Expert Witness: More Retentions = ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ โ Why?
Pilot: More Flights = A Positive
Attorney: More Trials = A Positive
Surgeon: More Surgery = A Positive
Engineer: More Buildings = A Positive
Football QB: More Superbowls = A Positive
Expert Witness: More Retitions = A negative โ Why?
In 2018, I was retained for the ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ time
Yesterday, I was retained for the ๐ญ๐ญ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ time
Has anything changed across these 6 years?
โณ๐๐๐ ... I am a ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ better expert than before.
My ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ retention was super dicey:
โข I stumbled through an affidavit
โข I scraped together an amateur report
โข I bumbled through scheduling conflicts
But the case settled and I never heard again from my retaining attorney (๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ข)
Fast forward to 2024
โข My scheduling process is automated
โข My reports are structured and high-yield
โข My 9 depositions demonstrate teaching mastery
โข My 3 trials showed an ability to stay calm under cross
There is ๐๐ way I could've done in 2018 what I do now
At depo and trial, opposing counsel often asks me
โณDoctor, why have you been retained so oftenโ
They try to phrase this as if it's a bad thing (๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ฃ'๐ฉ)
My reply: I understand the legal system and my role
โณAnd I excel at teaching medicine to non-physicians
๐ฃ.๐ฆ. - ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ?
