Last month in Fort Lauderdale, Ivy Group Senior Consultant and President of the Florida chapter of the Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA), Jack Townley, hosted the Joint Workshop for Experts and Attorneys.
The workshop sessions covered a variety of topics to enhance the joint work of attorneys and experts:
Cyber Security
Santiago Ayala, Aldo Leiva, Esq., and Aaron Weiss provided knowledge and applications for how experts can improve in the realm of cyber security and client document safety.
Experts from the Attorney Perspective
Roy Taub, Esq. explained what attorneys look for in an expert witnesses, and presented an in depth checklist outlining attorney expectations.
Depo and Cross Do’s and Don’ts
Barry Snyder, Esq. speaking as a trial consultant, used a host of real-life stories to enumerate what an expert should and shouldn’t during depositions and cross examinations.
Leverage of Digital Marketing
Robert Rand presented remarks on what works and what doesn’t work in marketing expert services via social media networks.
Bob Bitterli, Ivy Group president/CEO, was in the audience with Bill Weber, founding partner of Weber and Tinnen Structural Engineers and longtime Ivy Group associate. Bob said the workshop was excellent, and the tips and techniques derived from the sessions “will enhance the forensic expert’s performance and the value delivered by the expert witness to attorneys and their claims.”
