This new practical survival guide for expert witnesses reveals all of the techniques and "tricks" used by trial attorneys during cross-examination. Each technique is identified, explained and illustrated with actual and sample trial testimony. As an expert witness, your "marketability" will increase dramatically once you master cross-examination. Attorneys seek out expert witnesses who excel during cross-examination.
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In my opinion this book is a must for all doctors, especially those who need to go to courts regularly. -- Book Review
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Steven Babitsky, Esq., is the president of SEAK, Inc. He was a personal injury trial attorney for 20 years and is the former managing partner of the firm Kistin, Babitsky, Latimer & Beitman. Attorney Babitsky is the editor of The Expert Witness Journal and the seminar leader for the National Expert Witness and Litigation Seminar. Mr. Babitsky is the co-author of the text How to Excel During Cross-Examination: Techniques for Experts that Work. Attorney Babitsky is the co-developer and trainer for the "How To Be an Effective Medical Witness" seminar and the screenwriter for the video How to Be an Effective Medical Witness. James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq., is a former trial lawyer with experience in defense and plaintiff personal injury law and insurance law. He currently serves as vice-president and general counsel of SEAK, Inc. Mr. Mangraviti received his BA degree in mathematics summa cum laude from Boston College and his JD degree cum laude from Boston College Law! School. His publications include the texts The Independent Medical Examination Report: A Step-by-Step Guide with Models, How to Excel During Cross-Examination: Techniques for Experts that Work, and The Successful Physician Negotiator: How to Get What You Deserve. Mr. Mangraviti has trained hundreds of expert witnesses across the United States and Canada.
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This review is from: How To Excel During Cross-Examination Techniques For Experts That Work (Paperback)
You can sum up the authors' advice in a few succinct sentences: 1. Tell the truth. 2. Don't exaggerate or embellish the good information. 3. Don't minimize the bad information. 4. Answer the question you're asked, not the one you wish you had been asked. 5. If you're asked what time it is, don't tell them how to build a clock. 6. Don't be arrogant. 7. Don't talk gobbledegook. Say it in plain English. 8. Be courteous. 9. If you don't know the answer to a question, don't guess, speculate, or make up an answer. Say you don't know. 10. Don't try to be an expert in any field other than your own.It is amazing how many so-called experts seem totally oblivious to these simple rules. Just because you're an expert, don't think you can breeze into court and blow smoke up the jury's britches legs. You may get away with it for a while, but you'll come to grief sooner or later. This little book performs its greatest service by reminding experts how horribly they can self destruct when they try to peddle snake oil. It contains example after example taken from actual transcripts where experts committed hara-kiri by ignoring one or more of the foregoing rules. At the end, the authors give a handy checklist of things to remember before testifying, and a list of "trick" questions asked by lawyers. My first impression upon opening the package was that the book seemed awfully slender, and the price seemed awfully fat. On second thought, however,the price is a small price to pay for a guidebook which can help keep you out of shark-infested waters.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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look @ newer version,
By CFE & CPA "financial-type" (Murfreesboro, TN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How To Excel During Cross-Examination Techniques For Experts That Work (Paperback)
The law does not stand still. Look at the author's newer, and more expensive book Cross- Examination: The Comprehensive Guide For Experts. It covers a lot of the same material and is updated on changes.
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