Tales From the Witness Stand: What ‘Winning’ Expert Testimony Looks Like (Presented by Above the Law)

Moderator, Bob Ambrogi | Above the Law

Bob is a lawyer and journalist who has been writing and speaking about legal technology and innovation for more than two decades. He writes the award-winning blog LawSites, is a columnist for Above the Law, hosts the podcast about legal innovation, LawNext, and hosts the weekly legal tech journalists’ roundtable, Legaltech Week. He is also co-founder of the LawNext Legal Technology Directory.

Ryan Baker | Waymaker

Representing individual investors to multinational corporations as both plaintiffs and defendants, Ryan’s cases involve intellectual property (copyright, trademark, trade secret and patent), antitrust, securities and white-collar crime. He has argued and prevailed in precedent-setting appeals, including cases relating to anti-SLAPP law, copyright, insurers’ duties, civil procedure and contract interpretation. He has also handled cases before numerous arbitral organizations, including FINRA.

Dr. Tom Smith | Emory University

Dr. Smith is an economist and a Professor in the Practice of Finance at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. His research and consulting focuses on the economics of entertainment (reality television, film, and media) and sports, labor economics and labor trends, economics of education and education policy, health economics and hospitals, immigration, philanthropy and the economics of religion.

I. What “winning” expert testimony looks like | 1:00pm – 1:15pm

II. How effective lawyers cross-examine experts | 1:15pm – 1:30pm

III. How top expert witnesses translate specialized jargon for factfinders | 1:30pm – 1:40pm

IV. Trends in preparation for expert testimony | 1:40pm – 1:50pm

V. Q&A | 1:50pm – 2:00pm