GA Specific

Litigation & Appeals

Attorneys' Complete Guide to Experts in Georgia Civil Litigation

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Credit Status Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 51 minutes
Charles Hoffecker
LeeAnn Jones
Jennifer Guerra
Sarah Carrier
Christopher Campbell
With Charles E. Hoffecker from Hotchkiss Hoffecker Peacock + 4 others
Recorded May 20, 2024
Product ID 98212

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Overview

Reports, Deposition Tactics, Admission Hurdles, Direct and Cross-Examination Techniques

Cases often hinge on expert witnesses, so it is vital to have a firm understanding of the court rules governing their use. Are you strategically using the rules of evidence and procedure to maximize the effectiveness of your experts while discounting the validity of opposing experts' credentials, methodology, and more? In this intensive online seminar, our experienced faculty will share tips on using rules concerning expert witnesses with surgical precision, so you have the upper hand in court. From expert reports to testimony, apply the rules concerning expert witnesses to your best advantage. Register today!

  • Analyze experts' reports to pinpoint mistakes that have case-devastating potential.
  • Get your experts ready for deposition by ensuring they thoroughly understand the deposition procedure and opposing counsel tricks.
  • Locate key documents and other sources of information that can set up opposing experts for impeachment.
  • Get your experts' testimony admitted into evidence by ensuring their qualifications, methodology, and character are all acceptable.
  • Cast doubt on opposing experts in cross examination by highlighting weaknesses in their testimony, the invalidity of their methodology, and more.
  • Avoid ethical pitfalls when communicating with your experts and adverse expert witnesses.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. How to Select the Perfect Witness (With Sample Retainer Agreement)
  2. Applying the Rules to Expert Reports
  3. Preparing Your Expert and Defending Depositions
  4. Deposing the Opposing Expert
  5. Admission Hurdles for Expert Testimony
  6. Direct Examination: Tips to Make Your Expert Shine
  7. Cross-Examination and Impeachment Techniques
  8. Ethical Considerations for Working With Experts

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Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
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  1. How to Select the Perfect Witness (With Sample Retainer Agreement)

  2. Applying the Rules to Expert Reports

    1. Expert Disclosure Rules and Work Product Protection
    2. Should an Expert Report be Prepared?
    3. The Logistics of Obtaining and Requesting Expert Reports
    4. Materials to Give to the Expert (and to Withhold)
    5. Preparing and Analyzing the Report - Top Mistakes That Need to be Avoided

  3. Preparing Your Expert and Defending Depositions

    1. Ensuring Your Expert Understands the Deposition Procedure
    2. Critical Documents Experts Need for Deposition
    3. Opposing Counsel Questions and Goals: Does Your Expert Understand?
    4. Effective Use of Objections
    5. Increasing Expert Effectiveness in Video Depositions
    6. Terminating Depositions
    7. Cleansing the Record and Defending Your Witness's Testimony

  4. Deposing the Opposing Expert

    1. Getting and Reviewing the Expert's File, Internet Investigation Tips
    2. Ensuring Proper Deposition Timing
    3. Planning, Preparation, and Outline
    4. Effective Questions and Questioning Strategies
    5. Dealing With Difficult Witnesses and Obstructive Opposing Counsel
    6. After the Deposition
    7. Using Depositions at Trial: Practical Tips

  5. Admission Hurdles for Expert Testimony

    1. Daubert/Frye Gatekeeping Standards: An Overview
    2. Admissibility of Non-Scientific Expert Testimony
    3. Expert Character, Competency, and Qualifications
    4. Admissibility of What you Give Your Expert
    5. Is the Expert's Methodology Acceptable?
    6. Limits for Expert Opinions and the Use of Inadmissible Evidence
    7. The Expert's Opinion: Is it Hearsay?
    8. Using Motions to Block Expert Testimony
    9. Qualifying an Expert Witness: Sample Voir Dire

  6. Direct Examination: Tips to Make Your Expert Shine

    1. Qualification Questions That Illustrate Experience
    2. Humanizing the Expert: Helpful Tips
    3. Using Hypotheticals to Show Relevancy
    4. The Expert's Opinion: What Supporting Evidence Must They Give?
    5. Framing Questions to Build Logical Connections
    6. Magnifying Expert Credibility
    7. Using Experts to Create Exhibits
    8. The Expert as a Teacher: Presentation Best Practices

  7. Cross-Examination and Impeachment Techniques

    1. Exploiting Weaknesses in the Expert's Testimony
    2. Illustrating the Invalidity of the Expert's Methodology
    3. Using the Expert's Report Against Them
    4. Using Compensation to Cast Doubt
    5. Constructive Cross: Drawing Out Helpful Testimony
    6. Avoiding the One Question Too Many and Other Common Mistakes

  8. Ethical Considerations for Working With Experts

    1. Confidentiality, Privilege, and Work Product
    2. Compensating the Expert
    3. Preparing vs. Coaching the Witness: What to Always and Never Say
    4. Making False Statements to a Tribunal
    5. Ethical Issues in Refreshing Witness Recollection
    6. Contact With Adverse Expert Witnesses (Consulting vs. Testifying)
    7. Vigorous Advocacy vs. Civility

Who Should Attend

This basic-to-intermediate level online seminar offers attorneys the knowledge to best employ the rules governing expert witnesses in depositions, direct and cross-examination at trial, and more. Paralegals may also find it useful.

Speakers

Charles E Hoffecker
Charles E.
Hoffecker
Hotchkiss Hoffecker Peacock
LeeAnn Jones
LeeAnn
Jones
ARDIS Dispute Resolution
Jennifer Guerra
Jennifer
Guerra
Stites & Harbison PLLC
Sarah Carrier
Sarah
Carrier
DLA Piper
Christopher Campbell
Christopher
Campbell
DLA Piper
Speaker bio
Charles E Hoffecker

Charles E. Hoffecker

Hotchkiss Hoffecker Peacock
Charles Hoffecker

is a member with Hotchkiss Hoffecker Peacock, where his practice focuses primarily on representing clients in employment litigation, contract litigation, commercial/business litigation and liability litigation. Mr. Hoffecker has extensive trial experience in both state and federal courts throughout the country. He also regularly conducts arbitrations and mediations, and appears in state and federal appellate courts on behalf of the firm's clients. Mr. Hoffecker is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern districts of Georgia. He earned his B.A. degree, with honors, from Albion College and his J.D. degree from Valparaiso University School of Law.

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LeeAnn Jones

LeeAnn Jones

ARDIS Dispute Resolution
LeeAnn Jones

is a partner in the law firm Taylor English Duma LLP, where she is a member of the firm's litigation and dispute resolution group. She is a trial lawyer with 30 years of experience handling a wide variety of complex litigation matters in federal and state courts and arbitration proceedings, including business and commercial litigation, personal injury and product liability defense, as well as class and collective actions. Ms. Jones serves as a mediator and arbitrator as a neutral registered with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia (Alternative Dispute Resolution, General Practice and Trial Law; Product Liability; and Tort and Insurance Practice sections), American Bar Association (Litigation and Torts; and Insurance Practice sections), Atlanta Bar Association (Litigation; Dispute Resolution; and Women in the Profession sections), and the Stonewall Bar Association. Ms. Jones is admitted to practice law in Georgia; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the third, sixth and eleventh circuits; U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Middle districts of Georgia; Supreme Court of Georgia; and Georgia Court of Appeals. She earned her A.B. and J.D. degrees, magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia.

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Jennifer Guerra

Jennifer Guerra

Stites & Harbison PLLC
Jennifer Guerra

is a member of Stites & Harbison PLLC. Her clients look to her for advice and risk management services in commercial and business litigation; focusing on the counseling and representation of lawyers, accountants, and other professionals facing claims or grievances. Ms. Guerra also handles product liability, insurance coverage and other substantial litigation matters. She earned her B.A. degree, with honors, from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her J.D. degree from University of Pennsylvania School of Law.

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Sarah Carrier

Sarah Carrier

DLA Piper
Sarah Carrier

is an attorney with DLA Piper, where she is a part of the product liability and mass tort practice group. In this role, she assists global companies defending litigation and regulatory matters before state, federal and international courts. Prior to joining DLA Piper, Ms. Carrier worked as in-house counsel at Walmart, Inc., managing tort litigation for the company. She earned her B.B.A. degree from the University of Georgia and her J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center.

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Christopher Campbell

Christopher Campbell

DLA Piper
Christopher Campbell

is the chair of DLA Piper's product liability and mass tort practice group, which is among the world's largest and most award-winning team of product liability defense counsel. He regularly speaks and writes on the topics of product liability, mass torts, and class action litigation; as well as the attorney-client privilege, expert witnesses, pharmacovigilance, trial tactics, and other topics. Mr. Campbell earned his B.S. degree fom Austin Peay State University and his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.

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