Profile and verification standards

Trust should be specific, visible, and current.

Retain an Expert profiles are designed to help hiring teams understand what an expert claims, what the platform reviewed, and what still requires independent evaluation.

01

Identity

Name, professional identity, organization, and contact authority.

02

Qualifications

Education, licenses, certifications, specialties, and relevant professional experience.

03

Expert work

Consulting, testimony, reports, depositions, teaching, publications, and accepted engagement types.

04

Scope

Jurisdictions, service area, availability, methods, populations, and limits of practice.

05

Verification

Exactly what was checked, by whom, and the date of review.

06

Independence

Conflict disclosures, compensation transparency, and responsibility for professional judgment.

Clinical and forensic work

Additional controls for higher-risk services.

Clinical mental-health and forensic applications require verified licensure, scope-of-practice and jurisdiction checks, conflict review, and secure intake before restricted information is shared.

What verification does not mean

No outcome or admissibility guarantee.

Verification does not promise a favorable opinion, court qualification, admissibility decision, engagement result, or case outcome. Hiring counsel remains responsible for evaluation and selection.