Ethics of Working with Consultants and Expert Witnesses

Amber Bevacqua-Lynott is Senior Counsel at Buchalter, working in the firm’s Portland and San Diego offices as part of the Professional Responsibility and Litigation Practice Groups. She advises attorneys, licensed professionals, and businesses, including in-house legal departments and firms, on legal ethics, risk management, and disciplinary matters. Her work includes guidance on conflicts of interest, confidentiality, malpractice, risk management, and fee-related issues. Amber also represents lawyers, students, and professionals before regulatory authorities and bar associations in licensing, admissions, reinstatement, and disciplinary proceedings.

With over 20 years of legal experience and extensive civil trial expertise, Amber previously served as Assistant Disciplinary Counsel in the Oregon State Bar’s Disciplinary Counsel’s Office (DCO). There, she enforced the Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct, investigating and prosecuting hundreds of cases and successfully first-chairing several dozen civil trials. During her final six years at DCO, she was Chief Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, Deputy Director of Regulatory Services, and Chief Trial Counsel.