Expert Witness Services
Daniel J. Siegel serves as an ethics consultant and expert witness in legal ethics, professional responsibility, disciplinary defense, and the standard of care for attorney conduct across Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
As Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, he brings authoritative knowledge and practical perspective to complex disputes involving legal malpractice, attorney disqualification motions, fee disputes, and professional liability actions.
Lawyers, law firms, and corporate litigants retain our office to provide thorough case evaluations, detailed written expert reports, and persuasive deposition and courtroom trial testimony that clarify professional standards for judges and juries.
Expert witness engagements
Retained by plaintiff and defense counsel throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey to provide independent, authoritative expert opinions on legal ethics and attorney conduct.
Legal malpractice standard of care
Evaluating attorney actions against recognized standards of practice and ethical duties in professional negligence claims.
Attorney disqualification motions
Analyzing concurrent, successive, and imputed conflicts of interest under Pennsylvania and New Jersey rules.
Legal fee disputes & reasonableness
Assessing fee agreements, hourly rate reasonableness, division of fees, and disputed billing practices under Rule 1.5.
Comprehensive case & record review
Examining trial dockets, correspondence, retainer agreements, and discovery records to deliver an objective preliminary assessment.
Written expert reports & disclosures
Drafting authoritative expert reports detailing governing ethical rules, standard of care benchmarks, and reasoned professional opinions.
Deposition & trial testimony
Delivering clear, credible, and composed testimony during depositions, evidentiary hearings, and jury trials.
Professional liability & disciplinary defense
Providing expert consulting to defense counsel and insurers on professional obligations and mitigation in regulatory matters.
Expert witness questions answered
Common questions regarding our expert witness retention, case evaluation process, and courtroom testimony.