About the Course
Introduction
This CLE course will equip litigators to obtain from adverse experts the testimony and admissions needed for impeachment, to support disqualification or exclusion of testimony, and to acquire information that increases leverage in settlement negotiations. Our authoritative panel will provide techniques for eliciting favorable testimony from even the most seasoned expert witnesses.
Description
Cases can be won or lost at the expert deposition. Facing a deponent who is a professional witness armed with a level of expertise beyond that of a layperson requires in-depth preparation before the deposition and deposition-taking skills if counsel is to elicit admissions from the expert that break the opponent's case.
This presentation will show litigators how to prepare before the deposition to attack the experts' qualifications, prior opinions, and testimony. Our speakers will also provide tips for setting up the expert for impeachment at trial, challenging the expert's methodology, and gaining the upper hand in settlement negotiations.
The panel will also address how to elicit testimony to support a Daubert challenge.
Listen as our authoritative panel provides proven strategies for overcoming the most complex expert deposition hurdles and using those depositions to obtain favorable settlements or verdicts by taking the wind out of the opposing expert's sails.
Presented By
Mr. Cochran represents individuals and businesses in a wide variety of matters. He has tried jury trials, bench trials, administrative and regulatory hearings, and medical peer review hearings. He has appeared on many panels and spoken at seminars on a variety of topics, including the application of the Daubert rule and a host of topics related to white-collar criminal law and investigations.
Mr. Fellows represents corporations, partnerships and individuals in cases related to commercial contract disputes, fraud and RICO recovery, Georgia Trade Secrets Act, ERISA, and numerous other matters. He has tried cases in numerous Georgia Superior and State Courts, and also successfully argued cases before the Georgia Supreme Court, the Georgia Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Mr. Lockett is a trial lawyer specializing in high-stakes business disputes. He has significant experience representing members of the real estate, financial services, hospitality, and technology industries. He has developed particular expertise in litigating fraudulent transfer claims on behalf of both creditors and borrowers and representing lenders in disputes involving intercreditor and loan participation agreements. For eight years, he was a partner at an Am Law 200 law firm based in Atlanta. His practice is national in scope, and he routinely handles cases and arbitrations around the United States.
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This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.
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Date + Time
- event
Thursday, February 10, 2022
- schedule
1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
- Preparing for the deposition
- Deposing the expert – purposes
- Deposing the expert – techniques
- Practice pointers for opposing damages-expert-witness testimony under Daubert
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- Preparing to attack the expert's qualifications
- Locating expert's prior opinions and testimony
- Attacking the expert's methodology at the deposition
- Setting up deposition testimony for use in Daubert motions
- Increasing settlement value by discrediting the opposing expert
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