In some legal matters, it makes sense to hire an expert witness. The expert witness can help you with a variety of tasks pertaining to your case, from evaluating the strength of your claim to ...

Expert witnesses are essential in many personal injury cases. When an issue or dispute is considered too complex for the ordinary juror to understand without the assistance of an expert, Illinois law ...

Being an expert witness is serious business. Anyone who takes the witness stand needs to have impeccable credentials and extensive experience in their field, as well as be objective and able to ...

In Part I of his two-part series, Bob Genis reviews how the plaintiff s in negligence and malpractice cases can strategically require the defendant to appear at trial during the plaintiff’s direct ...

When an expert witness takes the stand to testify, he is a courtroom performer with an important privilege. Other witnesses are allowed to deal only with facts they have observed; the expert is often ...

For those who accuse Judge Aaron Persky ’84 M.A. ’85 of favoring former Stanford freshman Brock Turner with a relatively light six-month sentence for sexual assault, the Turner case has sparked closer ...

This article examines the strategic use of dual-role expert witnesses—those qualified to address both liability and damages—in arbitration proceedings before the Financial Industry Regulatory ...