Medtech Expert Witnesses

Fallbrook, California

Medical Devices, Intellectual Property - optics, electronics, software, medical device, diagnostics, medtech, biotech, optical networks, physics, optical materials, intellectual property

My company provides engineering consulting and product development services across the spectrum of entrepreneurs, small businesses, and large firms, as well as expert services. We are a network of skilled professionals with backgrounds including all engineering disciplines, science, manufacturing, regulatory affairs, and a wide range of others. We specialize in projects involving optics, electronics, software, and various aspects of materials physics, but have made happy customers in a broad range of endeavors. As of 2025, I have served as an expert on more than 30 matters, have been deposed over 12 times, and have testified in District and Superior Court, as well as the ITC. My primary focus has been in intellectual property, but I have experience in personal injury and product liability cases as well. I was also an adjunct professor of Applied Physics at Cal State San Marcos for over 16 years, teaching electronics, optics, embedded programming, and physics. I have worked i...

Orlando, Florida

Employment, Human Resources - Medical device, Medtech, Executive recruiting, Hiring practices, Earning capacity, Employee solicitation, Compensation, Executive pay, Candidate assessment, Lifetime earnings, Lost earnings, Executive Recruiting, Career Trajectory, Wrongful death damages, Medical distributorship, Distributor termination, Distributor termination

Paula Rutledge is a medical device employment, executive recruiting, compensation, and earning-capacity expert with 40 years of MedTech industry experience. Her career includes 22 years in corporate commercial leadership and more than two decades directing retained executive and professional search engagements exclusively within the medical device industry. Corporate experience encompasses medical device sales, sales leadership, and commercial roles with Johnson & Johnson, Synthes, Zimmer Spine, and GE Healthcare. Since founding Legacy MEDSearch in 2005, Rutledge has directed searches and talent-advisory engagements for emerging, venture-backed, private-equity-backed, growth-stage, and established global medical device companies. Throughout her career, Rutledge has evaluated, recruited, and placed medical device professionals across executive leadership, sales, marketing, business development, clinical affairs, regulatory affairs, quality, engineering, research and development, an...