Get ready for a full day of expert tips, best practices, and strategies to elevate your practice!

We’ll cover a variety of topics during this full-day session, including:

• Ethics in expert witnessing
• Creating professional exhibits and demonstratives in reports (visual aids, graphics, and audio elements)
• Marketing and growing your expert witness practice
• Best practices for billing, collections, and financial management
• Protecting your practice from AI-related risks and liabilities

Plus, valuable networking with fellow expert witnesses from across the country.

Whether you're new to the field or a seasoned pro, this is your chance to gain actionable insights and connections.

Registration costs:
FEWA Members: $395
Non-Members: $545

Sponsorship opportunities are available - email us at info@forensic.org to learn more.

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Congratulations to Randy Wall, Principal of Snowsports Experts and Consulting, on his recent appointment as Senior Vice President on the Executive Committee of the Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA)!

With over 40 years of leadership in snow sports and civil engineering, Randy brings a unique blend of hands-on experience, technical expertise, and forensic insight.

As a licensed PE in multiple states, certified ski instructor (multiple PSIA levels), and seasoned expert witness in snow sports litigation, he applies engineering principles to forensic investigations involving ski area operations, risk management, and safety.

Welcome, Randy! We're thrilled to have you on the FEWA Board of Directors.

David D. Hunter is a Registered Consulting Arborist with ASCA RCA # 408, USFS Trained Tree Risk Assessor since 1978, ISA Certified Arborist and ISA Tree Risk Assessor Qualified, Professional Plant Appraiser and Professional Forester. Providing both expert witness and consulting services, David has been called upon to testify in court and has helped clientsreach resolution prior to trial. His services include: expert witness in arboriculture, forestry and wildland fire, professional plant appraisals of landscapes, trees and timber trespass, tree forensics as to why a tree or tree part failed causing injury or death, visual tree health and visual tree hazard/ risk assessments and insurance claims relating to damage done to tree, or people/ property damaged by trees.

Your FEWA membership includes a number of benefits, including a listing in the FEWA Online Directory and an Enhanced Online Profile. Enhanced Online Profile allows members to improve their visibility to members of the legal community who are seeking experts by making effective enhancements. Are you making the most of your Directory listing? Do you have an Online Enhanced Profile? Take advantage of these benefits today!

The New York Supreme Court case of Caminiti v. Extell serves as a prime example of how labor law expert witness testimony regarding safety standards and statutory requirements can decisively influence liability determinations in complex workplace injury litigation. (Expert Witness Blog)

An examination of "ephemeral evidence" highlights how expert witnesses must serve as the primary recorders of transient phenomena—such as disappearing digital data, fading odors, or volatile AI outputs—by prioritizing rigorous methodology and real-time documentation to ensure such "invisible" evidence remains admissible in court. (Round Table Group)

To serve as effectively as possible and help shape courtroom outcomes, expert witnesses need to fully understand the importance of their highly specialized roles, understanding how their input differs from that of regular witnesses, while adhering to strict legal standards of admissibility and ethical objectivity. (Science Insights)

Two recent Federal Circuit decisions, Willis and Exafer, have further refined the court’s Daubert gatekeeping framework by clarifying that district courts may evaluate an expert’s reliability based on their full report and that patent damages models may include non-accused product sales if a sufficient causal connection is established. (JD Supra)

With AI-generated evidence and testimony becoming an ever-more present tool at the forensic expert witness's disposal, it's vital that a rigorous chain of custody is maintained to ensure authenticity and admissibility in court, as it protects the integrity of the data from the moment of collection through its presentation in legal proceedings. (ForensisGroup)

Did you attend the FEWA National Conference or the FEWA Expert Summit? Conference and Summit attendees earned up to six educational credits for each event towards the Certified Forensic Litigation Consultant (CFLC) credential. FEWA Professional and Professional Consulting members are eligible to apply for the CFLC. Do you qualify for the CFLC? Learn more about the application requirements.