Expert Witness Handbook: Tips and Techniques for the Litigation Consultant

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Para Pub., 1997 - Law - 287 pages
Now in a revised and updated edition, this useful guide explains how to succeed as an expert witness -- In the 18 million lawsuits filed each year, at least two expert witnesses are needed to explain what happened or what should have happened Veteran expert witness Dan Poynter describes the exact qualifications for the job, what an expert witness does, how to prepare effective testimony, how to answer hard questions, and what to charge clients. Peer-reviewed by more than 30 experts, attorneys, judges, and law professors, the new edition also includes a glossary of legal terms and a resource list of books, periodicals, and organizations.

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Contents

What is an Expert Witness and Why be One? 11 2 3 5
11
How to Get Started
26
Contracting to Work
33
Copyright

20 other sections not shown

Common terms and phrases

action agree American Bar Association answer appear area of expertise attorney's bill CHAPTER charge civil client client-attorney counsel courtroom credibility criminal cross-examination curriculum vitae defendant demonstrative evidence deposition direct examination Directory discovery documents e-mail evaluation exhibits expenses expert witness explain facts February 30 Federal Rules fee schedule field folder grand jury hear hired interrogatories investigation issue judge jurisdiction jurors Lake Shore Drive lawyers litigation consultant look magazine material MELVIN BELLI National Forensic Center object opinion opposing attorney opposing expert paid parachute party peremptory challenges performed person plaintiff Poynter prepared present procedure proceedings professional published qualified reason record request side skydiving statement subpoena sure talk technical telephone tell Temple Terrace testify testimony tests transcript trial understand verdict words write written report

About the author (1997)

Dan Poynter was born on September 17, 1938. He received a bachelor's degree in social science from California State University, Chico. He worked in the aviation industry as a parachute-designer. When he went looking for a book on the then-emerging sport of hang gliding and couldn't find one, he decided to publish his own book on the subject. He was one the earliest advocates of quality self-publishing. He wrote more than 130 books during his lifetime including Hang Gliding and The Self-Publishing Manual. He founded Para Publishing in 1969. The company focused on technical books and manuals about sky-diving and parachute design. The company eventually expanded its list to include books on a variety of topics including self-publishing and writing. He was a founding member of the Publishers Marketing Association (now called the Independent Book Publishers Association). In 1992, he received the organization's Benjamin Franklin Person of the Year Award for Lifetime Achievement. He died after a long illness on November 3, 2015 at the age of 77.

Bibliographic information

TitleExpert Witness Handbook: Tips and Techniques for the Litigation Consultant
Expert Witness Handbook
G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
AuthorDan Poynter
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherPara Pub., 1997
ISBN1568600275, 9781568600277
Length287 pages
Subjects › 

Law / Civil Procedure
Law / Courts
Law / Evidence
Law / Litigation
Law / Reference
  
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