Pharmacy Expert Witness | Qualifications, Experience, and Litigation Support
Yelena Berndt, PharmD, MSCC
Dr. Yelena Berndt, PharmD, MSCC, is a pharmacy expert witness providing objective, defensible opinions in litigation involving medication errors, pharmacy standard‑of‑care disputes, and regulatory compliance issues. She supports both plaintiff and defense counsel through case review, expert reports, deposition testimony, and trial testimony.
Professional Summary
Dr. Berndt is a pharmacy expert witness with 20+ years of real-world practice, case review and litigation support experience. Her work focuses on defensible standard-of-care opinions, causation analysis, and litigation-ready testimony. She has served as a pharmacy expert witness in civil matters involving alleged medication errors, pharmacy operations, and drug therapy management, providing unbiased, fact-driven evaluations and testimony.
With over two decades of pharmacy practice and advanced knowledge of medication protocols, regulatory requirements, and pharmacy standard of care, Dr. Berndt delivers precise, defensible analysis rooted in clinical evidence and real-world workflow knowledge.
Representative Case Types Include:
Pharmacy negligence & dispensing error cases
Medication error–related injury & wrongful death
Standard of pharmacy care disputes
Controlled substance compliance litigation
Long-term care & institutional pharmacy cases
Worker’s Compensation Cases
Retail/hospital pharmacy practice litigation
Rebuttal expert review and opposing expert critique
Expert Witness Services:
Case review & expert opinion reports — objective review of records and formulation of defensible opinions
Affidavits & declarations — written sworn opinions suitable for summary judgment and other litigation phases
Deposition testimony — expert testimony to support factual development and case strategy
Trial testimony — clear, understandable testimony before judge and jury
Case review & expert opinion reports
Plaintiff & defense support
Consultation on pharmacy procedure and safety standards
Credentials
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
20+ years clinical & dispensing pharmacy experience
Experience in retail, hospital, and health-plan pharmacy practice
Methodology grounded in accepted pharmacy standards and evidence
Litigation experience across multiple practice settings
Expert opinions are based on accepted pharmacy standards, applicable regulations, and evidence‑based methodology, and are prepared with consideration for admissibility and scrutiny in litigation.