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Retainer

$1,000 non-refundable retainer fee

Invoiced upon reaching a verbal agreement to proceed

Identifying as an expert witness shall not be disclosed
until the retainer fee is paid

Services shall be charged against this retainer fee
until it has been exhausted

Services

$150 per hour for (not limited to) analysis,
calculations, conclusions, preparation of reports

$100 per hour for necessary travel time

$250.00 per hour for testimony at deposition, trial,
or arbitration, billed in hourly increments; applied to
giving testimony, as well as while waiting on location

Fees billed by the half hour, defined as the minimum
charge for any discrete task

Materials will be billed at cost plus a 10% overhead charge

Expenses

Personal auto - 38 cents per mile

Air travel - actual cost, plus a 10% overhead charge.
Refundable tickets will be purchased for any necessary travel
(unless unavailable). Non-refundable tickets will be purchased
upon request or when refundable tickets are unavailable, and
shall be reimbursed regardless if the ticket is used for the
purpose of the task for which retained.

Lodging - reimbursed at actual cost plus a 10% overhead
charge, plus meals.

Rental car - full-sized vehicle and fuel, plus a 10%
overhead charge

Invoicing

monthly or on an interval deemed appropriate

due on receipt

delinquent after thirty days from issuance

interest will accrue on delinquent balances at
the maximum rate permitted by law

 

Updated November 1, 2007