How to Start, Build, and Run an IME (Independent Medical Examination) Practice Performing IMEs (Independent Medical Examinations) on behalf of insurance companies and attorneys is a great way to both earn additional income and diversify your practice. Independent Medical Evaluation work involves examining injured workers in workers' compensation and personal [...]
How an Expert Witness Should Refer to a Document at Deposition Expert witnesses should refer to documents marked as exhibits by using their exhibit numbers. For example, exhibit 1, 4 or exhibit C. Describe the document in question, after using its exhibit number. This will help ensure that the all [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ9fuDJuips&feature=plcp Our annual SEAK National Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Medicine conference, held each July, on Cape Cod, designed for health care professionals, attorneys, employers, exhibitors, who come to learn, network, get CEU's, and leave with cost saving solutions. The SEAK National Workers' Compensation and Occupational Medicine Conference is designed to [...]
An effective expert witness is one who is able to truthfully answer counsel's questions in as artful as manner as possible. Precise and carefully considered use of language is required. It is also important that you actively listen to the question you are asked. An expert who concentrates and [...]
Expert Witness Testimony - Properly Stating an Expert Opinion Post By Alex Babitsky - SEAK, Inc. One of the primary responsibilities of an expert is to render an opinion that will assist the trier of fact. This opinion needs to be stated in a legally sufficient manner and must be based upon reliable [...]
The SEAK Expert Witness Database contains 2,000+ expert witnesses listed in over 7,000+ categories. SEAK’s Expert Witness Directory contains: • Over 2,000+ expert witnesses, indexed by over 7,000 categories and key words • Searchable free online at www.seakexperts.com • Attorneys contact experts directly, with no middleman Detailed information on [...]
What Not to Include in an Expert Report Excerpt from the SEAK Text: Writing and Defending Your Expert Report Post by: Alex Babitsky The only language that should appear in expert reports is language that objectively states or objectively supports an expert’s findings and conclusions. All other information is superfluous [...]
Physicians who do medical-legal (medico legal) work report that this helps them become better treating physicians. Each and every physician surveyed by the authors report that for many reasons doing medical-legal work exposes them to many treatment plans, the latest medications and modalities, and is the most effective continuing medical [...]
The role of an expert witness is to use “scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge” to assist the trier of fact to “understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue.” The “trier of fact” is the jury in a jury trial and the judge in a bench trial. [...]
The Six Golden Rules of Marketing an Expert Witness Practice Excerpted from the SEAK text: How to Market Your Expert Witness Practice: EVIDENCE-BASED BEST PRACTICES By: Alex Babitsky • Nobody can tell you with certainty how effective any technique will be in marketing your expert witness practice. - What works for other [...]