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What is 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 [...]

By |2023-07-05T11:18:16-04:00April 6th, 2023|Blog, Report-Writing|Comments Off on What is Included in an Expert Witness Report?

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 Much Can a Physician Expert Witness Charge?

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 [...]

By |2023-12-08T08:38:51-05:00December 30th, 2022|Blog, Expert Witness Practice Development/Management, Fees|Comments Off on How Much Can a Physician Expert Witness Charge?

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

© 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 [...]

By |2023-12-08T08:41:47-05:00December 30th, 2022|Blog, Expert Witness Practice Development/Management, Fees|Comments Off on A Physician Expert Witness Earns $500-$1000/hour

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

How often does an expert witness have to go to court?

By James J. Mangraviti, Jr. Esq. One of the concerns that prospective expert witnesses often express is that “I don’t have time to be in court all the time.” The belief that expert witnesses spend a significant amount of time in court is usually a false one.  In fact, for most experts who are retained [...]

By |2023-07-05T11:19:25-04:00October 29th, 2021|Blog, Expert Witness Practice Development/Management|Comments Off on How often does an expert witness have to go to court?
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