Career Ending Mistakes for Expert Witnesses
What are the biggest traps that expert witnesses fall into that can end or impact their careers?
Attorney James Mangraviti, Jr. explains:
- Working for two opposing sides on the same case
- Misplacing key documents or evidence
- Altering evidence without permission
- Working for an incompetent, dishonest, or inexperienced lawyer
- Letters to the editor
- Letting retaining lawyer put words in your mouth
- Sanitizing your file
- Poor control of documents and communication
- Violation of ethical standards
- Offering an opinion without enough time or information to conduct a reliable investigation
- Daubert challenge not addressed
- The absurd opinion
Attorney James Mangraviti, Jr. will be speaking at the SEAK National Expert Witness Conference on May 3-4, 2014 in Orlando, FL on “How to Protect Yourself from Potential Abuse from Retaining Counsel.” See; http://store.seak.com/expert-witness-seminars/