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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. ***The information provided on this website does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice; instead, all information, content, and materials available on this site are for general informational purposes only. Information on this website may not constitute the most up-to-date legal or other information.***

Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Hawaii

Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses in Hawaii are outlined in Hawaii’s Civil Jury Instructions, rule 5.4. HAW. CIVIL JURY INSTR. 5.4 (1999). This rule instructs the jury that experts are given that title based on their “education, experience, training or otherwise.” Id. Given this, experts can testify as to their opinions and reasons for [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:40:43-04:00October 17th, 2017|Blog, Expert Witness Laws/Procedure|Comments Off on Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Hawaii

Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Delaware

Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses in Delaware are outlined in Delaware’s Civil Pattern Jury Instructions, § 23.10 and § 23.11. DEL. CIVIL PATTERN JURY INSTR. § 23.10 (1998). This rule instructs the jury that experts have a “special skill or knowledge” that makes their knowledge base greater than that of the “average person” based [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:40:49-04:00October 16th, 2017|Blog, Expert Witness Laws/Procedure|Comments Off on Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Delaware

Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Washington, D.C.

Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses in Washington D.C. are outlined in Washington D.C.’s Standardized Civil Jury Instructions § 2.12. D.C. CIVIL JURY INSTR. § 2.12 2017). This rule explains that an expert can be labeled as such given the person’s “training, skill, experience, or education.” Id. The jury is instructed to “evaluate expert testimony [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:40:56-04:00October 15th, 2017|Blog, Expert Witness Laws/Procedure|Comments Off on Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Washington, D.C.

Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Alaska

Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses in Alaska are outlined in Alaska’s Civil Pattern Jury Instructions, § 1.08. ALASKA CIVIL PATTERN JURY INSTR. § 1.08 (2013). This rule explains to the jury that expert witnesses have a special expertise that the jury may find helpful in understanding the case and/or other testimony. Id. The jury [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:41:02-04:00October 14th, 2017|Blog, Expert Witness Laws/Procedure|Comments Off on Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Alaska

Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Nevada

Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses are outlined in Nevada’s Civil Jury Instructions, Rule 3EX.1. NEV. JURY INSTR. CIVIL 3EX.1 (2011). This rule explains to the jury that experts are witnesses that have a particular expertise and are allowed to testify as to their opinions in the area of their expertise. Id. The jury should [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:41:08-04:00October 13th, 2017|Blog, Expert Witness Laws/Procedure|Comments Off on Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Nevada

Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Mississippi

Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses are outlined in Mississippi’s Model Jury Instructions, Civil rule 213. MISS. PLAIN LANG. MODEL JURY INSTR. CIVIL 213 (2015). This rule instructs the jury that experts can testify to their opinions based on their expertise. Id. Additionally, the jury is not required to accept the expert’s opinions, and the [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:41:15-04:00October 12th, 2017|Blog, Expert Witness Laws/Procedure|Comments Off on Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Mississippi

Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Louisiana

Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses are outlined in Louisiana’s Civil Jury Instructions, § 2:5. LA. CIVIL JURY INSTR. § 2:5 (2016). This rule instructs the jury that experts are permitted to testify as to their opinions regarding the case at hand given their particular expertise or education. Id. The jury is instructed to evaluate [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:41:21-04:00October 11th, 2017|Blog, Expert Witness Laws/Procedure|Comments Off on Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Louisiana

Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Kentucky

Jury instructions in Kentucky are not compiled in a single source as with most states. Instead, Rule 51 of Kentucky’s Rules of Civil Procedure provides that the court can require the parties to submit jury instructions to be given to the jury. KY. REV. STAT. ANN. § 6.51 (West 2017). Case law provides that [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:41:27-04:00October 10th, 2017|Blog, Expert Witness Laws/Procedure|Comments Off on Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Kentucky

Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Kansas

Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses are outlined in Kansas’s Pattern Jury Instructions, Civil rule 102.50. PATTERN INSTR. KAN. CIVIL 102.50 (2016). This rule allows experts to testify as to their opinions on matters that are within their area of expertise. Id. The jury is instructed to evaluate expert testimony the same way that it [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:41:33-04:00October 9th, 2017|Blog, Expert Witness Laws/Procedure|Comments Off on Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Kansas

Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Iowa

Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses are outlined in Iowa’s Civil Jury Instructions, Rule 100.12. IOWA CIVIL JURY INSTR. 100.12 (2004). This rule explains to the jury that experts are individuals who have special education and experience and are allowed to testify to their opinions of the case at hand. Id. The jury is instructed [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:41:39-04:00October 7th, 2017|Blog, Expert Witness Laws/Procedure|Comments Off on Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Iowa
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