Luis Martinez-Fernandez

Martinez-Fernandez is professor of history at the University of Central Florida. He has recently finished a survey history of the Cuban Revolution; working on a general history of early colonial Cuba.

He has been an expert witness for the defence in Puerto Rican tobacco-related court cases. Later he became active in Engle Progeny cases in Florida. Martinez-Fernandez has disclosed in multiple court-related declarations how much he charges per hour for his litigation-driven work. In 2003, in Rivera v. R.J. Reynolds he declared that he charged $125 an hour. He also stated that he had worked 600 hours on his expert report and an extra 30 hours for issues relating specifically to Rivera.[1] One year later Martinez-Fernandez was deposed in Alvarez v. R.J. Reynolds. In this deposition he declared that he charged depending on the work: $200 to $275 an hour for his litigation research.[2] The following year, Martinez-Fernandez testified that he made $150 an hour. He furthermore acknowledged that he had done 670 hours of litigation-driven research.[3] So by Martinez-Fernandez’ most conservative hourly rate, he has made in excess of $83,750.

[1] See affidavit of Luis Martinez-Fernandez, Rivera v. R.J. Reynolds. Westlaw reference: 2003 WL 25625479.

[2] See deposition of Luis Martinez-Fernandez, September 21, 2004, Alvarez v. R.J. Reynolds. Westlaw reference: 2004 WL 5487028.

[3] See affidavit of Luis Martinez-Fernandez, June 14, 2005, Valle-Ortiz v. R.J. Reynolds. Westlaw reference: 2005 WL 6772401.