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Program

Expert Witness Bootcamp
Program Sponsor: Financial Forensics Institute and American Institute for Expert Witness Education

Program Content

Develop and enhance your skills as an expert witness or consulting expert in litigation.

Each participant in the bootcamp will participate as a testifying or consulting expert in a trial involving financial testimony. Participants will learn the art of delivering effective testimony and how to withstand grueling cross examination. Our consulting expert participants will learn how to dissect and critique the reports and opinions of the testifying experts and how to prepare counsel for the expert segments of trial. Each participant will be coached and guided by members of our faculty of seasoned experts and trial attorneys. The bootcamp culminates in a courtroom setting during which each testifying expert presents and defends his or her own expert opinions on the witness stand.

Details
Learning Objectives
• Understand the legal process and courtroom protocol as relates to experts
• Apply the rules of discovery and evidence as relates to experts
• Interface appropriately with retaining and opposing counsel
• Present clear, persuasive and effective direct testimony
• Survive grueling cross-examination
• Deliver effective deposition testimony
• Communicate effectively with judges and jurors
• Paint a picture in the minds eye of the judge and jury
• Survive Daubert and other motions in limine to exclude expert testimony
• Respond to the opinions of the opposing expert
• Avoid unnecessary “landmines” in the expert’s report and file
• Avoid the mistakes of inexperienced experts
Development and Instruction Team
The Expert Witness Bootcamp is taught by the Financial Forensic Institute’s faculty members who are most experienced in litigation. Our faculty includes both trial attorneys and seasoned financial experts. The combined experience of the bootcamp faculty spans more than 300 trials.
Who Should Attend
Professionals in all disciplines who serve as or plan to serve as expert witnesses. Financial experts, doctors, attorneys, insurance professionals, real estate brokers, valuation and appraisal experts, accountants, engineers, scientists, vocational experts, construction experts, educators, psychologists, and other experts who wish to hone their skills as expert witnesses will find this program to be a most valuable experience.
Where and When
September 23-25 Dallas, TX
October 28-30 Washington, DC
November 8-10 Chicago, IL (Matrimonial Experts)
November 18-20 Atlanta, GA
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Pricing 2010
2010 Package Pricing
(Before early registration discounts.)...........Non-Member.............Member
Three-day Workshop...................................................$2,100..................$1,890
Cancellation Policy
For more information regarding refund, complaint, and/or program cancellation policies, please call our director of Member Services: (801) 486-0600.
CPE Hours
Delivery Method Group-Live
Program Level Intermediate
Advanced Preparation There will be some advanced preparation work with this course.
Prerequisites Previous training or research on subject matter being taught for CFFA Credential Criteria.
Fields of Study Communications 12
  Specialized Knowledge and Applications 12
Total CPE Hours   24

For more information regarding CPE, Program Levels and Fields of Study please click here.

NASBA Sponsorship
NACVA is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Web site: http://www.nasba.org/
 


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