In their Trial Advocacy column, Ben Rubinowitz and Evan Torgan review certain time-tested trial techniques that can be used by attorneys to cross-examine an expert regardless of his field of expertise ...

The author proposes a rule amendment to preclude a "redo" of expert testimony. Simply stated: If a witness is unavailable, and a de bene esse deposition is completed, that witness cannot become ...

Before I got the call about working as an expert witness in an employment-law matter, I'd never heard of an expert witness from the business world. The little I knew about the expert witness world ...

When an expert witness takes the stand to testify, he is a courtroom performer with an important privilege. Other witnesses are allowed to deal only with facts they have observed; the expert is often ...

While juries make decisions based on arguments by the prosecution and the defense, expert witnesses help them make more informed decisions. Expert witnesses are often central to the litigation process ...

THE RANGE OF ACCOUNTING ISSUES involved in court disputes today covers so many aspects of finance that CPAs of all types may be qualified to offer expert witness services in one or more areas. BEING ...

Auto accidents can upend the lives of motorists and their families in the blink of an eye, often through the carelessness and negligence of others. Seeking legal restitution is an important step in ...

Corporate defendants are frequently faced with a quandary—is the company’s highly sophisticated professional employee simply a fact witness or does their anticipated testimony propel them into the ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has terminated contracts with multiple expert witnesses it had hired in cases against companies accused of hurting consumers. The decision to suddenly cancel ...

In this dramatization of transcripts from a legal deposition, a so-called “expert witness” fails to perform middle school math. Brett Weiner [email protected] VERBATIM “EXPERT WITNESS” Based on ...