Sentences with phrase «well as expert witnesses»

This session covers considerations for working with outside counsel, as well as expert witnesses, to both develop compliance and address claims.

Faith based organizations as well residential and foster care providers are due to give evidence as well as expert witnesses, the Scottish Government and survivors.

Not exact matches

Having an accreditation body available that could work to educate consumers and professional groups, as well as extend advocacy efforts and provide expert witness is a tremendous comfort.

We are beginning an initiative, requested by our dear friend and President's Advisory Committee member George Parnham, JD, to train law enforcement and lawyers in perinatal mood disorders as well as to instruct expert witnesses about testifying when needed.

The AG's report further suggests the Troy police department should overhaul its investigative approach to officer - involved shootings; abstain from prejudging (and publicly announcing) the results of an investigation before it has been completed; make broad efforts to identify and promptly speak with all civilian witnesses; and properly train investiagtors in the evaluation of evidence, as well as reaching out to outside experts when questions arise.

For its members and affiliates, AAFS provides job opportunity listings, expert witness referrals, as well as scientific reference studies.

As our experts have witnessed over the years, the best use of the money depends on the client's financial needs in North York.

Having witnessed the rise of graffiti and urban art from its very beginnings, Danysz became an expert in the movement, writing books about the history of Street Art and curating major institutional group shows, as well as over fifty solo shows with artists including Shepard Fairey (aka Obey), Space Invader, JR and Vhils among many others.

Tulumello's colleague John Chesley introduced two expert witnesses: Accounting specialist Kathy Raffa, who works with nonprofit entities, displayed charts to show that the Corcoran's fundraising lags significantly behind two comparable museums in Washington (the Phillips Collection and the National Museum of Women in the Arts) as well as museum - college institutions in Boston, Chicago and Cleveland.

Regarding whether those ignorant in statistics can understand Hansen's latest papers, I'm a perfect test case: My knowledge of stats is low (if I had ever heard the term «sigma» before, I don't recall it), and only have a basic humanities major's ability to grasp scientific arguments (well, maybe a little better since I work with scientists as expert witnesses).

In 2010, Stacy would reveal that his group, Save Western Ohio, had a «network of experts» that included the Heartland Institute and «experts from the energy industry» who worked together to «promote and market» anti-wind power views, as well as recruit witnesses and review testimony for public hearings on energy issues.

A formula can not be given, at least insofar as I can tell, for how to do this and I still face the problem from the most mundane (our firm has a forensics service line where we'll provide expert witness testimony with respect to construction defect litigation and the opposing side has their experts as well) to the most impactful (climate disruption), to the most woo infested (ESP, UFOs, «free energy,» etc.), to the politically pragmatic (do guns really prevent crime?).

If the two proposed defense witnesses are being proffered as experts, and this is a Daubert challenge, I hope the government's argument is better than the blurb makes it sound.

He was well known for playing a crucial role, as an expert witness, in winning compensation for the victims of thalidomide.

In fact, the FCA requirement for financial institutions to operate complaints schemes, as well as a number of extensive regulator - led remedial schemes, and the financial and other ombudsman services, means a lot of work is done to avoid litigation — but this means advisory experts are needed and the experience I can bring to expert witness work is founded on a wide range of exposure obtained through consultancy.

So if you happen to be the plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging that the defendant's product has caused you to suffer severe social alienation, who better to call as an expert witness on alienation than the selfsame Martin Gore?

The report details significant contributions to mesothelioma research made by some such attorneys, as well as some asbestos lawyers sending «elaborate gift baskets» to doctors, providing tickets to «professional sporting events,» or offering «paid work as expert witnesses.»

As to whether the trial court, applying its discretion, should allow or disallow a new expert witness in the refiled case, the criteria are: surprise, prejudice, the nature of the testimony, the diligence of the adverse party, the timeliness of the objection and the good faith of the party seeking to add the new witness.

Your attorney will line up expert witnesses and medical professionals, as well as eyewitnesses, in addition to filing the necessary paperwork on your behalf.

His talents and skills as a trial lawyer have been recognized as well by his participation as a featured speaker for the «Best Trial Lawyer Video Series» which is published online by WIN Interactive, Inc., a Massachusetts based nation - wide litigation consulting firm in which Attorney Ventura has been interviewed on a variety of subjects including the art of storytelling and the use of experts witnesses at trial.

As well as having the relevant qualifications & expertise in their professional field, it is essential that experts, however experienced, undertake recognised expert witness traininAs well as having the relevant qualifications & expertise in their professional field, it is essential that experts, however experienced, undertake recognised expert witness traininas having the relevant qualifications & expertise in their professional field, it is essential that experts, however experienced, undertake recognised expert witness training.

When I first started as an expert witness specialising in Mental Capacity, a colleague of mine said to me: «Tim, I'm a Consultant Psychiatrist and therefore the Gold standard, you are only a nurse and therefore, at best, will only ever be bronze.»

Here Lawyer Monthly hears from Dr Belinda Stuart - Moonlight, Managing Director at Moonlight Environmental Ltd, a UK - based firm providing expert witness services, as well as consultancy, auditing and training services in food safety and workplace safety.

Particularly relevant are (besides others) whether: it is proportionate to have separate experts in the light of the amount in dispute, as well as importance to the parties and complexity; there is likely to be a range of opinion; a party has already instructed an expert and whether this was in compliance with a PD or protocol; questions may not conclusively deal with all the issues which will require testing; and whether a conference may be required with the legal representatives, experts and other witnesses which may make instruction of a single joint expert impractical.

Proposed laws get a lot of screens, though their application is subject to the political process: public servants in the in - house policy development process, political staff ditto, professional drafters, Cabinet, then members of the legislature and in many cases legislative committeed with witnesses who may well be experts (and who often claim to be)-- and then consultations with experts as regulations are drafted.

The scale of the dispute and time constraints meant Dentons needed to utilise its construction specialists from across its Middle East offices, as well as secure expert witnesses to back up the engineering company's claims.

If you require an expert witness, you must also seek permission from the procedural judge to adduce such evidence, and he may well give directions as to whether the expert should be a single joint expert or a party - appointed expert.

Pre-hearing conferences: for complex hearings or those with expert witnesses, consideration should be given to a pre-hearing conference where the order of witnesses can be addressed as well as other potential reasons for adjournment requests (such as disclosure issues).

We will work with all parties involved in the case including clients, expert witnesses and other third parties, as well as perform claim investigations, and develop and manage case files.

Unless the judge as factfinder or jury clearly shows that they are ready for the criminal defendant lawyer to let the obstructionist witness have it — which usually will not happen with any witness other than an opposing expert puffing out his or her obstructionist and obfuscating chest at all times — the judge and jury may well punish the overbearing cross examining criminal lawyer, in one way or another.

Typically, each article includes a complete summary of the facts of the case, witness testimony, expert testimony and case reference information including the names of the experts who testified as well as the Judge and trial attorneys involved.

Giving evidence at the trial will be forensic experts, police officers and eye witnesses as well as friends and relatives of both the deceased and the accused.

Jay touches on how good investment deals can easily turn bad, how to ensure lending from a bank runs smoothly, and how being an active lender in the industry helps him in his role as an expert witness.

I see it becoming a popular tool for searching for lawyers, whether by potential clients or by other lawyers, as well as for researching parties, witnesses, experts, job prospects and business associates.

Also, funding for personal injury claims has become more difficult to obtain, which has made solicitors more cautious about engaging a medical expert witness as well as an ergonomist.

A deposition can be had of the parties, as well as any witnesses, or experts.

Sometimes the best way to prove accountability is to hire an expert witness (such as a former Texas Department of Transportation inspector) to testify before the court.

The list of legal resources includes not only links to our Lawyer Directory, but also links to law and legislative information for all U.S. states, as well as to bar associations, expert witnesses and more.

FTI Consulting clients can combine Predictive Discovery with additional offerings from the firm such as managed review, a secure corporate privilege library for predicting privilege, as well as ancillary services like international data collection to expert witness testimony.

They often provide services as expert witnesses in order to discuss a victim's future rehabilitation needs, as well as the costs associated with such treatment.

What we learn from this case is that, while a trial court can use information provided by an expert witness as evidence as to what may be in a child's best interest, it must still independently make the decision regarding what custody arrangements are in the child's best interest after providing both parents an opportunity to present evidence at a trial.

While the test was silent as to the presence of the active metabolite, the defendant wanted to call an expert witness to testify that, in his experience, when the level of inactive metabolite is as high as it was in the plaintiff's blood, there is always active metabolite present as well.

Medical malpractice cases often come down to a so - called «battle of the experts» between the plaintiff and the defense, with expert witnesses from both sides offering opinions on the defendant's actions, whether they were in line with the standard of care and whether the defendant caused the plaintiff's injuries, as well as the impact of the plaintiff's underlying condition.

We speak with one of the UK's best neurosurgeons, Munchi Choksey, this month about how the medical sector is often under the litigation spotlight; serving as an expert witness, Mr. Choksey will be revealing in the next two editions of Lawyer Monthly various conditions which are subject to medical negligence and where improvement can be made in order to avoid such lawsuits.

In support of the defense an expert witness in fracture mechanics from MIT was called, as well as a certified industrial hygienist and a pulmonology expert.

In that capacity, she defended depositions of fact, expert and 30 (b)(6) witnesses, prepared witnesses for deposition and trial testimony, as well as drafted pleadings, memoranda, dispositive motions and briefs, invalidity and non-infringement expert reports and discovery.

Step 5: Win at trial in front of a judge that somehow didn't get the memo that the Washington Supreme Court in Chaplin eliminated the need for Selby's to even make their adverse possession claim «in good faith under a claim of right»... certainly because the attorney didn't bother to raise this point... along I suspect with hiring a surveyor to testify as an expert witness.

The Moscow Arbitrazh Court («Moscow Court «-RRB- set aside the Award in June 2011 on the pleaded grounds of the arbitrators» non-disclosure relating to the expert witnesses as well as on the separate grounds of public policy and non-arbitrability (the latter two both being grounds not relied on by NMLK in the set aside application).

The Court first reviewed the parties» expert testimony as well as deposition testimony of other witnesses to address defendants» three principal defenses: (1) abandonment / waiver, (2) laches, and (3) defective deposit copy.

The defendant's appeal involved evidentiary challenges to the plaintiff's two expert witnesses as well as a challenge to the sufficiency of the plaintiff's claim.