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Engineers are often qualified to serve as expert witnesses in legal proceedings. But only the court-savvy, prepared and prudent engineer takes on these potentially lucrative assignments.
This focused and engaging 1-1/2-day course takes you step-by-step through the qualifications, ramifications, and expectations of serving as an expert witness.
Learn about courtroom demeanor, how to maintain your credibility, the differences between a fact witness and an expert witness, deposition behavior, permissible out of court statements, ethics, pre-courtroom testimony preparagion, visual aids and more.
NOTE: Registrants are invited to submit in advance any question, problem, or "war story" relating to expert witnessing for the panel to address.
Earns 11 PDHs.
Course Highlights
DAY ONE
7:30 a.m. - Registration and Breakfast
Welcome, Introductions and Course Overview The Forum - Federal and State Courts; Arbitration and Mediation
- Parties
- Litigants, Attorneys, Judges, Juries and Arbitrators
- Processes: Discovery and Testifying
- Fact Witnesses or Expert Witnesses The Agreement
- Agreement and Compensation
- Role of Expert Witness
The Expert Witness - Qualifications
- The Effective Expert Witness
- Standard of Care
- The Expert's Report
- Focus on the Issues at Hand
Preparation - Arriving at Your Opinion
- Tests and Investigations
Testimony - Depositions-Purpose
- Trial
- Deposition and Trial Demeanor
Reception
DAY TWO
Special Stimulus Extra! For a limited time, registrants for this course will take home a $200 BONUS credit certificate-for personal or firm use-to apply to the price of a future ACEC on-site course.
Through September 28, 2009:
$895 ACEC Member
$1,095 Non-member After Septemer 28, 2009:
$995 ACEC Member
$1,195 Non-member
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