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About Steve Babitsky
Steven Babitsky, Esq. is the founder of SEAK, Inc., the Expert Witness Training Company. He was a personal injury trial attorney for twenty years and is the former managing partner of the firm Kistin, Babitsky, Latimer & Beitman. Steve has helped expert witnesses and their attorneys prepare for deposition in a broad range of cases, including antitrust, patent, medical malpractice, wrongful death, computer forensics, and many others. He has trained the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Aviation Administration, and he has worked with numerous forensic and financial companies including Fortune 500 companies and has
worked with numerous experts to help them expand and grow their practices. Mr. Babitsky is the co-author of the texts How to Be an Effective Expert Witness at Deposition and Trial: The SEAK Guide to Testifying as an Expert Witness, How to Be a Successful Expert Witness: SEAK’s A–Z Guide to Expert Witnessing, How to Write an Expert Witness Report, and How to Market Your Expert Witness Practice Evidence-Based Practices. Attorney Babitsky is the co-developer and trainer for the “How to Be an Effective Expert Witness” seminar and has been the seminar leader since 1990 for the Annual National Expert Witness and Litigation Conference.
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Errata Sheets in Mississippi are governed statutorily by the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 30(e). Miss. Code Ann. § 5-30 (West 2017). This rule requires that once the transcript is complete, it should be submitted to the witness to be examined unless examination has been waived by the witness and the parties. Id. [...]
Errata Sheets in Missouri are governed statutorily by Rule 57.03(f) of the Rules of Civil Procedure. Mo. Ann. Stat. § 57.03 (West 2017). This rule requires that the deposition officer provide the witness the transcript after it is fully transcribed, unless the examination and signing have been mutually waived by both parties or by [...]
Errata Sheets in Maryland are governed statutorily by Rule 2-415 of the Rule of Civil Procedure. Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 2-415 (West 2017). This rule requires that unless the right to change and signature requirement are waived by both the deponent and the parties, the deposition officer shall provide the [...]
Errata Sheets in Wisconsin are governed statutorily by the Rule of Civil Procedure 804.05. Wis. Stat. Ann. § 804.05 (West 2017). If either the deponent or either party requests, the fully transcribed transcript shall be provided to the deponent for examination and reading. Id. The deponent can make changes to the form or substance [...]
Errata Sheets in Colorado are governed statutorily by Colorado’s Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 30(e). Colo. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 30(e) (West 2017). This rule requires that the transcript be submitted to a deponent if either the deponent or a party requests this before the end of the deposition. Id. If requested, the deposition [...]
Errata Sheets in Minnesota are governed statutorily by Minnesota’s Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 30.05. Minn. Stat. Ann. § 30.05 (West 2017). This rule states that if the deponent or one of the parties so requests before the deposition is completed, the transcript of the deposition shall be provided to the deponent. Id. The [...]
Errata Sheets in Washington are governed statutorily by the Superior Court Civil Rules, Rule 30(e). Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 4.5.30 (West 2017). This rule requires that once the transcript is complete, it should be submitted to the witness for reading and examination unless the parties have mutually agreed to waive the reading and [...]
Errata Sheets in Arizona are governed statutorily by Rule 30(E) of the Rules of Trial Procedure. Ind. Code Ann. § 34-5-30 (West 2017). This rule requires that the transcript be provided to the witness once it is completed and the witness shall read and sign the transcript, unless both have been waived by mutual [...]
Errata Sheets in Massachusetts are governed statutorily by Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 30(e). Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 5, § 30 (West 2017). Rule 30(e) requires the transcript be submitted to the witness to be examined once it is completed unless the parties mutually waive the examination. Id. The witness can make changes [...]
Errata Sheets in Tennessee are governed statutorily by Rule 30.05 of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure. Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-29-30 (West 2017). This rule requires that once the transcript is complete, it is to be submitted to the witness to read and examine unless both parties have mutually agreed to waive the [...]