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Did you miss an installment of the FEWA Virtual Academy Series? Catch up on past presentations and earn CFLC Credit! The Forensic Expert Witness Association offers webinars specifically tailored to the continuing education of expert witnesses. The FEWA Virtual Academy series is free for all FEWA members. The webinars are created to fit within the CFLC Core Program.

All webinars are eligible for 1 CFLC credit. If you missed the webinar, go to the Past Webinars page to watch the presentation or go through the slides and fill out the appropriate survey to confirm participation.

Please note that you will have to sign in to your FEWA account to access the Past Webinars page. Previous recordings are available for FEWA members only.

  

Do you know of someone who has gone above and beyond recently? Let us recognize their professional contributions by featuring them as the FEWA Member Spotlight in our bi-weekly newsletter! If you have someone in mind, send their name and accomplishments to info@forensic.org.

  

The FEWA e-newsletter is distributed twice a month – that’s 24 opportunities for you to contribute an article, news item or event notice for our newsletter! We are always interested to hear about your experiences as an expert witness and legal consultant, whether you are just starting out your career or are a seasoned expert. The Forensic Expert Witness is the perfect place to write an op-ed style article about it to share your insights with other experts, and gain visibility for your FEWA profile and expertise.

Submit your community editorial to the FEWA National Staff by email here. Happy writing!

FEWA Member Spotlight
  

Mitchell Lathrop is an expert on insurance and reinsurance, including issues involving claims handling, scope of coverage, primary/excess issues, standard of care for insurers and policyholders. He has testified in both state and federal courts in multiple jurisdictions. Mitch is also an expert on lawyers’ professional responsibilities, including legal ethical issues, legal malpractice, and the standards of care and conduct expected of attorneys. He spent over 20 years in attorney discipline, and was a former Presiding Referee of the California State Bar Court, the disciplinary body for California lawyers. Read more below. 

  

Wendy Carlson has examined more than 15,000 documents in over 1,400 cases. She has testified and/or been appointed more than 120 times. Her work has been performed nationally and internationally. She is qualified as an expert in 16 states, Canada and the Bahamas. She has taken on cases from attorneys, citizens, government entities and corporations. Read more below. 

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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!

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Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP 26) provides a basic outline for expert witness reports that can be helpful for a first-time expert to review. Overall, the Rules can provide information about proceedings that may help orient an expert witness to the process. Rule 26 covers a number of details related to the parties’ duty to disclose certain information to one another. This rule includes the responsibility to disclose information about witnesses each party intends to call at trial.

While being an expert witness can be rewarding on many levels, including financially, it is vital anyone considering this kind of work be prepared for what they would be taking on. Learn more about some of the qualities and skills an expert witness needs to succeed, along with some of the realities that come with the job.

Time is money, and few professionals are more aware of this than attorneys. For lawyers, time can affect the availability or quality of evidence and the ability to handle a case effectively. Several tools allow attorneys to reduce the time they spend on cases. By reducing the time required to close a case, attorneys can better manage their work while still offering quality results for their clients. These three tools allow attorneys to find case evidence more quickly, allowing them to speed up case timelines for settlements.

Plaintiffs in wrongful death cases routinely ask expert witnesses to compute the loss of the victim’s anticipated contributions to a family. The experts generally rely on past earnings as part of their analysis. Whether the belated disclosure of that data renders an expert’s opinions unreliable or otherwise requires exclusion of the expert’s opinion was the issue in a recent federal case in the District of Nevada.

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Did you attend the FEWA National Conference in June? Conference attendees earned up to 13 educational credits 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.