Writing and Defending Your Expert Report
Writing and Defending Your Expert Report

Author: Steven Babitsky

Publisher: SEAK, Incorporated

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13:

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Your expert opinion is only as strong as your expert report. Opposing counsel can and will use every tactic, fair and unfair, to turn your own report against you. A well-written report is your first and best line of defense from such attacks. Equally important is your ability to recognize counsel's tactics and neutralize them. Writing and Defending Your Expert Report: The Step-by-Step Guide with Models is the seminal work on how to craft and confidently and expertly defend your expert report.

Expert evidence in criminal proceedings in England and Wales
Expert evidence in criminal proceedings in England and Wales

Author: Great Britain: Law Commission

Publisher: The Stationery Office

Published: 2011-03-22

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780102971170

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This project addressed the admissibility of expert evidence in criminal proceedings in England and Wales. Currently, too much expert opinion evidence is admitted without adequate scrutiny because no clear test is being applied to determine whether the evidence is sufficiently reliable to be admitted. Juries may therefore be reaching conclusions on the basis of unreliable evidence, as confirmed by a number of miscarriages of justice in recent years. Following consultation on a discussion paper (LCCP 190, 2009, ISDBN 9780118404655) the Commission recommends that there should be a new reliability-based admissibility test for expert evidence in criminal proceedings. The test would not need to be applied routinely or unnecessarily, but it would be applied in appropriate cases and it would result in the exclusion of unreliable expert opinion evidence. Under the test, expert opinion evidence would not be admitted unless it was adjudged to be sufficiently reliable to go before a jury. The draft Criminal Evidence (Experts) Bill published with the report (as Appendix A) sets out the admissibility test and also provides the guidance judges would need when applying the test, setting out the key reasons why an expert's opinion evidence might be unreliable. The Bill also codifies (with slight modifications) the uncontroversial aspects of the present law, so that all the admissibility requirements for expert evidence would be set out in a single Act of Parliament and carry equal authority.

The Age of Expert Testimony
The Age of Expert Testimony

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2002-03-13

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13: 0309083109

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The federal courts are seeking ways to increase the ability of judges to deal with difficult issues of scientific expert testimony. The workshop explored the new environment judges, plaintiffs, defendants, and experts face in light of "Daubert" and "Kumho," when presenting and evaluating scientific, engineering, and medical evidence.

Expert Witnessing in Forensic Accounting
Expert Witnessing in Forensic Accounting

Author: Walter J. Pagano

Publisher: R.T. Edwards, Inc.

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9781930217140

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Selected readings from experienced practitioners and leading academics developed to provide practical advice to consulting and expertizing accountants, and the attorneys that engage their services. Topics are wide-ranging, from tips on courtroom attire to legal theories underlying Daubert, and include: testifying do's and don'ts; first-hand suggestions for case preparation, management, and success; roles of expert as consultant and witness; anticipation of varieties of Daubert challenges and cross-examination techniques; understanding independence, methodology, reporting, and advocacy; deposition and cross-examination strategies; and considerations regarding priviledged information and communications.

Scientific Evidence Review
Scientific Evidence Review

Author: American Bar Association

Publisher: American Bar Association

Published: 2003-06

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 9781590312209

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This sixth book in the best-selling monograph series offers a complete update of Monograph No. 4 focusing entirely on expert evidence issues.

Expert Report Rules
Expert Report Rules

Author: David M. Malone

Publisher: Aspen Publishing

Published: 2012-11-09

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 1632813866

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Expert Report Rules, Second Edition, provides a quick and ready practical reference to issues and approaches for experts and the busy trial lawyers who present them. In this conversational and engaging text, David Malone shares his insights and brings clarity to the many issues surrounding the expert report writing process: who has an obligation to file an expert report (including a discussion of "hybrid" witnesses and the expert's assistants), what should be included in the report, who writes the report, creating and retaining drafts, what portions of the preparation activities are discoverable, supplementing the initial report, Daubert-Kumho Tire issues, relationship between the Expert Report and the Expert Deposition, how the report will be used at trial. Expert Report Rules is designed to help attorneys and experts deal in common-sense way with the situations that arise as they work their way through the pretrial and trial process.

Expert Testimony
Expert Testimony

Author: Steven Lubet

Publisher: Aspen Publishing

Published: 2014-08-06

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1632814293

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It will give experts the confidence they need to be comfortable in court, and give you the skills necessary to emphasize the credibility of your experts. You can avoid pitfalls such as unintentional signals, inappropriate demeanor and appearance, and awkward body language by using Expert Testimony: A Guide for Expert Witnesses and the Lawyers Who Examine Them, Third Edition as your guide. Elizabeth Boals and Steve Lubet coauthored the Third Edition of Expert Testimony: A Guide for Expert Witnesses and the Lawyers Who Examine Them expanding and amplifying the original book with: New guidance on the development and presentation of expert testimony in the digital age, including discussion of visual aids and electronic discovery, Updated analysis of the Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Updated discussion of the ethical rules governing expert retention and testimony, Examples of expert witness examinations and detailed discussion of techniques for coping with lawyer questioning, Checklists for quick reference. The collaborative effort of Professors Lubet and Boals has resulted in a Third Edition that is worthwhile to both the expert witnesses and the lawyers who examine them.