Join FEWA for an installment of the FEWA Virtual Academy series on Wednesday, October 16 at 1:00 pm PT! The program, A Fellow-Experts Lesson's Learned on Marketing a Forensic Expert Practice, will be presented by FEWA Member, Vishal Sharma.

The Forensic Expert Witness Association offers webinars specifically tailored to the continuing education of expert witnesses. The FEWA Webinar series are free for all FEWA members and offered at the low price of $30 for non-members. The webinars are created to fit within the CFLC Core Program.

Registration is now open for the October 16 presentation. More information will be available soon!

Join FEWA for the next installment of the FEWA Virtual Networking series on November 13 at 1:00 PM PT! This event will be moderated by Diana Price and Brad Taft.

The FEWA Virtual Networking series provides a platform for FEWA members to meet each other online and connect regardless of location. Experts are able to discuss expert witness best practices, share experiences, provide referrals, and have the opportunity to build relationships with other members nationwide.

Please note that space is limited and available for FEWA members only.

Members: Did you miss the September 18 Virtual Networking Event? Watch it here!

Scott Stein, A.R.M. is one of FEWA’s newest members and has recently joined the Florida Chapter. With seven years of experience working in national insurance brokerage organizations followed by nineteen years of owning and managing his own independent insurance agency, Mr. Stein has vast experience and expertise in: Agent and Broker Procedures, Insurance Agent and Broker Liability, Insurance Errors and Omissions, and much more. Scott has been engaged as an insurance expert witness in excess of 200 cases across the United States, and has never been disqualified by any State or Federal Court.

To learn more about Scott, visit his FEWA profile. Please join us in welcoming Scott to FEWA!

The American Institute of CPAs has a new forensic accounting standard due to take effect at the beginning of next year, and it promises to give CPAs a leg up in terms of their credibility in providing litigation support as expert witnesses on the stand at trials.

Medical malpractice cases are often complex. Generally, in a medical malpractice case, the claimant, known as a plaintiff, will bring in a medical expert. Medical experts can be admittedly expensive and are not always easy to find. So why would your medical malpractice case need one? Medical experts in medical malpractice cases can provide a wide range of testimony to assist you in proving several parts of your case.

The mind is the most complex component to the human composition. Where mental health and wellbeing are at risk, or feature in a court case, a solicitor will often require the invaluable assistance of a psychologist or psychiatrist expert witness. However, where their roles share similarities, there can be confusion over which expert witness discipline is best suited to a particular case.

Informants are highly motivated to lie. But jurors don’t always have the information or skills to discern the truth. That's where expert witnesses play a vital role. Expert testimony could alert jurors to common misperceptions and mistakes and help them become better informant lie detectors.

There is an exploding need for forensic media specialists in all areas where big data analysis is central to policy and regulatory development and dispute resolution. In the decade ahead, 5G technology will demand forensic media analytics as an essential area for new career specialization.