You're not new to litigation, so you know the critical importance of building a strong argument using solid testimony and clear evidence. But what happens when you get to court? You can be completely prepared for your case, but if your evidence and expert testimony aren't presented effectively, it won't matter. Do you have the skills you need to make your support tools count? Get the most out of your evidence and testimony – and confidently refute your opponent – with the success strategies you'll learn here.

This distillation of some of the best strategies used by top litigators can easily be learned from the convenience of your office. Learn how to effectively present evidence, skillfully attack your opposition's evidence, get expert testimony admitted into court and much more. Order today!

1. The Law of Expert Testimony
2. Attacking Opposing Evidence
3. Evidence, Experts and Hearsay in the Courtroom
4. Getting Scientific and Expert Testimony Admitted Into Evidence
5. Attacking Opposing Expert Testimony
6. Ethics, Evidence and Experts

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1. THE LAW OF EXPERT TESTIMONY
   9:00 - 10:00, Mark S. Kardos
   1. The Post Frye Standard
   2. The Daubert Challenge
      1. The Four Criteria Defined
      2. The Two-Pronged Test
   3. Kumho Tire v. Carmichael - Key Points
   4. A Look Into the Future
2. ATTACKING OPPOSING EVIDENCE
   10:15 - 11:00, Scott A. Bennett and Paul A. Lauricella
   1. How to Block Admission of Evidence
   2. Strategies for Questioning the Validity of the Evidence to Persuade the Jury
   3. Practice Skills: Case Studies and Examples in Opposing Evidence
3. EVIDENCE, EXPERTS AND HEARSAY IN THE COURTROOM
   11:00 - 12:00, Scott A. Bennett and Paul A. Lauricella
   1. The Hearsay Rule
   2. Hearsay Exclusions and Exceptions
   3. Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence
   4. Electronic Evidence and Hearsay
4. GETTING SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERT TESTIMONY ADMITTED INTO EVIDENCE
   1:00 - 2:15, Mark S. Kardos
   1. "Gatekeeping Obligations" in Federal Court
   2. "Gatekeeping Obligations" of Scientific and Expert Testimony in State Court
   3. Considerations for Plaintiff Counsel
   4. Considerations for Defense Counsel
   5. Impact of Daubert and Kumho Tire on Judges and Experts
   6. Planning Ahead to Gain Control Over When and How Daubert Challenges Will be Made
   7. How to Introduce Expert Testimony in Clear, Succinct Ways
   8. Qualifications of Experts
   9. Threshold the Expert Must Meet
   10. How to Show Research Verifying the Methodologies and Theories Your Experts Rely Upon
   11. Using Hypotheticals to Support Your Case
   12. Admissibility of Expert Reports
   13. Practice Skills: Case Studies and Examples in Getting Your Evidence Admitted
5. ATTACKING OPPOSING EXPERT TESTIMONY
   2:30 - 3:30, Michael D. Brophy
   1. How to Block Admission of Opposing Expert Testimony
   2. Cross-Examining Opposing Experts - Questioning Techniques That Work
   3. Challenging the Expert's Evidence
   4. How to Illustrate the Invalidity of the Expert's Methodologies
6. ETHICS, EVIDENCE AND EXPERTS
   3:30 - 4:30, Michael D. Brophy
   1. Confidentiality and Privileged Communications With Experts
   2. Work Product Doctrine
   3. Fees and the Expert Opinion
   4. Avoiding Conflicts of Interest

SCOTT A. BENNETT is an attorney with The Beasley Firm, LLC, practicing primarily in the areas of personal injury and products liability. For the last 30 years, Mr. Bennett has functioned as the firm's go-to lawyer in litigation regarding automobile claims and insurance, and has won many substantial judgments. He specializes in auto accidents involving roadway defects. He has also posted impressive awards for clients in cases involving medical malpractice, product liability, civil rights, and premises liability. Mr. Bennett has been recognized as one of Pennsylvania's "Super Lawyers." A recent case he litigated, Washington v. City of Lancaster et al., spurred significant changes in the way that the City of Lancaster Police Department transports K-9 police dogs. Mr. Bennett was interviewed as a legal expert about dog bite law and litigation on the Comcast network's It's Your Call with Lynn Doyle. In the area of civil rights, Scott took on the Philadelphia Police Department and obtained a substantial settlement for the death of an unarmed man. Mr. Bennett is a member of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American bar associations, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and the Defense Research Institute. He is also a frequent lecturer for the National Business Institute and has spoken on premises liability, wrongful death, and personal injury issues. Mr. Bennett received his B.A. degree, cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts and his J.D. degree from Villanova University.

MICHAEL D. BROPHY is a partner with Goldberg Segalla LLP, where he concentrates his practice in the defense of medical malpractice and products liability. In recent years, Mr. Brophy has developed a specialty in psychiatric malpractice cases, as well as traditional medical malpractice litigation. He has been designated as lead trial counsel by health care organizations with both local and national affiliations. Mr. Brophy earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the State University of New York at Oneonta and his J.D. degree from Villanova University. He is a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, International Association of Defense Council and the American Association of Health Care Lawyers.

MARK S. KARDOS is the principal in the law offices of Kardos & Goch, where he practices in the areas of personal injury and medical malpractice. Mr. Kardos has litigated several medical malpractice cases to a verdict, some of which have been noted in the Pennsylvania Jury Reporter and the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers' The Verdict. The parties in more than 1,400 cases involving UM and UIM law have chosen him as arbitration chairman. Mr. Kardos is a former instructor of business and real estate law at Temple University. He earned his B.S. degree from Millersville University and his J.D. degree from the University of Baltimore Law School. Mr. Kardos is a member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association.

PAUL A. LAURICELLA is a partner with The Beasley Firm, LLC, and has been working there since 1987. For five years Mr. Lauricella was an assistant district attorney in Nassau County, New York, where he prosecuted drug dealers, rapists, arsonists and armed robbers. Mr. Lauricella has won multi-million-dollar verdicts against psychiatrists, surgeons, general practitioners, gynecologists and radiologists. He has won million-dollar verdicts against orthopedists, cardiologists, oral surgeons and urologists. Mr. Lauricella has also won verdicts against corporations which have marketed unsafe products and against those which have engaged in illegal employment practices. He also practices within the specialty of intellectual property and trademark law. Mr. Lauricella has most recently represented the estate of legendary Philadelphia broadcaster John Facenda in connection with the unauthorized use of Mr. Facenda's voice and likeness in television advertising. He is a graduate of Hofstra University where he received a BA in political science, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated cum laude from Villanova School of Law in 1982, finishing well within the top ten percent of his class.

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