Are you an lawyer representing a client for a dog bite case? Perhaps you’re a defense attorney or prosecuting attorney working with a criminal case involving a police K9?
We have extensive experience in working as an expert legal witnesses in any legal case involving animals!
Experienced and credentialed expert legal witnesses!
We can help you by providing:
- A no cost initial phone consultation to discuss the scope of the case
- Review of relevant evidence and depositions
- Generate detailed reports geared to the needs of the individual attorney and case
- Provide depositions and court room testimony
Dr. Jim Ha is one of only 55 Certified Applied Animal Behaviorists in the country!
Contact us to find out more about how we can help you and your clients!
Jim Ha’s background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Millersville University (1980), a Master’s degree in biology from Wake Forest University (1983) and a Ph.D. in zoology, with a specialization in animal behavior, from Colorado State University (1989). At the University of Washington since 1992, he is currently a Research Associate Professor in Psychology (Animal Behavior Program) where he teaches and conducts research in complex social behavior and cognition of several animal species. During his graduate training, he worked with Dr. Philip Lehner (Colorado State University) and was active in his animal behavior consulting business in Colorado.
Jim started his own consulting business in companion animal behavior, Animal Behavior Associates of Washington in 1999, and combined this enterprise with Companion Animal Solutions, LLC in 2007. In addition to in-home consulting on behavior issues in dogs, cats and parrots (averaging 45 cases/year), he has participated in a number of court cases as an expert legal witness. He has been involved with the development of the professional certification program for applied animal behaviorists through the Animal Behavior Society (www.animalbehavior.org) and has served as a member of the Animal Behavior Society’s Executive Committee for many years.
