Evidence and Expert Testimony
Will Yancey, PhD, CPA
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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, (December
1995),
www.the-scientist.com/article/display/16803/
- 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",
http://www.forensic-psych.com/articles/artAskexp05.php
- Clifford, Robert C., Qualifying & Attacking Expert Witnesses, (Santa Ana, CA: James Publishing, 1996).
- DaubertExpert.com ...Stephen Mahle
- Daubert On the Web ...Peter Nordberg
- Daubert Tracker ...MDEX Online, Inc.
- 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, Fourth, (Federal Judicial Center, 2004),
www.fjc.gov/public/home.nsf/pages/524.
- 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/public/home.nsf/pages/93
- Federal Judicial Center, Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, 2nd ed., (Federal Judicial Center, 2000),
www.fjc.gov/public/home.nsf/pages/610
- 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), http://law.unh.edu/risk/profrisk.htm#
- Forensic Panel Letter, www.forensicpanel.com
- Friedman Jack P., and Roman Weil, Litigation Support Report Writing: Accounting, Finance, and Economic Issues,
(Wiley, 2003).
- 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.
- Ladd, "Expert Testimony," 5 Vanderbilt Law Review 414 (1952).
- Lieb, Mark, and Browning Marean, III, Litigation Support Technical Standards,
www.ediscovery.org
- LitiLaw Legal Research ...free collection of articles for attorneys and expert witnesses
- Mahle, Stephen, Daubert and the Law and Science of Expert
Testimony in Business Litigation, www.daubertexpert.com
- 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/research/profiles/uglow.html
- University of California, Irvine, Department of Criminology, Law & Society, Scientific
Testimony [online journal], www.scientific.org
- Watts, Mikal C., "Daubert, Robinson and Khumho Tire: What's the Rule Now in Texas?",
http://www.cclawyer.org/khumopaper.htm
- Weil, Roman L., Michael J. Wagner, Christian W. Hughes, and Peter B. Frank, editors,
Litigation Services Handbook: The Role of the Financial Expert, 4th Edition, (Wiley, 2006, 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
Books
- Babitsky, Steven, and James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Cross-Examination:
The Comprehensive Guide For Experts,
(SEAK, 2003),
http://www.seak.com/shopping/Books/Cross_dash_Examination__dash__The_Comprehensive_Guide_For_Expert_Witnesses/index.html
- Babitsky, Steven, and James J. Mangraviti, Jr., How to Excel
During Depositions:
Techniques For Experts That Work,
(SEAK, 1998),
http://www.amazon.com/How-Excel-During-Deposition-Techniques/dp/1892904004
- Babitsky, Steven, and James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Writing and Defending Your Expert Report,
(SEAK, 2002),
http://www.seak.com/shopping/Books/Writing_and_Defending_Your_Expert_Report/index.html
- Brodsky, Stanley L., The Expert Expert Witness,
(American Psychological Association, 1999).
- Hamilton, Rosalie, The Expert
Witness Marketing Book, (Expert Communications, 2003),
http://www.expertcommunications.com/cart/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=20&category_id=2&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26&vmcchk=1&Itemid=26
- Johnson, Larry G., The Deposition Guide: A Practical Handbook
for Witnesses, (Law Forum Press, 2001), http://www.eskimo.com/~larrygj/
- 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
Federal Rules of Evidence
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
State Rules