Improve your chances at trial: fully prepare your experts

Care must be taken to fully prepare an expert to testify at trial. A truly effective expert is one who not only supports your case, but also combats your opponent’s. Your expert should be provided with an opposing expert’s report(s) and deposition testimony prior to trial, so your expert can testify about deficiencies in the opposing expert’s opinions during your case-in-chief. This can be especially helpful where you present your case first, and/or where your opponent did not arm its expert(s) with the information necessary to combat your case.