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Is Daubert or Frye used for expert witness testimony admissibility in North Dakota?

The state of North Dakota does not explicitly follow either the Daubert or Frye test for the admissibility of expert witness testimony. State v. Hernandez, 707 N.W.2d 449 (N.D. 2005). However, North Dakota’s rules closely mirror the test established in Daubert. Id. Under North Dakota’s Rules of Evidence, Rule 702, experts are able to [...]

By |2023-07-05T11:18:23-04:00January 5th, 2023|Blog, Expert Witness Laws/Procedure|Comments Off on Is Daubert or Frye used for expert witness testimony admissibility in North Dakota?

Is Daubert or Frye used for expert witness testimony admissibility in Vermont?

The state of Vermont follows the Daubert test for the admissibility of expert witness testimony. USGen New England, Inc. v. Town of Rockingham, 862 A.2d 269 (Vt. 2004). Under this test, the court should analyze four factors to determine if expert testimony is admissible. Id. The factors are: “(1) whether the scientific technique or [...]

By |2023-07-05T11:18:31-04:00January 5th, 2023|Blog, Expert Witness Laws/Procedure|Comments Off on Is Daubert or Frye used for expert witness testimony admissibility in Vermont?

How to Identify Potential Expert Witness Clients

https://youtu.be/mFn5yn6d298 Excerpted from SEAK’s streaming course: How to Make More Money as an Expert Witness. Another place that you can find these attorneys who specialize in an area that you're looking to target is actually by... So some states, some bar associations in certain states offer these like sort of legal specializations. It's actually a [...]

By |2023-07-05T11:18:53-04:00December 21st, 2021|Blog, Expert Witness Practice Development/Management|Comments Off on How to Identify Potential Expert Witness Clients

How to Format an Expert Witness CV

https://youtu.be/LAFm1QskPCI Excerpted from SEAK’s streaming course: How to Make More Money as an Expert Witness. So here is an example of a business valuation expert, and just a great... You know, she uses a logo here that she had professionally developed, you know, she uses the formatting of, here's her photo and then her contact [...]

By |2023-07-05T11:19:00-04:00December 21st, 2021|Blog, Expert Witness Practice Development/Management|Comments Off on How to Format an Expert Witness CV

How to Convert Expert Witness Case Leads Properly Responding to Emails

https://youtu.be/cCnzBU8IFLM Excerpted from SEAK’s streaming course: How to Make More Money as an Expert Witness. All right. We're gonna continue on with our holistic look at how to make more money as an expert witness. And one of the ways that we can do that, where I think you can implement a lot of strategies, [...]

By |2023-07-05T11:19:11-04:00December 21st, 2021|Blog, Expert Witness Practice Development/Management|Comments Off on How to Convert Expert Witness Case Leads Properly Responding to Emails

How Expert Witnesses Can Use Blogs Posts to Rank Themselves Highly on Google

https://youtu.be/uElSOQof4sA Excerpted from SEAK’s streaming course: How to Refine, Improve and Grow Your Expert Witness Practice Okay. So, so we have alluded to a few times the notion of some blog posts. So, a blog post can be essentially ways to, you know, juice your search engine optimization to really, in some capacity, circumvent [...]

By |2023-07-05T11:19:18-04:00December 21st, 2021|Blog, Expert Witness Practice Development/Management|Comments Off on How Expert Witnesses Can Use Blogs Posts to Rank Themselves Highly on Google

Daubert: Applies to Bench Trials

The U.S. District Court of Appeals (3rd Cir) dealt with a condemnation proceeding under the Natural Gas Act. The court took this opportunity to clarify that Daubert does in fact apply in bench trials. The court stated: We start with a clarification about the role Rule 702 plays in bench trials. As we have explained, [...]

By |2023-07-13T09:02:51-04:00July 2nd, 2020|Blog, Opinions|Comments Off on Daubert: Applies to Bench Trials

Expert Witnesses Need to Warm Up in the Bullpen

Steven Babitsky, Esq. I was speaking with an expert witness and he described his problem at deposition: “I do very well generally at my depositions. I am well-prepared, know my stuff, and have experience. The problem is it takes me 20-30 minutes to warm up during my deposition, so in the beginning of them I [...]

By |2023-07-05T13:34:26-04:00June 24th, 2020|Blog, Expert Witness Practice Development/Management, Testimony|Comments Off on Expert Witnesses Need to Warm Up in the Bullpen

Controlling the Expert Witness During Cross Examination

One of the most important techniques trial lawyers are taught is how to control the expert witness during cross-examination. Attorney Phillip H. Miller explains this strategy: Cross-examination is not about a witness testifying; it is about the lawyer eliciting the desired testimony from the witness. Control the witness. If you feel you are not in [...]

By |2023-07-05T13:34:34-04:00May 19th, 2020|Blog, Testimony|Comments Off on Controlling the Expert Witness During Cross Examination

Life Care Planner – Need for Physician Review

The U.S. District Court, W.D. Virginia dealt with a federal tort claims act case – a podiatrist, Bonk, treated the plaintiff with surgery for an injured ankle which resulted in an amputation of the leg below the knee. The U.S. hired Wirt, a registered nurse and certified life care planner to rebut the plaintiff’s physician [...]

By |2023-07-12T10:50:10-04:00March 6th, 2020|Blog, Opinions|Comments Off on Life Care Planner – Need for Physician Review
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