Pro Bono Barrister: Inn Members Will Learn How To Elicit Expert Testimony
By Charles F. Otey, Esq.
Most lawyers will never lay out $5,000 or more to put an expert witness on the stand — or even have the opportunity to cross-examine one. Cross-examination in particular becomes a do-or-die matter when convincing testimony of an opposing expert threatens to destroy your case.
These are courtroom challenges that are usually the bailiwick of experienced trial lawyers. But the Kings County Inn of Court, aptly led this year by highly skilled litigator President Ross D’Apice, will give all their members an opportunity to learn the invaluable skills the evening of Jan. 24, in a program titled “Staring Down the hired gun: How To Examine and Cross-Examine the Expert Witness.”