Guidelines for Evaluating Whether You Need an Economic Expert
By Alex Barnett – February 25, 2019 | Seeking the opinion of an economist can help focus your attention on the most central issues in your case.
Expert Witnesses
The Expert Witnesses Committee focuses on providing continuing education to litigators regarding expert witnesses and promoting networking opportunities for litigators and expert witnesses in commonly encountered substantive areas, such as accounting, engineering, and science.
Recent Practice Points
Tips from the Bench on the Presentation of Expert Witnesses at Trial
By Eric R. Harlan with Hon. J. Mark Coulson – January 24, 2019 | The Honorable J. Mark Coulson, U.S. magistrate judge for the District of Maryland, offers insights on preparing and presenting expert testimony at trial.
Articles
Advising the Cannabis Client
By Herrick K. Lidstone Jr. and Kylie R. Santos – June 4, 2020 | With the state-federal dichotomy, serious uncertainty looms over the cannabis industry.
Illicit to Essential: Cannabis Issues in a COVID-19 World
By Ron Seigneur and Ryan Cram – June 4, 2020 | The future is bright for some, but it will be a supreme struggle for others to redefine a path to success.
Sound Advice Podcasts
Ethics and Expert Witnesses
In this Sound Advice, Andrew Toft discusses ethics and expert witnesses. Litigators are familiar with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 as it relates to expert witnesses and Federal Rules of Evidence 702, 703, and 705 regarding expert testimony. Litigators should also familiarize themselves with the ABA's formal ethics opinions discussing the ethics of dealing with experts, including lawyer experts. (13:52 min.)
Disqualifying an Expert Witness
Mitzi Shannon discusses one method for obtaining sufficient information to determine whether an expert witness designated by the plaintiff who may have previously worked as an attorney for a law firm that worked for the defendant on related issues can be disqualified. (12:05 min.)
Expert Witnesses
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