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6 Types of Expert Witnesses and How to Depose and Cross-Examine Them

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Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
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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
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
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5 hours 56 minutes
T. Kevin Knight
Louis Cohan
Robert Kasieta
Kathleen Erickson
With T. Kevin Knight from DSK Law + 3 others
Recorded August 26, 2024
Product ID 98909

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Overview

Discover Key Questions to Ask - and to Avoid - When Questioning These Experts

Enhance your skills in expert witness examination! Our seasoned faculty will show you real-world skills for deposing and cross-examining experts across different domains, including medicine, science, economics, appraisal, mental health, and technology. Understand their language and methodologies, challenge their assumptions, unveil biases, and learn how to make them your expert. Navigate opposing expert testimony effectively - register today!

  • Get tips for steering medical expert testimony with surgical precision.
  • Learn how to challenge forensic or scientific experts' assumptions and data limitations.
  • Find weaknesses and assumptions in economists' damages calculations.
  • Discover how to use the opposing party's appraiser to your advantage with constructive cross techniques.
  • Anticipate questions you should always (and never) ask psychologists and psychiatrists.
  • Review the dos and don'ts of questioning technology experts.

This program was designed in conjunction with NBI's esteemed 2023-2024 Content Advisory Committee Member James Susag.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Medical Experts
  2. Forensic or Scientific Experts
  3. Economic Experts
  4. Appraisers (Business, Real Estate, Assets)
  5. Psychologists and Psychiatrists
  6. Technology Experts

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Product ID 98909

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
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. Medical Experts

    1. Core Concepts and Terminology
    2. Investigating Their Qualifications and Credentials
    3. Key Questions to Always and Never Ask
    4. Challenging Assumptions and Limitations
    5. Uncovering and Addressing Biases
    6. Making Their Expert Your Expert

  2. Forensic or Scientific Experts

    1. Core Concepts and Terminology
    2. Investigating Their Qualifications and Credentials
    3. Examining Their Methodologies and Findings
    4. Questions to Always and Never Ask
    5. Challenging Assumptions and Limitations
    6. Uncovering and Addressing Biases
    7. Making Their Expert Your Expert

  3. Economic Experts

    1. Key Economic Principles and Language
    2. Investigating Their Qualifications and Credentials
    3. Evaluating Damages Calculations
    4. Questions to Always and Never Ask
    5. Determining and Confirming Their Opinions and Bases for Their Opinions
    6. Challenging Assumptions and Data Sources
    7. Making Their Expert Your Expert

  4. Appraisers (Business, Real Estate, Assets)

    1. Key Appraisal Principles, Concepts, and Language
    2. Investigating Their Qualifications and Credentials
    3. Reports: What to Look for
    4. Questions to Always and Never Ask
    5. Determining and Confirming Their Opinions and Bases for Their Opinions
    6. Challenging Assumptions and Data Sources
    7. Making Their Expert Your Expert

  5. Psychologists and Psychiatrists

    1. Investigating Their Qualifications and Credentials
    2. Understanding Evaluations and Diagnoses
    3. Questions to Always and Never Ask
    4. Challenging the Validity of Testing
    5. Determining and Confirming Their Opinions and Bases for Their Opinions
    6. Uncovering and Addressing Biases
    7. Making Their Expert Your Expert

  6. Technology Experts

    1. Digital Evidence
    2. Cybersecurity
    3. Data Integrity and Authentication
    4. Determining and Confirming Their Opinions and Bases for Their Opinions
    5. Challenging Assumptions and Data Sources
    6. Uncovering and Addressing Biases
    7. Making Their Expert Your Expert

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys.

Speakers

T. Kevin Knight
T. Kevin
Knight
DSK Law
Louis R Cohan
Louis R.
Cohan
Cohan Law Group, L.L.C.
Robert J Kasieta
Robert J.
Kasieta
Kasieta Legal Group, LLC
Kathleen M Erickson
Kathleen M.
Erickson
O'Neill McFadden & Willett
Speaker bio
T. Kevin Knight

T. Kevin Knight

DSK Law
T. Kevin Knight

is a partner in the law offices of DSK Law. He is board-certified as a trial lawyer by both The Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Over the course of his practice, Mr. Knight has generally focused on personal injury litigation. He earned his B.S.B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Central Florida; and his J.D. degree from Stetson University College of Law.

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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.

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Robert J Kasieta

Robert J. Kasieta

Kasieta Legal Group, LLC
Robert Kasieta

is the founder of Kasieta Legal Group, LLC in Madison, Wisconsin. He is a certified civil pre-trial and trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocates. Mr. Kasieta practices in civil litigation, with an emphasis on plaintiff personal injury and employment cases, as well as commercial litigation. He has written and taught extensively in the areas of trial practice, personal injury law and insurance law, and is an instructor of trial practice at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Mr. Kasieta is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh and Eleventh circuits, and all Wisconsin courts. He is a member of the Dane County Bar Association, State Bar of Wisconsin and the American Association for Justice. Mr. Kasieta earned his B.S. degree, summa cum laude, from Northern Michigan University; and his J.D. degree from Marquette University Law School.

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Kathleen M Erickson

Kathleen M. Erickson

O'Neill McFadden & Willett
Kathleen Erickson

is a partner with the law firm of O'Neill McFadden & Willett. She focuses her practice on a wide range of civil litigation defense and has extensive experience handling medical malpractice and healthcare defense matters. Ms. Erickson works with her clients through all phases of litigation, including investigation, motion practice, written and oral discovery, and trial. She represents hospitals and individual health care providers before medical review panels, in court and on appeal. Ms. Erickson earned her B.A. degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and her J.D. degree from Valparaiso University School of Law. She is a member of the Lake County Indiana Bar Association.

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