The New World of Experts

Registration Fee:

$210

CLE Hours

6 CLE Hours
including
1 Ethics Hour, 1 Professionalism Hour and 4 Trial Practice Hours

Originally Aired December 9, 2005

Archived Webcast

Moderator:
Ronald L. Carlson, Professor, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens

Welcome and Program Overview

Experts After Daubert and Tort Reform
This program segment features Question-and-Answer testimony in a mock trial on numerous evidentiary aspects of expert witness law, old and new. Challenges to experts based on traditional law as well as the 2005 legislative changes will be addressed through the drama of courtroom testimony.
Professor Ronald L. Carlson and “The Mighty Carlson Law Players”
John W. Timmons, Jr., Timmons Warnes & Anderson LLP, Athens
Stephen J. Harper, Adjunct Professor, University of Georgia School of Law; Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Athens

How to Qualify a Medical Expert After 2005 — A Demonstration: Trial Lawyer Gary Christy Takes a Physician Through Direct Examination, Applying the New Requirements for Experts Imposed by OCGA 24-9-67 (2005)
Direct Examination: Gary C. Christy, Gregory, Christy, Maniklal & Dennis, LLP, Atlanta
Cross-Examination: Michael S. Carlson, Office of the District
Attorney, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Atlanta
Witness: E. Marcus Davis, Program Co-Chair, Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum, & Lotito, Atlanta

Judges on Expert Trial Strategy. The Judges Briefly Comment on Their Reaction to the Trial Tactics of the Demonstrating Lawyers
Hon. C. Ashley Royal, Judge, United State District Court, Middle District of Georgia, Macon
Hon. Neal W. Dickert, Judge, Superior Court, Augusta Circuit, Evans
Hon. Craig L. Schwall, Judge, State Court of Fulton County, Atlanta

How to Present Experts

Pleading the Case –– Meeting the Affidavit Requirement
Leslie J. Bryan

Jury Instructions That Apply to Expert Testimony, Instructions the Lawyers Might Request, the Role of Expert Witness Depositions in Georgia Trials, and the Status of Signed Narrative Medical Reports
Hon. Neal W. Dickert

Lawyers Must Address the “Helpfulness” and “Fit” Requirements of Daubert: Conducting the Daubert Hearing, What Lawyers Should Expect at a Daubert Hearing, and Prejudice Element.
Hon. C. Ashley Royal

How We Got There –– The Legislative Trial to Tort Reform
Hon. Barry A. Fleming, Georgia House Majority Whip, Fulcher Hagler LLP, Augusta

Questions and Answers
General Q & A on topics like how does one find an expert, preparing the expert for deposition and trial, and written audience questions which have been submitted to Professor Carlson.
Panelists:
Hon. Neal W. Dickert
Hon. Barry A. Fleming
Hon. C. Ashley Royal
Hon. Craig L. Schwall
Leslie J. Bryan
Michael S. Carlson
Gary C. Christy

Judicial Control of Experts — Keeping a Judicial Eye on the Candor of Experts
Hon. Craig L. Schwall

Transition Into Law Practice Program and Mentoring
Douglas G. Ashworth, Director, Transition Into Law Practice Program, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta
John T. Marshall, Powell Goldstein LLP, Atlanta

Ethics
J. Randolph Evans, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta

Registration Fee: $210 CLE Hours 6 CLE Hours including 1 Ethics Hour, 1 Professionalism Hour and 4 Trial Practice Hours
	Originally Aired December 9, 2005 Archived Webcast
	Moderator: Ronald L. Carlson, Professor, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens
	Welcome and Program Overview
	Experts After Daubert and Tort Reform This program segment features Question-and-Answer testimony in a mock trial on numerous evidentiary aspects of expert witness law, old and new. Challenges to experts based on traditional law as well as the 2005 legislative changes will be addressed through the drama of courtroom testimony. Professor Ronald L. Carlson and “The Mighty Carlson Law Players” John W. Timmons, Jr., Timmons Warnes & Anderson LLP, Athens Stephen J. Harper, Adjunct Professor, University of Georgia School of Law; Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Athens
	How to Qualify a Medical Expert After 2005 — A Demonstration: Trial Lawyer Gary Christy Takes a Physician Through Direct Examination, Applying the New Requirements for Experts Imposed by OCGA 24-9-67 (2005) Direct Examination: Gary C. Christy, Gregory, Christy, Maniklal & Dennis, LLP, Atlanta Cross-Examination: Michael S. Carlson, Office of the District Attorney, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Atlanta Witness: E. Marcus Davis, Program Co-Chair, Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum, & Lotito, Atlanta
	Judges on Expert Trial Strategy. The Judges Briefly Comment on Their Reaction to the Trial Tactics of the Demonstrating Lawyers Hon. C. Ashley Royal, Judge, United State District Court, Middle District of Georgia, Macon Hon. Neal W. Dickert, Judge, Superior Court, Augusta Circuit, Evans Hon. Craig L. Schwall, Judge, State Court of Fulton County, Atlanta
	How to Present Experts
	Pleading the Case –– Meeting the Affidavit Requirement Leslie J. Bryan
	Jury Instructions That Apply to Expert Testimony, Instructions the Lawyers Might Request, the Role of Expert Witness Depositions in Georgia Trials, and the Status of Signed Narrative Medical Reports Hon. Neal W. Dickert
	Lawyers Must Address the “Helpfulness” and “Fit” Requirements of Daubert: Conducting the Daubert Hearing, What Lawyers Should Expect at a Daubert Hearing, and Prejudice Element. Hon. C. Ashley Royal
	How We Got There –– The Legislative Trial to Tort Reform Hon. Barry A. Fleming, Georgia House Majority Whip, Fulcher Hagler LLP, Augusta
	Questions and Answers General Q & A on topics like how does one find an expert, preparing the expert for deposition and trial, and written audience questions which have been submitted to Professor Carlson. Panelists: Hon. Neal W. Dickert Hon. Barry A. Fleming Hon. C. Ashley Royal Hon. Craig L. Schwall Leslie J. Bryan Michael S. Carlson Gary C. Christy
	Judicial Control of Experts — Keeping a Judicial Eye on the Candor of Experts Hon. Craig L. Schwall
	Transition Into Law Practice Program and Mentoring Douglas G. Ashworth, Director, Transition Into Law Practice Program, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta John T. Marshall, Powell Goldstein LLP, Atlanta
	Ethics J. Randolph Evans, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta