How to Properly Analyze an Opposition’s Expert Report (Including 1hr. of Legal Ethics)

Session I – How to Properly Analyze an Opposition’s Expert Report – Doug Holthus

Whether for purposes of settlement, mediation, or trial, a thorough and complete analysis of the opponent’s expert’s credentials and opinions is fundamental. Whether considering the issues of liability, proximate cause, or damages, breaking down the opposing expert’s training, education, experience, methodologies, assumptions, conclusions, and ultimate opinions is simply necessary to achieve the optimum result for your client. This presentation will provide an overview and specific tactics for developing and achieving a proper examination of your opponent’s expert’s opinions, as well as offer suggested methods to challenge the presentation of such opinion testimony properly and effectively.

Key topics to be discussed:

• Challenging an opposing expert’s credentials
• Challenging an opposing expert’s methodologies
• Challenging an opposing expert’s opinions
• Challenging an opposing expert’s credibility
• Daubert motions

Session II – Legal Ethics – Jeffrey Cunningham

The use of expert assistance in the practice of law includes a host of ethical questions and challenges for lawyers. This program will review the role of experts and specific ABA Model Rules that apply to those situations. In addition, this course explores best practice tools and risk management strategies to mitigate potential issues.

Key topics to be discussed:

• Overview of ethics
• Ethics in retaining experts
• Ethics with adverse experts
• Ethics while serving as an expert
• Tools for the ethical use of experts

Date: January 31, 2023

Closed-captioning available