Expert Witness Neil Wertlieb Presents at the State Bar Annual Meeting

Neil Wertlieb presented at the Annual Meeting of the State Bar of California in San Diego, California, on September 30, 2016. Mr. Wertlieb was a co-panelist for a program entitled “The Effective and Ethical Use of Expert Witnesses.” The program explored the use of expert witnesses in litigation. Topics included:  how to effectively use an expert; the ethical and practical constraints on the use of expert witnesses, including when the expert is an attorney; evidentiary rules that govern expert testimony; and key considerations the expert should address with retaining counsel before the scope of his or her testimony is even discussed. As a former Chair of the State Bar’s Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, and a current officer of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee, Mr. Wertlieb’s portion of the panel discussion focused on the ethical issues applicable to litigators in their use of expert witnesses and the ethical issues applicable to attorneys when acting as expert witnesses.