TELESEMINAR: Selection and Use of Expert Witnesses

September 1, 2010
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
1.00 MCLE hours

Telephone

The complexity of modern litigation increases the importance of expert testimony and puts new pressure on litigation counsel to select the right expert – and prepare them for their specific testimony. Failure to find right expert and use them in the best way can have a substantial adverse impact on the underlying litigation. Led by a litigator with decades of diverse commercial litigation experience, this program will provide you with a practical guide to resources for finding the best expert for your case, approaching and retaining experts, and the best and worst ways of using them at various stages of the process.

Highlights:

Resources for finding the right type of expertise
Evaluating the suitability of experts for your case
Approaching and retaining experts
Preparing specialists for testimony in a specific case
Practical tips on the best/worst uses of particular types of expertise in litigation
For more information about the new ISBA Teleseminar programs, please visit: http://www.isba.org/cle/teleseminar

Program Speaker:

Robert J. Kriss, Mayer Brown, LLP, Chicago

Robert J. Kriss is a partner in the Chicago office of Mayer Brown, LLP, where he has a national practice focusing on complex commercial, class action and intellectual property litigation. He has handled include claims based upon breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, product warranty, business torts, securities fraud and patent and trademark infringement. He has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law since 2002, teaching trial advocacy. He has also been recognized in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who In American Law, Who's Who In America and The Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Kriss received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Harvard University and his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School.

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