Jack V. Matson, S. Ravi Jagannathan

Effective Expert Witnessing (eBook, PDF)

Practices for the 21st Century

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The testimony of an expert witness can lead to success or failure in cases that hinge on the presentation's impact on a jury. Effective Expert Witnessing, Fifth Edition: Practices for the 21st Century explores the fundamentals of litigation, trial preparation, courtroom presentation, and the business of expert witnessing. Extensively updated to reflect new developments since the last edition, it provides practical advice enabling expert witnesses and attorneys to maximize the effectiveness of their expert testimony.

The Fifth Edition includes three new chapters. The first uses a hypothetical case study to explore expert witness immunity and issues related to professional malpractice and civil liability. In a chapter on psychology and the art of expert persuasion, noted social psychologist and witness preparation specialist Ann T. Greeley reveals the psychology of juries, discusses what makes an expert effective, and provides tips for conveying effective testimony through verbal and nonverbal behavior and graphics and technology. The final chapter surveys nine of the worst mistakes an expert can make and provides tips on how to avoid them.

Accompanying the book are downloadable resources in which Dr. Matson introduces video clips demonstrating effective and ineffective expert testimony at deposition and trial. The book and supplemental downloadable resources provide robust strategies ensuring that expert witnesses have the best possible advantage in presenting testimony that is credible, persuasive, and compelling.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439887691
• Artikelnr.: 39288325

Autorenporträt

Jack V. Matson, Ph.D., is emeritus professor of environmental engineering at The Pennsylvania State University and an owner of Matson and Associates Inc., a litigation support consulting engineering firm, in State College, Pennsylvania. His expertise is in the field of chemical emissions, water and wastewater treatment, air pollution, and hazardous wastes. In the course of his career, he has been deposed in over 100 cases and testified at 20 trials. He continues to be active as an expert witness in environmental litigation, specializing in chemical emissions. He is a registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania, Texas, and Ohio.

Inhaltsangabe

The Legal Environment and Expert Witnessing. The Legal Environment. A
Closer Look at the Impact of Daubert. Key Cases and Precedents Affecting
Expert Witnessing. The Litigation Process. The Pretrial Process. Preparing
for Trial. The Courtroom Drama. The Art, Business, and Future of Expert
Witnessing. The Art of Expert Witnessing. The Business of Expert
Witnessing. Expert Immunity, Professional Malpractice, and Civil Liability.
The Importance of Psychological Factors in Testifying. Psychology and the
Art of Expert Persuasion. Nine of the Worst Mistakes That Experts Make and
How to Avoid Them. Bibliography. Appendix: Expert Witness Resources. Index.