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2012 Annual Conference Was A Success!

Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA)’s main goal is to improve the quality of expert witnesses and their Annual Conference, which was held Apr. 26-28 in Las Vegas, is a major part of accomplishing that goal, according Don Gilbert, Executive Director.

This year’s Conference kicked off Apr. 26 with “Expert Witness Marketing Secrets” by Rosalie Hamilton and Jim Robinson who are known as the expert witness marketing experts.  Ms. Hamilton provides customized marketing They covered “How Attorneys Dig Up Dirt on Expert Witnesses” (including Expert Witness Profiler), “Expanding Your Practice”, “Expert Websites”, “Expert Billing and Collecting” and a Q&A session.  “Invaluable information” was the most common comment heard in impromptu interviews at the end of the day.  A veteran FEWA member reports that he is having his company devote the rest of the week to implementing specific things he learned from the session.

The main portion of the Conference, “How to be an Effective Expert Witness” by the Hon. Paul Chernoff and James Mangraviti, Esq., began on Thursday, Apr. 27 and continued on Friday.  Both presenters were well received as they discussed in detail how to build a reputation of being an effective witness, not just an expert and not just an expert witness, but an EFFECTIVE WITNESS.  Chernoff and Mangraviti  covered deposition, direct examination and persuasion skills, plus cross-examination skills.  They used Q&A’s, video of experts testifying in real cases and mock trial demos.  The audience particularly enjoyed the “mock trial excerpts” using attendee volunteers, who had submitted their C.V. and a sample report ahead of time.

“They really know their stuff,” one attendee said.

“Very professionally presented, strong content,” commented another.

“Both were very interesting individuals I enjoyed getting to know,” one Conference-goer reported. “I felt comfortable asking them questions during breaks and at meals and cocktail hour.”