James J.
Mangraviti, Jr., Esq.

James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq., has trained thousands of expert witnesses across the United States and Canada. He is a former litigator with experience in defense and plaintiff personal injury law and insurance law. He currently serves as Vice President and General Counsel of SEAK, Inc.

His publications include the texts The A-Z Guide to Expert Witnessing, Depositions: The Comprehensive Guide for Expert Witnesses, Cross-Examination: The Comprehensive Guide for Experts, National Guide to Expert Witness Fees and Billing Procedures, Writing and Defending Your IME Report, How to Excel During Cross-Examination: Techniques for Experts That Work, How to Excel During Depositions: Techniques for Experts That Work, The Comprehensive Forensic Services Manual: The Essential Resources for All Experts, Writing and Defending Your Expert Report: The Step-by-Step Guide with Models, and How to Become a Dangerous Expert Witness: Advanced Techniques and Strategies.

Testimony Skills Workshop

For Medical Experts

Fighting and Preventing Expert Witness Abuse 

James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq.

Saturday, November 8, 2008
Meritage Resort, Napa, CA 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM  

7 hours of CME credit.
Registration: $375.  Includes course, materials, continental breakfast, and buffet lunch.

Register before September 1, 2008 and receive a $50 early registration discount.

As a result of this seminar, you will learn how to:
• Fight or prevent abuse from opposing counsel
• Learn the various methods of discovery and how to respond
• Know what can and cannot be asked of you as an expert
• Use the basic rules of evidence in presenting your opinion
• Effectively respond to opposing counsel’s deposition tactics
• Be a more persuasive expert witness
• Excel during cross-examination and at trial

Don’t miss this essential CME workshop for testifying medical experts!

Space is Limited. Register Now!
$375

Call (866) 370-NAPA for hotel reservations and ask for Benchmark rate. There are a limited number of hotel rooms reserved for attendees at the Meritage Resort at Napa. at a special rate. http://www.themeritageresort.com 

Agenda

7:30 - 8:00 AM	Registration, Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:15 AM	Introduction
8:15 – 9:15 AM	How Medical Experts can Avoid Abuse: An interactive and lively discussion of discovery disputes and abuses of medical experts, including protective orders and sanctions, will permit physicians to understand how far attorneys can go and how to “fight back” against subpoenas, being called as a “fact only” witness, abusive questioning and other commonly encountered problems. The various methods of discovery are explained. These include interrogatories, requests for production of documents, depositions, subpoenas duces tecum, physical examinations, and requests for admissions.
9:15 – 10:00 AM	What Can and Can Not Be Asked of an Expert at Trial: There will be a discussion of the basic rules and policies behind the Federal Rules of Evidence. You will learn why certain types of evidence are held to be inadmissible, even where it is relevant and how these rules can protect medical experts from abuse. You will be given the opportunity to object to and argue the admissibility of various pieces of proposed evidence.
10:00 – 10:15 AM	Break – Networking Opportunity
10:15 – 12:00	Advanced Deposition Techniques for Medical Expert Witnesses: The best experts are not only able to effectively respond to opposing counsel’s tactics, they are able to use their own techniques to help present truthful and effective testimony. This segment will describe numerous techniques medical experts can use to make sure that opposing counsel does not unfairly lock them in, does not take their testimony out of context and does not distort the truth. Demonstrations utilizing volunteer attendees and videotapes of actual experts testifying at deposition in actual cases will help illustrate many of these techniques.
12:00 – 1:00 PM	Lunch (Provided with Faculty)
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM	How to be a More Persuasive Medical Expert Witness at Trials and Arbitrations: Attendees will learn how to best present their opinions in a form that is understandable, memorable, and persuasive. Techniques covered include preparing to testify, how to best put forth your qualifications, developing a harmonious interaction with retaining counsel, using powerful, memorable language, using analogies and optimizing your teaching skills. These techniques will be demonstrated with mock trials using volunteer attendees and video clips of actual experts testifying in real cases.
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM	Break – Networking Opportunity
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM	How to Excel During Your Cross-Examination- Being a Better Expert Witness at Trials and Arbitrations: Attendees will learn how to prepare for and excel during cross-examination. Topics include, what you are likely to be asked and why, how to protect yourself from damaging lines of inquiry, dealing with abusive behavior from opposing counsel and advanced techniques to excel when testifying during cross-examination. The cross-examination techniques discussed will be demonstrated with mock trials using volunteer attendees and video clips of actual experts testifying in real cases.
4:15 – 4:30 PM	Takeaways and Conclusion:The instructor will take any final questions and solicit from the group a concise set of bullet point takeaways based on what was learned in the workshop.

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