Samuel McCargo faced cross-examination Friday in the final session of his trial on charges of professional misconduct while representing former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in the text message scandal. McCargo’s lawyers want to use Thomas Cranmer, a Detroit criminal defense lawyer, as a legal malpractice expert witness to counter the…
In Expert Witnesses and Reports, Manuel Lopez and David Chaumette of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. write: The practical effect of Robinson in Texas has been an increase in the scrutiny of expert testimony. Even popular media coverage has identified the 1993 Daubert decision as a severe restriction on expert…
In Five Factors that Suggest a Case is Ripe for Mediation, bad faith expert witness Guy O. Kornblum writes: · The parties have non-lawsuit reasons to settle. There may be non-lawsuit related reasons to settle. The existence of the lawsuit or a “bad” result may trigger losses in business relationships…
In Negotiating and Settling Insurance Bad Faith Cases , insurance expert witness Guy O. Kornblum of GK Consultants, LLC, writes: Many types of property and casualty policies contain both first and third-party coverage. For example, an auto policy which protects the insured against the risk of property damage to its…
Roger A. Lenneberg of Constructive Solutions, LLC can tell you that the best experts know more than just their field-they know how to be a witness. His seminar Law, Evidence & Testimony For Building Forensics Experts – What to Say, When to Say It, and How to Say It is…
In The Attorney-Expert Relationship: Unraveling the Complexity, Peter T. Tomaras writes on his experience as a franchising expert witness: The attorney/expert relationship is a tricky business in that experts are employed on behalf of one litigant–but are we members of the litigation “team?” One gratifying experience was working with a…
In Expert Witnesses and Reports, Manuel Lopez and David Chaumette of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.write: The Texas appellate courts have a deep interest in experts. Since 1995, few topics have consistently generated as many opinions from the Texas appellate courts as has the topic of expert testimony. The Texas…
In Five Factors that Suggest a Case is Ripe for Mediation, bad faith expert witness Guy O. Kornblum writes: So what types of cases are likely to settle at mediation? Here are five factors that, if present in the case, suggest it is one which should be mediated: · There…
In Negotiating and Settling Insurance Bad Faith Cases , insurance expert witness Guy O. Kornblum of GK Consultants, LLC, writes: Many types of property and casualty policies contain both first and third-party coverage. For example, an auto policy which protects the insured against the risk of property damage to its…
Tobacco control expert witness Dr. Michael Siegel has served as an expert witness in several major tobacco litigation cases. The associate chairman and a professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at Boston University writes on the electronic cigarette issue: Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal recently announced plans to…