Dr. Wecht has served as a medical-legal and forensic pathology consultant in civil and criminal cases since 1962. He has been consulted by both plaintiffs’ and defense attorneys in civil cases, and by both prosecutors and defense attorneys in criminal cases in jurisdictions throughout the United States and abroad.

Dr. Wecht has also testified in the Bahamas, Canada, Israel and Taiwan. He also performs private autopsies at the request of families and attorneys, and is the forensic pathologist for the Pennsylvania counties Armstrong, Clarion, Fayette, Greene and Westmoreland.