Expert Witness Cross-Examination: What to Expect & How to Excel

A discussion of what expert witness cross-examination entails and how to excel on cross-examination as an expert witness.

By James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq. Introduction Expert witness cross-examination can be the part of serving as an expert witness that expert’s most worry about.  It shouldn’t be.  A properly prepared and trained expert witness can easily survive and thrive during cross examination.  In fact, for a well-trained and prepared witness, expert witness cross examination can actually be enjoyable. Understanding

What is Included in an Expert Witness Report?

An overview of what an expert witness report is and pointers on what's included in an expert witness report.

By James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq. Introduction – What is an Expert Witness? Before we delve into what is included in an expert witness report, we should briefly discuss what an expert witness is.  Expert witnesses (also known as opinion witnesses) are witnesses in court cases who are allowed to offer their professional opinions on relevant matters.  This is different

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 provide testimony relating to their area

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 methodology involved can be tested; (2)

How Much Can a Physician Expert Witness Charge?

A discussion of how much a physician expert witness can charge for their time including reviewing files, report-writing, and testifying.

By: James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq. Introduction For most physicians in practice, how much they can charge for their services is often determined by reimbursement rates set by the government or insurance companies.  Expert witness work is, by stark contrast, a free market with no artificially set rates.  A question I am often asked is therefore: How much can a

A Physician Expert Witness Earns $500-$1000/hour

A discussion of the benefits and drawbacks of serving as a physician expert witness and how your time is compensated.

© 2022 SEAK, Inc. By: James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq. Introduction Serving as a physician expert witness can be a rewarding way to apply your medical knowledge and experience, improve your communication skills, make yourself a better clinician for your patients and significantly supplement your clinical income.  Most of the work consists of chart review, research, opinion forming and report

How to Identify Potential Expert Witness Clients

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 certificate or, you know, some sort

How to Format an Expert Witness CV

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 info is over here, offset from

How to Convert Expert Witness Case Leads Properly Responding to Emails

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, is to convert more of the

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

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 this whole process of SEO, right? You’re