Author: Daniel A. Bronstein

Price: $79.95

ISBN#: 0849381355

Published Date: 2002

Hard Cover

• Incorporates material- from the author's earlier book, Demystifying the Law, now out of print-about filing suit and pre-trial conferences
• Includes significant updated material in the first five chapters, reflecting changes in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence
• Provides an illustrative case in the chapter "Other Discovery Techniques," showing how failure to respond to a request for admission may be very expensive
• Acknowledges the significance of Daubert v. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals on the admissibility of expert testimony in the extensive reworking and expansion of the chapter "Who is an Expert and When One Can Testify"
  
  Written by a trial lawyer turned professor, Law for the Expert Witness, Second Edition is for professionals who participate - voluntarily or involuntarily - in the legal system as expert witnesses. This book discusses the practical aspects of pre-trial discovery and the Rules of Evidence. Most of the principles are illustrated using actual cases decided by various courts. The book also includes helpful hints based on the author's trial experience and appendices that contain the texts of the relevant Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence. This text is an excellent primer for chemists, medical professionals, civil engineers, environmental toxicologists, and other professionals called to provide expert testimony, as well as a practical handbook for lawyers to utilize in preparing experts for testifying.