Interview with Restaurant expert witness Howard Cannon explains. Q. How effective is YouTube for expert witnesses? A. We strongly believe in the power of YouTube as an effective and efficient marketing and branding tool. We currently stand at roughly 200,000 YouTube views on our videos and channels and draw a significant amount of awareness and [...]
Interview with Restaurant Expert Witness Howard Cannon was asked: Q. Mr. Cannon, how aggressive can and should expert witnesses be in marketing their practices? A. If an expert expects to get any sort of real and lasting visibility he/she must outwork and out-think his/her competitors in the marketplace and he/she must understand that marketing intensity, [...]
More and more expert witnesses are reporting that retaining counsel are either unwilling or unable to properly prepare them for their depositions and trials. Why would an attorney spend thousands of dollars on an expert witness and not properly prepare them? Trial attorney and SEAK trainer and attorney Nadine Nasser Donovan explains. Q. Attorney Donovan, [...]
Expert witnesses are with increased frequency undergoing video depositions. These depositions in differ in many ways from the traditional transcribed depositions. Trial attorney David Markowitz explains. Q. Attorney Markowitz, how do video depositions differ for experts from traditional transcribed depositions? Steno depositions record only the words. Video depositions record facial expressions, body language, and tone [...]
How can expert witnesses and the attorneys who employ them effectively use demonstrative evidence to present expert testimony? Trial attorney Karen Koehler explains. Q. Attorney Koehler, how important is demonstrative evidence to effective presentation of expert witness testimony? There’s an old Chinese proverb that goes like this: “Tell me and I’ll forget; [...]
The Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma (Ellison v. Campbell, Case # 108468, March 11, 2014) has upheld a $408,000 verdict against an expert witness for breach of contract. The expert was accused of and admitted at deposition to substandard performance in preparing expert materials in the underlying litigation. The damages were calculated as [...]
The US Supreme Court recently heard the death penalty case of Hall v. Florida. One of the key issues in the case was the margin of error for the IQ test administered to Mr. Hall. In the test in question Hall registered as having an IQ of 71 (although a prior test result was registered [...]
Expert witnesses assist retaining counsel in a variety of ways in addition to testifying. Beth Bochnak, speaking at the National Expert Witness Conference explained 4 main ways expert witnesses can assist counsel: The Expert Witness Is a Tool Support Counsel Testimony should support the position counsel presents If unable to support, withdraw Suggest someone else [...]
If you sat down with a trial and jury consultant what advice would you give to expert witnesses? Beth Bochnak, speaking at the SEAK National Expert Witness Conference gave the following advice to expert witnesses: What Do Jurors Want to Hear? 1) Jurors want you to: a) Explain complex material in everyday terms b) Describe [...]
What advice do judges give to expert witnesses about how to be a more effective expert? Judge Russell Canan, speaking at the SEAK National Expert Witness Conference gave this advice to experts. Preparation: a. Review background and experience with attorney. b. Attorney should review entire case with expert prior to the expert completing the 12(b)(6) statement [...]