Legal malpractice expert witnesses in states outside Bucklin's geographic area of service.

Bucklin's geographic area of service is self-limited to Texas plus states in only four federal circuits that are in the middle third of the country.  Because of time limitations, we generally decline work in East and West Coast states. 

Attorneys than ask us: Who does do legal malpractice expert witness work in the East Coast or West Coast states and also has real-world practical experience in the practice of law?  We note, as a public service for attorneys, that the following experts have told us they are available for East or West Coast states. None of them have contacted us to ask to be included on this page. We make no representation or recommendation about them.

If you are at this www.Bucklin.org website you are probably most interested in persons with years of experience in the practice of law, who work outside college walls, but who have made a study of professional ethics.  The following are not law school professors, and they are willing to testify as expert witnesses. California and West Coast

Phillip Feldman, Sherman Oaks, CA.  has been an expert witness for over 20 years and has written a number of articles on legal ethics and malpractice.

Jerome Fishkin and Lindsay Kohut Slatter, of the firm of Fishkin & Slatter LLP, 369 Pine Street, Suite 627, San Francisco, CA  94104-3302, Phone: (415) 403-1300 have an interesting web site which shows considerable experience in legal ethics matters.  They represent attorneys at the State Bar of California and advise attorneys about legal ethics matters.

Boyd S. Lemon, Marina Del Rey, CA has been chairman of the litigation departments of three law firms in Los Angeles. He was a co-founder and former Director of the Lawyers Professional Liability Bar Association.

David J. Leonard, Leonard Felkner Altfeld Greenberg & Battaile PC, Tucson, AZ 85702, Phone: 520-622-7733,  with additional office in Los Angeles, CA, has been practicing law for 40 years, doing litigation, real estate, expert witness testimony, arbitration and mediation. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and has been for their entire 20 year history.

Christopher Rolin, Woodland Hills, CA has been a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates since 1984, and is a past member of the Board of Directors.  He was president of the Lawyers Professional Liability Bar Association of Southern California 1999 - 2003.

New York and East Coast

Rhetta M. Daniel, Mechanicsville, VA  was a Senior Assistant Bar Counsel 1982 - 1990 - Virginia State Bar, Richmond, Virginia, which underlies her present work including expert witness services.

Sherri D. Goodman, Charlestown, WV  focuses on working with lawyers with their legal ethics and malpractice issues, following her eleven years' experience working in West Virginia's lawyer disciplinary system, first as Assistant Disciplinary Counsel and then, in 1990, as Bar Counsel and Chief Lawyer Disciplinary Counsel until July of 1999.

Jeffrey Levitt, Amityville, NY has a website that indicates plaintiff's legal malpractice represents approximately one- half the practice, but that he also does expert witness work.

The above list of other legal ethics experts may not find you an expert witness for your matter, but perhaps if you contact them, they may be able to assist you in finding other experts who are in your state of interest and appropriate for your matter.