Medical-malpractice cases should focus on the facts, not the experts

Don’t let the defense make your experts the focus of the case. Make jurors first focus on the facts that are in dispute and then weigh experts’ opinions

Bruce Fagel

From Issue: 2011 March

Including an expert in mediation

An expert in a complex matter can be helpful in resolving a matter in mediation more quickly

Nancy Neal Yeend

From Issue: 2013 June

Finding and researching experts’ online resources

Online resources can help you find experts, assess the admissibility of their testimony and, yes, impeach them

Jim Robinson

From Issue: 2007 October

Experts – they’re not just for trial

Experts are a resource for opposing MSJs and to prepare for depositions and mediations

Thomas Stolpman

From Issue: 2013 March

Expert examination

Experts need to show, tell and teach. You need to empasize your expert’s objectivity and defuse the common defense attacks

Miles B. Cooper

From Issue: 2018 July

Don’t let “junk science” ruin your low-impact, rear-ender case

Identifying and countering the defense’s “junk science” testimony are key to winning over a jury

William Veen
Eustace de Saint Phalle

From Issue: 2009 September

Legal-malpractice experts: Choosing, using or losing

Your expert will explain the law to the jury, setting the stage for your “case within a case”

John P. Blumberg

From Issue: 2016 October

How experts can survive and thrive during cross-examination

Practical techniques can guide experts in answering the tough questions

Noelle Nelson

From Issue: 2008 January

Experts: Who you need and who you don’t

Going light on experts can cost you at trial; going heavy can cost you, too

William Karns

From Issue: 2014 April

Expert testimony that persuades

The expert can be persuasive if your direct allows him to simplify the complex and satisfy jurors’ curiosity

John P. Blumberg

From Issue: 2014 March

Effective expert cross-examination

Be wary of “killing” the defense witness in deposition; you can often use him at trial

George Ellard
William Veen

From Issue: 2009 April

Don’t let defendants Sargon your experts

“…But courts must also be cautious in excluding expert testimony. The court must not weigh an opinion’s probative value or substitute its own opinion for the expert’s opinion.”

Eustace de Saint Phalle
William Veen
Andrew Clay

From Issue: 2013 June