Google “technology in the courtroom” and you will get 15 million hits on topics such as iPads, animation, LCD projectors, and touch screen telestrators. You will also fin...
In addition to the precedent-setting cases governing expert admissibility, Lone Pine ought to be on the list of cases experts know about, since failure to meet admissibility requirem...
Experts specialize in objectivity – Lawyers are rewarded for subjectivity. Experts are sometimes tempted to skew their evaluation of the facts in favor of the party who hired t...
This outline establishes some of the considerations expert witnesses should note in preparing an expert report. It details what must be included as well as things to avoid.
This outline establishes a number of considerations for trial preparation and aims to highlight some of the key factors to keep top of mind as the trial approaches.
Anyone that testifies as an expert witness is required to provide certain information regarding their qualifications. This information will be provided to opposing counsel as part of...
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 ...
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 l...
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 ca...