Robert W Walton Jr., consulting arborist
since 1978

"When experience is important!"

 
 

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CONSULTING & EXPERT WITNESS RATES

RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL/
NON-LEGAL

$175.00 per hour

(One hour minimum includes travel and onsite time)
Does not include a written report.
Written reports are $150.00 per office hour.

  • Includes travel of no more than 30 minutes in:
    • San Diego [north to and including: Del Mar,Rancho Penasquitos, Rancho Bernardo] & Poway.
    • Southbay
    • East County [up to Descanso, downtown Ramona, downtown Jamul].
  • Travel time beyond above areas to be negotiated before consultation.

This is the colorful conk of the Turkey Tail or Rainbow Conk, Trametes versicolor, a white rot usually found on cut and fallen wood. This fungus can actively invade the cambium.

 

EXPERT WITNESS, LEGAL, MEDIATION
[All rates include travel except deposition reading and report writing]

$175.00/hr for court, office visits [two hour minimum].

$275.00/hr for depositions [2 hour minimum]

$175.00/hr for investigative or field work [one hour minimum].

$150.00 per office hour for deposition reading/correcting and report writing.

Retainer is $1500.00 (non-refundable)

Curriculum vitae available.