How I Analyze 2756 Pages Without Missing Key Points as an Expert Witness
𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙯𝙚 𝟮𝟳𝟱𝟲 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨
Without missing key points that make or break a case
Steps 1-4 of an attorney-expert engagements are:
𝟭) 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝟭𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙩
• We found you through word-of-mouth
• We saw your website and were impressed
• We received your CV and Fee Schedule via email
• We connected on LinkedIn and you know your stuff
𝟮) 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚
• Our case involves an endoscopy gone bad
• Can we jump on a call to discuss an endoscopy
• Let's set up a Zoom to talk about an endoscopy
• What are your thoughts on this endoscopy (preview)
𝟯) 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚-𝙤𝙪𝙩
• Do you do XYZ cases
• Do you perform XYZ procedure
• Do you have a conflict with hospital XYZ
• Do you have a conflict with physician XYZ
𝟰) 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙖 𝙙𝙪𝙢𝙥
• Attached is the medical record PDF
• We're sending you a USB with the records
• Here's a link to download the medical records
• A Dropbox link with password XYZ is incoming
Then
Attorney: How long does it take to read 2756 pages❓
Me: It depends on the content.
𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝟮 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬
𝙄𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮-𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚?