• Emergency Medicine
• Family Practice/Family Medicine

Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:

A: MD
Residency trained and Board Certified in Family Medicine
Career Emergency Physician
Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians
Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians

Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:

A: American College of Emergency Physicians
American Association of Family Physicians

Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:

A: Assistant Clinical Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine
Published author on EM workforce and scope of practice
Member ACEP Forensic Section
Member ACEP Medical Legal Committee

Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)

A: no

Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?

A: Thousands; 25 years of experience as an expert witness

Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?

A: Family Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Urgent care
Criminal cases
Insurance reviews
Standard of care
Medical Malpractice

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?

A: 50%

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?

A: 50%

Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?

A: Hundreds, over 25 years of experience as an expert witness

Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?

A: Last month

Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?

A: Hundreds over 25 years of experience as an expert witness

Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?

A: Hundreds, over 25 years of experience as an expert witness

Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?

A: 25

Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)

A: Medical malpractice, Expert witness, medical consulting, legal reviews, consulting, criminal defense review, forensics.
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Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?

A: 350 - 500

Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?

A: 350 - 500

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?

A: 600

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?

A: 600

Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)

A: travel expenses at cost; travel time per rate sheet or by prior agreement

1) Steve Mercer
Former Director Maryland Office of the Public Defender
RaquinMercer LLC
50 West Montgomery Ave.
Suite 200
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 880-9250
steve@raquinmercer.com
www.RaquinMercer.com

2) Belgin S. Palaz
Assistant Public Defender,
Forensics Division
6 St. Paul Street, Suite 1508
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
713-409-0814 (Cell)
410-767-7459 (Office)
Belgin.Palaz@maryland.gov
3) Numerous medical malpractice attorney references available on request