Okorie Okorocha, J.D., M.S., M.S. • Attorney • Forensic Toxicologist • Expert Witness
Serious representation when medicine, drugs, alcohol, toxicology, or complex scientific evidence can determine the outcome.
When the case depends on the science, your lawyer should understand the science.
Forensic toxicology expert witness
Drug and alcohol evidence can appear definitive while leaving critical scientific questions unresolved. Forensic-toxicology analysis may address specimen integrity, analytical methodology, pharmacology, claimed impairment, measurement uncertainty, laboratory limitations, and whether the stated conclusion follows from the available data.
Where science meets the courtroom
Drug and alcohol evidence can look definitive while leaving critical questions unanswered. Analysis may require review of specimen integrity, analytical methodology, pharmacology, impairment, measurement uncertainty, laboratory limitations, and whether the conclusion actually follows from the data.
Serious-felony matters
The criminal-defense practice is limited to serious felony matters, including murder or manslaughter, sex-crime, and white-collar allegations. Forensic, toxicological, medical, and other scientific evidence is evaluated when relevant.
Civil representation
Personal injury, wrongful death, catastrophic injury, employment, and civil-rights matters can turn on medical causation, toxicology, drug or alcohol evidence, laboratory findings, and competing expert opinions.
Board and State Bar matters
Defense of attorneys, physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and other California licensees facing complaints, investigations, Accusations, disciplinary hearings, probation, or reinstatement.
Science-backed litigation resources
Use the Evidence Library for focused technical topics, ForensicToxicology.com for broader educational and research material, and The Okorocha Firm for representation, consultation, and expert-witness retention.
For expert-witness consultation or legal representation involving complex scientific evidence, call (424) 363-3347.
A practical worksheet for comparing original and amended toxicology reports, tracking changed findings, and organizing focused laboratory follow-up.
Read Article: Amended Toxicology Reports: A Version Comparison Worksheet
Review nitazene assay coverage, reporting limits, collection timing, and retained specimens before treating a negative result as evidence of no exposure.
Read Article: A Negative Nitazene Test: What Counsel Should Establish Before Relying on It
How medication records, specimen timing, and enantiomer testing affect attribution of a medetomidine finding to illicit exposure.
Read Article: Medetomidine or Medical Dexmedetomidine? Reviewing Source Attribution