Litigation & Appeals

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Expert Witness Deposition and Cross-Examination Techniques

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New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
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Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
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Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
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Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
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Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 57 minutes
Louis Cohan
Kimberly Jones Penepacker
Nicholas Schneider
Howard Lotven
With Louis R. Cohan from Cohan Law Group, L.L.C. + 3 others
Recorded October 25, 2024
Product ID 98305

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Overview

Know How to Stay in Control

Dealing with expert witnesses can be a challenging matter if you're unable to get the answers you need. Applying the right strategies and questions is imperative if you want the examination to be fruitful and not backfire spectacularly. Join our faculty and elevate your advocacy skills - register today!

  • Learn when and how to employ various questioning techniques and strategies.
  • Lay the most effective foundations and know which exhibits and expert witness testimony can be admitted.
  • Discover how to handle a situation in which the witness seems determined to make you lose control.
  • Know how to detect and work around lying and/or evasive witnesses.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Techniques for Taking Expert Witness Depositions
  2. Strategies for Defending Expert Witness Depositions
  3. Understanding the Daubert Standard
  4. Cross-Examination and Impeachment Tips and Tactics
  5. Evidence and Objections in the Direct and Cross-Examination of Expert Witnesses
  6. Handling Cross-Examinations With Difficult Expert Witnesses
  7. Legal Ethics
Product ID 98305

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Techniques for Taking Expert Witness Depositions

    1. Investigation Tips
    2. The Outline
    3. Deposition Questioning Strategies
    4. Getting Essential Information and Eliciting Concessions
    5. Avoiding Common Questioning Mistakes
    6. Trial Impeachment Preparation
    7. Handling Objections From Opposing Counsel
  2. Strategies for Defending Expert Witness Depositions

  3. Understanding the Daubert Standard

    1. Admissibility of Expert Testimonies
    2. Admissibility of Scientific Evidence
    3. The Daubert Standard vs. the Frye Standard
    4. The Daubert Challenge
    5. The Daubert Motion
    6. The Daubert Hearing
    7. The Daubert Ruling
  4. Cross-Examination and Impeachment Tips and Tactics

    1. Questioning Strategies
    2. Establishing Control and Priming Witnesses
    3. Constructive Cross-Examination
    4. Destructive Cross-Examination
    5. Avoiding Double-Edged Language
  5. Evidence and Objections in the Direct and Cross-Examination of Expert Witnesses

  6. Handling Cross-Examinations With Difficult Expert Witnesses

  7. Legal Ethics

    1. Identifying the Client
    2. Engagement Letters
    3. Conflicts of Interest
    4. Duties Owed
    5. Confidentiality
    6. Lawyer as Witness
    7. Fairness and Honesty

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys.

Speakers

Louis R Cohan
Louis R.
Cohan
Cohan Law Group, L.L.C.
Kimberly Jones Penepacker
Kimberly
Jones Penepacker
Aulsbrook Law Firm
Nicholas J Schneider
Nicholas J.
Schneider
Eckert Seamans
Howard L Lotven
Howard L.
Lotven
Howard L. Lotven P.C.
Speaker bio
Louis R Cohan

Louis R. Cohan

Cohan Law Group, L.L.C.
Louis Cohan

founded Cohan Law Group, L.L.C., and has been a trial lawyer for more than 30 years. Mr. Cohan has been litigating business and employment disputes. Mr. Cohan has been recognized for his trial experience by admission into the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has litigated more than $900 million in claims for his clients and recently secured a verdict in excess of $66 million in a fraud case. Mr. Cohan has done work in breach of contract, fraud, injunctive relief, punitive damages, employment, trade secrets, real estate, construction and construction defects, and civil rights litigation. His practice is concentrated on business litigation and employment litigation, as well as civil litigation. Mr. Cohan earned his B.S. degree from the University of Georgia and his J.D. degree from Emory School of Law. He has served as chair of the Litigation Section - the largest section of the Atlanta Bar Association. Mr. Cohan has also chaired the Small Firm Section of the Atlanta Bar Association. Mr. Cohan has served on the Board of Directors for the Atlanta Bar Association and has chaired the Atlanta Bar Foundation - the charitable arm of the Atlanta Bar Association. He has received awards and recognition for his community and legal work. These awards include Super Lawyer, Legal Elite, Martindale-Hubbell's preeminent AV rating, American Board of Trial Advocates, America's Top 100 Attorneys, and the Celebrating Service Award. For many years, Mr. Cohan has chaired the Legal Run Around 5k road race, raising money for the children of injured and fallen Atlanta Police Department officers.

Speaker bio
Kimberly Jones Penepacker

Kimberly Jones Penepacker

Aulsbrook Law Firm
Kimberly Jones Penepacker

is a partner with Aulsbrook Law Firm, where she is a civil litigator practicing in the areas of personal injury, civil litigation, premises liability, and wrongful death. Ms. Jones Penepacker is admitted to practice in Texas; Fifth Circuit Court of the United States; U.S. District Court Northern, Eastern and Southern districts of Texas; U.S. District Court District of Colorado; U.S. District Court District of New Mexico; and U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; Texas Young Lawyers Association; board member of the Arlington Board Association; Dallas Trial Lawyers Association; and Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association. Ms. Jones Penepacker earned her B.A. degree form Baylor University and her J.D. degree from Baylor University School of Law.

Speaker bio
Nicholas J Schneider

Nicholas J. Schneider

Eckert Seamans
Nicholas Schneider

is a trial attorney and partner with the national law firm Eckert Seamans. He focuses his practice on complex commercial disputes involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, business torts, employment disputes, misappropriation of trade secrets, copyright infringement, unfair competition, real estate disputes, and class actions. Mr. Schneider has experience representing clients of all sizes, from individuals to Fortune 500 companies, in state and federal trial and appellate courts, arbitrations, and mediations. In a recent three-week trial in Massachusetts Superior Court, he obtained a million-dollar judgment for his client, including attorney's fees, which was recently upheld on appeal. Mr. Schneider earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, from Northeastern University and his J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center.

Speaker bio
Howard L Lotven

Howard L. Lotven

Howard L. Lotven P.C.
Howard Lotven

is a sole practitioner with the law office of Howard L. Lotven P.C. He primarily represents clients in criminal/municipal courts and traffic courts. Mr. Lotven has been either a prosecutor or a defense attorney in more than 10,000 cases. He also represents clients in family law matters, including divorce, paternity, modification of child support, custody and visitation. Mr. Lotven's professional associations and memberships include Volunteer Attorney Project, The Missouri Bar General Practice Committee, Municipal Court Prosecutors Association of Western Missouri, Missouri Municipal and Associate Circuit Judges Association, and Association of Women Lawyers. He is admitted to practice in Missouri, and before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri and U.S. Federal Court. Mr. Lotven earned his B.A. degree, with honors, from Drake University and his J.D. degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.

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