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Sensei Article Featured in San Bernardino Bar Bulletin

April 26, 2017

“Finding and Effectively Using and Expert Witness” by Sensei’s Sharon Nelson and John Simek was featured in the April 2017 issue of the San Bernardino Bar Association Bulletin.

Excerpt In the summer of 2016, author Simek had the pleasure of joining a Pennsylvania Bar Association panel comprised of both testifying experts and judges to explore

how to find and effectively use a good expert. It seemed to author Nelson, sitting in the audience, that she was hearing a series of rapid-fire tips so she endeavored to jot them down, in no particular order, to offer the collective wisdom of the panel. Here are some of the many valuable tips she heard:

  • It’s important to find an expert who will be cool under fire, as they must survive cross-examination with their credibility intact – this is the most dangerous moment in litigation
  • It can be helpful to watch a video deposition of the expert (if available) to see how cool under the fire the expert is – or is not
  • It is important that the expert’s testimony be concise and to the point
  • The expert should avoid technical or obtuse language
  • Body language is always significant – no smirking or looking sarcastic

See the entire article on page 13 of the bulletin here