Answer:     Actually, a comparison of Dr. Stone's charges for conducting a 
                 forensic clinical psychological assessment and for his time later
                 when testifying in court with the charges set by another psychologist,
                 who may seldomly only participate in forensic cases, usually shows
                 that Dr. Stone's regular fee schedule is no higher, and frequently is
                 significantly lower.  As is indicated in Dr. Stone's brochure, his fee 
                 schedule is actually quite flexible; engagement of him in one of your
                 cases can be on an hourly rate basis, by a full- or half-day, or for a
                 'total' fee amount that has been developed for your case situation.

Answer:     Ideally, it would be comfortable, all the way around, if Dr. Stone were
                 initially contacted and involved in your case at least about two months
                 prior to any scheduled trial.  This time-span would allow Dr. Stone to
                 have the usual two or three interview/testing sessions, the scoring and
                 interpretation of the testing results, study of all available information
                 from corroborative sources, his development/preparation of a
                 Psychological Evaluation Report (which recently have averaged about 
                 35+ pages in length), and one or two scheduled pre-trial conferences
                 with the involved defense attorney.  An absolute minimum time-frame
                 for all these activities could be no less than one month.

Answer:     Please remember, your client is not Dr. Stone's client - you are.  It is
                 Dr. Stone's policy (which is absolute and unchanging) to only become
                 actually and officially involved in a case after he has been given a
                 retainer fee.  In those cases where his services would be less than would
                 be covered by the retainer fee, the appropriate remaining amount
                 would be refunded.  Normally, the initial retainer fee is described to
                 cover (in a average case situation) conduct of the interview/testing
                 sessions and completion and submission of the resulting Psychological 
                 Evaluation Report to the to the client-attorney.  If Dr. Stone is
                 required to offer testimony (in deposition, hearing or trial), he will
                 require retainer payment prior as if he did not then he could be
                 suspected of payment being contingent upon the 'quality' or results
                 from his testimony - such would be grossly unethical and possibly even
                 illegal.

Answer:     Harpers Ferry (in the most easterly tip of West Virginia, just 55 miles
                 from Washington, DC) is very centrally located in the middle of the
                 Mid-Atlantic States.  A series of resizeable Web-page maps shows how
                 to get to Harpers Ferry from any location in the USA can be found at:
                http://firms.findlaw.com/lastone/contact.htm.  In addition to these 
                 visual aids, an easy-to-use computer-generated set of 'how to get there'
                 instructions, either from a 'door to door' or 'city to city' basis can
                 also be obtained.  Of possible interest, at this very same Web address,
                 are constantly updated descriptions of the current weather conditions
                 in the immediate Harpers Ferry area.  The area is transversed by two
                 U.S. Interstate Highways (#70 and 81) and is within one hour of three
                 major air terminals (Dulles, Reagan, and Baltimore-Washington 
                 International) and a half-hour from two other large airports
                 (Martinsburg, WV & Hagerstown, MD).