care Geriatrics and Nursing Home Care Standards Long Term Care Standards Health Insurance Health Insurer-Provider Relations Managed Healthcare (HMO, PPO)

TPA (Third Party Administrator National Accreditation Guidelines Medicare / Medicaid Federal Employees Health Benefits Program CDH (Consumer Driven Health Plans) ERISA, COBRA, EMTALA, HIPAA Physician / Hospital Joint Ventures Qui Tam and False Claims Act

Representing Both Plaintiff and Defense, Our Services Include:

Review Case for Merit

Analyze Medical and Administrative Events

Identify Causation

Address Standards of Care

Research Relevant Literature

Interpret Contracts in Light of Industry Standards

Evaluate Case Strengths and Weaknesses

Develop Deposition Strategy

Prepare a Defensible Report

Articulate Complex Issues to Triers of Fact

Dr. Lawson Bernstein, MD, is a Board Certified Forensic Neuropsychiatrist, with subspecialty expertise in the assessment and treatment of closed head injuries, stroke, toxic environmental exposure, chronic pain conditions, and other neuropsychological/neuropsychiatric conditions. Trained at Cornell, he is an academically published, former Residency Training Director at a major academic residency program in the U.S.

Dr. Bernstein has extensive criminal and civil experience, working for both Plaintiff & Defense in insanity defense and death penalty cases. He is a Consultant to local, state and federal courts and other regional forensic agencies / facilities, and is available for regional and national presentations.

Areas of Expertise Include:

General Psychiatry

Brain Injury

Stroke

Chronic Pain

Psychopharmacology

Substance & Alcohol Abuse

Neurotoxicology

PTSD

Standard of Care

Child Abuse

"Shaken Baby Syndrome"

Workplace Related Psychiatric Issues

Toxic Environmental Exposure

Available nationwide - references on request.

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Medical Consultants Network (MCN) is a national provider of Medical Judgment Services. Since 1985, MCN has been an industry leader in providing Medical Management Services and Solutions to the Workers' Compensation, Automotive and Casualty Liability, Group Health and Disability Markets. They perform examinations throughout the United States and Canada. Their network of credentialed medical consultants includes over 16,000 physicians from all medical specialties.

MCN's physicians and other medical consultants are recruited and credentialed specifically for the provision of medical judgment services. Their consultants have been selected for their willingness to understand the unique role that the Independent Reviewer / Examiner must fill. MCN's consultants provide an objective and outside review of medical claims; by assessing records, claimant history and examination factors to reach their conclusions and create a written report to help their clients make claims decisions.

Independent Medical Examinations (IME) services include:

Early Assessments

Functional Capacity Exams (FCEs)

Return to Work Evaluations

Fitness for Duty Exams

Third Medical Opinions (TMOs)

Family Medical Leave Evaluations

ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act)

Medical Peer Review services Include:

Utilization Review

Peer to Peer Conversation

Peer Panel Review

Pharmacological Review

Radiological Review

Expert Witness Review

Act 6 Peer Review

Decision Point Review

New York No Fault Peer Reviews

Medical Bill Review Services Include:

Cost Management Review

Utilization Review Services include:

Independent Specialty Matched Reviews

Independent Utilization Reviews

External Reviews

Dr. James C. Norris, Ph.D., DABT, EURT is an Expert Witness in Toxicology and Pharmacology. He has Litigation and Arbitration experience in the United States, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Dr. Norris has given testimony to government agencies, has acted as a consultant for the media (BBC) and is an Industrial Site Crisis Team Member. He is avaliable for both Plaintiff and Defense.

Areas Of Expertise:

Carcinogenicity and Chemicals

Combustion or Fire Toxicology

General and Inhalation Toxicology

Pesticides, and Pharmaceuticals (pharmacology)

Professional Affiliations:

American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists

British Toxicology Society

Society of Toxicology

Editorial Boards of Inhalation Toxicology and Journal of Fire Sciences

Dr. John Budny provides competent opinions based on recognized and accepted medical knowledge to determine if prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, drugs of abuse, and bacterial infections or their treatments are the causes of adverse medical events. With a PhD in basic medical science and a 30-year career as a practicing toxicologist, Dr. Budny combines the science of toxicology with medical knowledge to fully understand all the ramifications of an adverse medical event caused by prescribing errors, faulty medications, or failure in the health care delivery process.

Successfully resolved complex medical issues involving pharmaceuticals and drugs:

Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular toxicology, pharmacology and physiology Drugs affecting the central nervous system Drug receptor agonist and antagonist pharmacology and toxicology Pharmacokinetics Dietary supplements, nutraceuticals and nutrition Opiates Bacterial infections: causes and consequences, including sepsis

Antibiotic, Analgesic and Anesthetic toxicology Over the counter (OTC) product toxicology Gastrointestinal physiology and pharmacology Ototoxicity Drugs of abuse Otic toxicology Animal and plant derived toxins

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OAKLAND 300 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 700 Oakland, CA 94612 (510) 465-3300

SAN FRANCISCO 2406 Clay Street San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 461-4845

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 35 Wolfe Grade Kentfield (Marin County), CA 94904 (415) 461-4845

NATIONWIDE Dr. Raffle has testified and conducted IMEs in States and provinces throughout North America.

Stephen M. Raffle, M.D., a Board Certified Forensic Psychiatrist, has over 36 years of experience offering his expert opinion in Federal and State jurisdictions. Dr. Raffle has consulted for attorneys, insurers, employers and judges. His track record and experience is impressive: over 5000 psychiatric evaluations, 700+ depositions, 150+ trials, a successful clinical practice, teaching career at U.C. Medical School, and Hastings College of the Law postgraduate course "Trial and Appellate Advocacy" for 11 years instructing attorneys about the direct and cross-examination of expert witnesses.

Stephen M. Raffle, M.D. and Associates' expertise includes, but is not limited to the following:

chronic pain psychosomatic medicine post-traumatic stress disorder psychogenic pain traumatic brain injury and other dementias false memory syndrome malingering emotional distress intentional and unintentional infliction of emotional distress, evaluation of fitness for duty risk/threat workplace violence assessment wrongful termination discrimination (ADA, Title VII, EEOC)

harassment (sexual, etc.) employment litigation medical malpractice substance abuse testamentary capacity undue influence (including cults) toxic exposure catastrophic injury temporary and permanent disability need for treatment sexual molestation disorders of childhood and adolescence medical records review assist preparation for the cross-examination of expert witness

Licensed in California.

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