Open communication is the touchstone of dispute avoidance and dispute resolution.
While experts services are essential to the administration of justice, the expert and attorney should seek out and discuss ways of minimizing the burden of services on physicians and other experts as well as minimizing the cost to clients. Unless an attorney and expert have a history of prior business dealings, it is desirable to agree in advance concerning the nature, scope, and cost of the expert s services. The expert may already have set policies, or an agreement may be worked out at the time of the initial contact. Preferably this agreement should be reduced to writing. If an agreement cannot be reached, the matter should be discussed immediately.