Veterinarian Expert Witnesses
The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of veterinarian expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on veterinarian and related issues. Veterinarian expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these veterinarian expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Horses, Livestock, Abuse, Anatomic Pathology, Animal Abuse, Animal Contamination Of Food And Beverage, Animal Dna Sequencing, Animal Feed Contamination, Animal Injury, Animal Matters, Cats, Cattle, Cfu Verification, Critical Care Veterinary Medicine, and Decomposition Studies.
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Leilani Ireland, DVM, MS, MBA, DACVECC
Emergency & Critical Care Veterinarian
Erie, Colorado
Veterinarian, Critical Care Medicine
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Veterinary Medicine, Emergency Veterinary Medicine, Referral hospital, Critical Care Veterinary Medicine, Vet Med, Veterinarian, Vet, Veterinary Care, Emergency Veterinarian, Emergency and Critical Care, Standard of care, Veterinary malpractice review, Veterinary negligence
Dr. Leilani Ireland is an emergency and critical care veterinarian with extensive experience in high-acuity referral hospital environments. Her work has focused on the evaluation and management of critically ill veterinary patients, triage decision-making, stabilization, hospitalization, and transfer of care within specialty hospitals.
In addition to clinical practice, Dr. Ireland has held senior veterinary leadership and administrative roles supporting multi-hospital operations. Her responsibilities have included veterinarian staffing and supervision, schedule design, workflow optimization, and operational decision-making in high-volume veterinary emergency services. This experience allows her to evaluate not only individual clinical judgment but also how communication, staffing, and hospital systems influence care delivery.
Dr. Ireland provides objective medical-legal consultation regarding veterinary standard of care, clinical decision-making in emergency and critical care sett...
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Dr. Nihan Marun, PhD Microbiology, DVM
Veterinary Microbiologist & Feed Additives Expert
Sigma BioVet Sciences
Cape Coral, Florida
Veterinarian, Products Liability
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pet food recall expert, product liability veterinarian, animal feed contamination, false advertising, fda warning letter pet food, cfu verification, veterinary microbiologist, nutrition, probiotic expert witness, microbiome expert witness, veterinary probiotic, pet food safety, product liability veterinarian, feed additive
Dr. Nihan Marun, DVM, PhD Microbiology is a board-eligible veterinary microbiologist and regulatory scientist with 20+ years of hands-on experience in animal health product manufacturing, probiotics/biotics commercialization, and FDA-CVM/AAFCO compliance. She has commercialized 20+ probiotic and microbial products globally across companion animal, livestock, poultry, aquaculture, and agriculture sectors.
Areas of Expert Testimony
• Pet Food Recall & Feed Contamination Expert Witness: Salmonella, Listeria, E. coli, aflatoxin, heavy metals, Vitamin D toxicity; contamination pathways, manufacturing defects, adulteration, traceability failures.
• Veterinary Microbiologist & Probiotic / Microbiome Expert Witness: Probiotic efficacy disputes (CFU counts, strain identification errors, viability loss, shelf-life misrepresentation), microbiome claims, prebiotic/postbiotic/synbiotic substantiation, gut health claims, antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
• FDA Warning Letter & Veterinary Regulator...
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Bart Sutherland, D.V.M.
Oxford, Mississippi
Veterinarian, Agriculture
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Horses, Cattle, Livestock, Research, Dog, Cat
I am an accomplished veterinarian, with diverse experience that includes private practice, work with professional organizations on regulatory compliance, and collaborations with the federal government in regulatory and policy aspects involving laboratory research and veterinary issues.
Testified in administrative and court proceedings, including serving as a supporting witness for the American Veterinary Medical Association Professional Liability Trust with a favorable outcome.
Employed as a veterinary medical officer with the United States Department of Agriculture and contributed to the enforcement of federal laws in cases under the jurisdiction of the USDA.
Specialties: Veterinary Standards of Care, Investigative Interviewing, Equine Regulatory Investigations, Expert Witness Testimony, Civil and Criminal Matters, Nationwide Program Management, Field Audits, Work with Equine Associations, Expert on the Horse Protection Act
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Sally T. Price, DVM, CVPM, FFCP
Palmetto Paw Law
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Veterinarian, Dogs
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Animal Matters, Animal Injury, Dog/Cat Attacks, Horses, Abuse, Neglect, Vet Malpractice, Liability, Business, Vet Contracts, Practice Management, HR of Vet Workers, Shelter, Corporate, Rescue, Non-profit, Private Practice, Organization Best Practices, Vet Hospital Operations, Marketing and Ethics
Nearly 3 decades of veterinary industry experience in multiple animal-related industries and environments. 24 years experience as a practicing veterinarian and veterinary surgeon. Over a decade of experience as a veterinary practice owner. Experience with horses, dogs, cats, wildlife. Credentialed veterinary business consultant. One of less than 100 veterinarians across the nation that is a Certified Veterinary Practice Manager (CVPM) as well as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM). Practice areas include private practice, corporate practice, house call ambulatory, shelter medicine, surgery, veterinary business, and veterinary practice management.
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Laura K Bryan, DVM, PhD, Dip. ACVP
Board Certified Veterinary Anatomic Pathologist
Bryan Pathology Consulting of Bryan
Bryan, Texas
Veterinarian
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Anatomic pathology, Investigative, Food safety, Animal contamination of food and beverage, Livestock, Insurance cases, Animal abuse, Histology, Cause of death, Poisoning, Necropsy and histology second opinion, Decomposition studies, Animal DNA sequencing, Fire/Immersion (drowning) cases, Forensic cases
Dr. Laura Bryan is a board certified veterinary anatomic pathologist with 11 years of experience in the field. She has full veterinary licensure in the US state of Georgia and a Texas special veterinary license.
She routinely performs necropsies (animal autopsies) on dogs, cats, horses, camelids (llamas and alpacas), and food animals (i.e. cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, and chickens) as part of her teaching appointment as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University to determine cause of death or morbidity.
She specializes in animal reproductive and endocrine pathology, and has experience with DNA recovery and sequencing investigations of mammals and drug-resistant bacteria.
Dr. Bryan has experience with legal depositions and performing investigative studies concerning food safety and evaluating animal tissues for trauma and decomposition.
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Colorado, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas