Evidence and Expert Testimony

Contents of this page:

• Articles, Treatises, and Websites
   
• Court Opinions
• Deposition Preparation
• Rules of Evidence

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• Damages Bibliography by Dennis McConnell(152 kilobytes)
• Data Mining
• Electronic Evidence and Records Retention
• Experts Directories (expert witnesses in economics, accounting, finance, and other fields)
• Forensic Economics Bibliography
• Forensic Economics Consultants
• General Law
• Malpractice and Professional Standards for Accountants and expert Witnesses
• Statitistical Evidence in Litigation
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Disclaimer: Inclusion on this list does NOT imply the cited work is or was a good authority. This list is NOT an exhaustive list of the relevant literature and Web sites.
 

Articles, Treatises, and Websites about Evidence and Expert Testimony

• Adrogue, Sofia, and Alan Ratliff, "Kicking the Tires After Kumho : The Bottom Line on Admitting Financial Expert Testimony", 37 Houston Law Review  431 (2000).
• Brent , Robert L., "Bring Scholarship To The Courtroom: Examining The Daubert Decision," 12 The Scientist 11, (November 1995), www.the-scientist.library.upenn.edu/yr1995/dec/daubert_951211.html
• Bursztajn, Harold J., Linda Stout Saunders, and Archie Brodsky, "National Certification for Forensic Psychiatrists: A Preview of the Post-Daubert Expert," Journal of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys - "Ask the Expert",  www.forensic-psych.com/pubs/mata/askexp05.htm
• Clifford, Robert C., Qualifying & Attacking Expert Witnesses, (Santa Ana, CA: James Publishing, 1996).
• DaubertExpert.com ...Stephen Mahle
   
• Daubert On the Web ...Peter Nordberg
   
• Davis, Peggy, NYU Law School web site on Evidence, www.law.nyu.edu/davisp/evidence/
   
• Faigman, D. L., "The evidentiary status of social science under Daubert: Is it "scientific," "technical," or "other" knowledge," 1 Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 960 (1995).
• Federal Judicial Center, Manual for Complex Litigation, Third, (Federal Judicial Center, 1995),  air.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/mcl.pdf/$File/mcl.pdf .
  • Manual section 21.48.  Disclosure and Discovery of Expert Opinions
  • Manual section 21.493  Sampling/Opinion Surveys
• Federal Judicial Center, Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, 1st ed., (Federal Judicial Center, 1994), www.fjc.gov/EVIDENCE/science/sc_ev_sec.html
• Federal Judicial Center, Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, 2nd ed., (Federal Judicial Center, 2000), air.fjc.gov/public/fjcweb.nsf/pages/16
  • Each section is downloadable as a PDF file from the Federal Judicial Center's web site.
  • The Supreme Court's Trilogy on the Admissibility of Expert Evidence, Margaret A. Berger (163 K)
  • Management of Expert Evidence, William W Schwarzer & Joe S. Cecil (163 K)
  • How Science Works, David Goodstein (98 K)
  • Reference Guide on Statistics, David H. Kaye & David A. Freedman (455 K)
  • Reference Guide on Multiple Regression, Daniel L. Rubinfeld (260 K)
  • Reference Guide on Survey Research, Shari Seidman Diamond (228 K)
  • Reference Guide on Estimation of Economic Losses in Damages Awards, Robert E. Hall & Victoria A. Lazear (228 K)
  • Reference Guide on Epidemiology, Michael D. Green, D. Mical Freedman & Leon Gordis (260 K)
  • Reference Guide on Toxicology, Bernard D. Goldstein & Mary Sue Henifin (195 K)
  • Reference Guide on Medical Testimony, Mary Sue Henifin, Howard M. Kipen & Susan R. Poulter (228 K)
  • Reference Guide on DNA Evidence, David H. Kaye & George F. Sensabaugh, Jr. (423 K)
  • Reference Guide on Engineering Practices and Methods, Henry Petroski (228 K)
  • Index (98 K)
• Field, Thomas G., and Colleen M. Keegan, "Daubert's Significance," 4 Risk: Health, Safety and Environment, (Fall 1993), www.fplc.edu/risk/vol4/fall/daubert.htm
• Forensic Panel Letter,  www.forensicpanel.com
• Imwinkelried, Edward J., Methods of Attacking Scientific Evidence, 3rd edition, (Lexis Law Publishing, 1997).
   
• Imwinkelried, Edward J., and Paul C. Giannelli, Scientific Evidence, 3rd edition, (Lexis Law Publishing, 1999), 2 volumes.
• Kaye, David H., "Publications on Statistics, Probability Theory, and Evidence," http://homepages.law.asu.edu/~kayed/pubs/p_ls.htm
   
• Ladd, "Expert Testimony," 5 Vanderbilt Law Review 414 (1952).
• Lieb, Mark, and Browning Marean, III, Litigation Support Technical Standards, www.ediscovery.org
   
• Mahle, Stephen, Daubert and the Law and Science of Expert Testimony in Business Litigation,  www.daubertexpert.com
• Malone, Partick, "Working with Experts in the Daubert Era", www.jurispro.com/thepro/view_article.asp?TipID=27
   
• Martin, Michael M., Basic Problems of Evidence, 6th Edition, (Philadephia: ALI-ABA, 1988), ordering information at www.ali-aba.org/aliaba/cclit.htm
• Mealey's Daubert Report: reviewing the law and admissibility of expert witness testimony,  www.mealeys.com
• Milloy, Steven J., Science Without Sense: The Risky Business of Public Health Research, (Cato Institute, 1995), www.junkscience.com/sws.html
• Nordberg, Peter, Daubert on the Web, www.daubertontheweb.com
   
• Practitioners Publishing Company, Guide to Litigation Support Services, 3 volumes, (revised May 2000).
• Tager, Evan M., Alan E. Untereiner, and Eilenn Penner,"Bad Faith Experts After Kumho", Mayer Brown & Platt, http://library.lp.findlaw.com/articles/file/00108/002281/title/Subject/topic/Litigation%20%20Appeals_Evidence/Discovery/filename/litigationappeals_1_275
   
• Twining, William, Rethinking Evidence, (Blackwell, 1990).
• Uglow, Steve, Law of Evidence, www.kent.ac.uk/law/undergraduate/modules/evidence/study.htm
• University of California, Irvine, Department of Criminology, Law & Society, Scientific Testimony [online journal],  www.scientific.org
• Weil, Roman, L., Michael J. Wagner, and Peter B. Frank, editors, Litigation Services Handbook: The Role of the Financial Expert, 3rd Edition, (Wiley, 2001, with annual supplements).

Court Opinions

• Bogosian v. Gulf Oil Corp., 738 F.2d 587, (3rd. Cir. 1984).
• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 509 U.S. 579, 113 S. Ct. 2786, laws.findlaw.com/us/509/579.html    (US Supreme Court, June 29, 1993).
• E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc. v. C. R. Robinson, 923 SW 2d 549, (Texas Supreme Court, 1995, rehearing overruled, 1996).
• General Electric v. Joiner, 522 U.S. 141, laws.findlaw.com/us/000/96-188.html   (US Supreme Court, December 15, 1997).
• Holland v. US, 348 U.S. 121, laws.findlaw.com/us/348/121.html (US Supreme Court, December 6, 1954).
   
• Kumho Tire Company, Ltd. v. Patrick Carmichael, 526 U. S. 137, 119 S. Ct. 1167, laws.findlaw.com/us/526/137.html   (US Supreme Court, March 23, 1999).

Deposition Preparation

There are many books, articles, and websites on deposition preparation.  Following are selected links and citations.
 

Websites

• Divorceinfo.com - Ready to be a witness?
• Expert Communications - Rosalie Hamilton on Expert Witness Marketing and Training
• ExpertLaw - Expert Witness Practice
   
• Expertpages.com - General Information About Expert Witnesses and Consultants
• Expertpages.com - Litigation:  Selecting and Preparing Expert Witnesses
• Florida Bar - Depositions or giving testimonty out of court
• Florida Bar - What you should know about being a witness
• Havens, Robert S. - Hurtworker.com - What is a deposition?
• Howe & Associates - Having your deposition taken
• Kolczynski, Phillip J. - How to Be a Succsessful Expert Witness
• 'Lectric Law Library - Expert Witness & Consultants' Reading Room
   
• Louisiana State Bar Association - Preparing to be a witness
• SEAK Inc. - provider of seminars and educational materials for litigation experts
   
• Synchronics Group - Five Imperatives for Expert Witnesses
   

Books

• Babitsky, Steven, and James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Cross-Examination: The Comprehensive Guide For Experts, (SEAK, 2003), www.seak.com/webstore/ce2book.asp
• Babitsky, Steven, and James J. Mangraviti, Jr., How to Excel During Depositions: Techniques For Experts That Work, (SEAK, 1998), www.seak.com/webstore/ce2book.asp
• Babitsky, Steven, and James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Writing and Defending Your Expert Report, (SEAK, 2002), www.seak.com/webstore/ce2book.asp
• Brodsky, Stanley L., The Expert Expert Witness, (American Psychological Association, 1999).
• Hamilton, Rosalie, The Expert Witness Marketing Book, (Expert Communications, 2003), expertcommunications.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ECTT&Product_Code=001
   
• Johnson, Larry G., The Deposition Guide: A Practical Handbook for Witnesses, (Law Forum Press, 2001), www.eskimo.com/~larrygj/depbook.htm
   
• Lathan, Virginia A., The Deposition Handbook, (Curry-Co Publications, 1995).
• Merenbach, Dennis G., and Anthony Stephens, How to Be an Expert Witness, (Fithian Press, 1993).
• Poynter, Dan, The Expert Witness Handbook, (Para Publishing, 1997).
• Smith, Fred Chris, and Rebecca Gurley Bace, A Guide to Forensic Testimony: The Art and Practice of Presenting Testimony As An Expert Technical Witness, (Addison Wesley Professional, 2002).

Rules of Evidence

General

• Civil Procedure Home Page ...Indiana University School of Law
• Civil Procedure Materials ...Cornell LII
• Evidence Law Materials ...Cornell LII
• Evidence Site on the Web ...Evidence Section of the Association of American Law Schools

Federal Rules of Evidence

• Rule 702, Testimony by Experts
• Rule 703, Bases of Opinion Testimony by Experts

• Federal Rules of Evidence ...Cornell LII
• Federal Rules of Evidence ...Expert Pages

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ...Findlaw.com
   
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ...Cornell LII
  • Rule 26 (a) (2).  Disclosure of Expert Testimony

State Rules

• California Evidence Code - table of contents
• Texas Rules of Civil Evidence ...Tarlton Law Library at University of Texas
• State Court Locators
   

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