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Conflicts of Interest in the Courtroom

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Dec 062011

Given the gray areas involved in determining a conflict of interest, experts should be especially careful in their conflict checks. Failing to recognize a potential conflict can not only damage an expert’s reputation, it can also affect an expert’s ability to obtain future business. According to Cordy v The Sherwin-Williams Co., the attorney representing the case may also be disqualified for not delving into the expert’s past or revealing the conflict.

For these reasons, you should consider your financial, professional and personal relationships with each of the parties involved. Continue reading »

Two Things You Need to Know Before Deposition

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Sep 212011

There are dozens of topics you should go over with an attorney to prepare yourself for deposition, but there are two things that rise above the rest in importance. After going over the substance of the case, these two tips are the most vital. Continue reading »

The I.S.O. Pollution Exclusion: How Far Does it Go?

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Sep 072011

By Dale C. Crawford

Anyone involved in insurance dispute resolution will sooner or later come across an issue involving pollution exclusions. Most carriers—even those operating on a non-admitted basis—use the Insurance Services Office standard form. Typically, the conflict will be whether a cause of loss falls within the exclusionary language. Continue reading »

Five Imperatives for Expert Witnesses

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Apr 072011

Effective Non-Verbal Skills Can be Learned

Are good experts born, or can they be trained? The skills that expert witnesses have to bring with them into the courtroom are just as sophisticated and subtle as those of the best litigators, and just as difficult to execute. For instance, good experts must appear self-confident – but not arrogant. Polite – but not obsequious. Well dressed – but not too flashy or slick.

Daubert Creates More Confusion Interpreting the Federal Evidence Rules

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Apr 072011

By Randolph Jonakait

In the Supreme Court decision, Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 113 S.Ct. 2786 (’93), the Court tackled the important topic of “scientific evidence” but its resolution raises, without answering, important questions about evidence interpretation.

The Expert CV Checklist

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Apr 072011

By Rosalie Hamilton

When you have an upcoming project, a recently completed project or unexpected free time is the ideal time to review and update your curriculum vitae. There are two objectives of your curriculum vitae:

How to Write an Introductory Letter

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Apr 072011

By Rosalie Hamilton

Your printed materials represent you in your absence. What do they say about your professionalism, your thoroughness, and your attention to detail? The most important points to include in an introductory, or solicitation, letter are the subject line and the P.S. (postscript).

Tips for Testifying

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Apr 062011

Attorney Elliott Wilcox has some tips for expert witnesses on testifying. Mr. Wilcox has served as the lead trial lawyer in nearly 2oo jury trials and numerous non-jury trials. He cautions that this is just a quick primer:

Considerations for Expert Appraisers

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Apr 062011

By Alex Rosenberg

There are a number of steps one must take toward becoming more important as an appraiser. If one is a recognized specialist in a given field, he or she will be called upon either to act as an appraiser in important cases or act as an expert witness or both in cases involving large sums of money.

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