Successful Examination of Expert Witnesses

Successful Examination of Expert Witnesses

June 9 and 16, 2009

6:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.

NYSTLA, 132 Nassau Street

New York, NY 10038

6 CLE Skills Credits



Chair: Ben B. Rubinowitz, Esq.

Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman & Mackauf





Seminar Overview:



- Direct and Cross of an Accident Reconstructionist

- Direct and Cross of a Life Care Planner

- Direct and Cross of an Orthopedist with emphasis on the herniated disc and knee injury case

- Direct of a Radiologist / How to work with radiographic studies to convincingly show the extent of an injury

- Cross Examination of the "Independent Medical Examiner"

- Direct and Cross of an expert in a Medical Malpractice case

- Direct and Cross of an Elevator Expert

- The effective use of Exhibits

- How to deal with problem areas including the pre-existing injury, the professional testifier, the non-responsive expert witness, use of authoritative texts and the hypothetical question





Faculty:



Hon. Paul Feinman

Justice of the Supreme Court, Civil Branch, NY County



Helene E. Blank, Esq.

Blank & Star, PLLC



Jeff S. Korek, Esq.

Immediate Past President

Gersowitz Libo & Korek, PC.



Stephen Mackauf, Esq.

Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman & Mackauf



Stuart Schwartz, Esq.

Gottlieb, Siegel & Schwartz, LLP



Evan Torgan, Esq.

Torgan & Cooper, PC



Prices:



All attendees will receive a copy of the written materials. Each set of DVDs or CDs is sent with a CD-ROM of the materials in PDF format only and one affirmation for one attorney. Additional sets may be ordered ONLY with the original order.



DVD: Member $195 | Non-Member $300

Audio CD: Member $155 | Non-Member $225



If you prefer to receive the written materials in hard copy, please select one of these options instead:

DVD+Book: Member $220 | Non-Member $325

Audio CD+Book: Member $180 | Non-Member $250



* NYSTLA member admitted to the bar 10 years or less.





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This seminar is approved for transitional and non-transitional credit.

• 6 Skills CLE credits for the newly admitted attorney

• 6 General CLE credits for the experienced attorney