Other preparation techniques dealing with scheduling and your file are also explained. Also included is a discussion of common pitfalls that should be avoided which can destroy a physician s viability as an expert witness. In a trial demonstration, counsel will cross-examine physicians testifying in medical malpractice cases. Also stressed is how physicians should act to avoid being underpaid and to ensure that their expert witness fees are paid promptly and in full. In trial demonstrations counsel demonstrates the most difficult questions physicians face while testifying as expert medical witnesses.
Discussion provides practical advice for testifying at trial.
Topics covered include body language, posture, the use of demonstrative evidence, and how to properly interact with the judge and jury. In a trial demonstration counsel and physicians will demonstrate the techniques covered. Counsel will solicit from the attendees actual cases they are involved in to use as the fact pattern for the examinations.