National docket · Est. 2026 · Lodging Connections LLC
Retain the right expert before the disclosure deadline does it for you.
Find Forensic Experts is a working docket of forensic expert-witness firms in five specialties — built for litigators who need a qualified, contactable expert fast, and who need to know exactly how much checking stands behind a name before they rely on it.
*Listing-checked means the firm's public listing carried a working phone, its own website, and a specialty signal when we compiled the docket. It does not mean we have verified a licence or CV — that is the separate Document-Checked badge, explained in the Vetting Standard.
The five dockets
Forensic Accounting
Fraud examination, damages quantification, business valuation disputes, and financial-record reconstruction for litigation.
Digital Forensics
Computer and mobile-device forensics, e-discovery support, data recovery, and authentication of electronic evidence.
Forensic Engineering
Failure analysis, structural and mechanical defect investigation, and engineering causation opinions.
Accident Reconstruction
Vehicle-crash reconstruction, event-data analysis, visibility and biomechanics support for injury and fatality cases.
Medical Experts
Independent medical review, causation, and standard-of-care opinions from practicing clinicians.
What an expert costs in 2026 (published survey data)
| Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Average expert hourly fee, all fields | $465/hr | ExpertPages 2026 Fees & Practices Survey (400+ experts) |
| Case review / deposition / trial averages | $356 / $448 / $478 per hr | Expert Institute placement data (170,000 cases) |
| Experts typically earning over $10,000 per engagement | 55% | ExpertPages 2026 |
| Experts requiring a minimum engagement fee | 74% | ExpertPages 2026 |
Against those economics, a wrong or late expert is the expensive option. Amended Federal Rule of Evidence 702 (December 2023) puts the burden on the proponent to show admissibility is more likely than not — vetting is no longer a formality.
For experts listed here
Every firm in the docket starts as an Unclaimed public listing. Claiming your profile ($399/year) makes it yours: you control the text, publish your rates and jurisdictions, and — after our document check of your licence/certification and CV — carry the Document-Checked badge. Featured profiles ($799/year) add placement at the head of specialty and state results. We sell no leads and take no cut of your engagements; attorneys contact you directly.
Which admissibility standard governs your forum?
Federal courts and most states test expert testimony under Daubert and Rule 702. A minority — including three of this docket's largest jurisdictions, New York, California, and Illinois — still apply Frye general acceptance or a state variant. The standard changes what your expert's file must show before disclosure. Our state-by-state admissibility index records the governing standard for every jurisdiction in this docket, with its source.
Guides for counsel
Working notes written for the attorney doing the retaining, not for search engines: Daubert and Frye, explained for the retaining attorney · How attorneys find and vet expert witnesses · Reading an expert's CV for admissibility risk · What drives an expert's fee · Working backwards from the disclosure deadline · Challenging the opposing expert. The full set is indexed on the Guides page.
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