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Chair
Kathryn Podrebarac, Podrebarac Barristers Professional Corporation
Program Description
This program explores practical issues related to the use of expert evidence in litigation. Veteran trial lawyers and judges offer tips on how to find, choose, use, work with, prepare, examine, challenge and cross-examine expert witnesses. You will learn how to instruct experts to prepare reports, how to use expert reports at trial, how to conduct an effective examination of an expert, and targeted techniques for getting even the most challenging expert to support your case. Gain a competitive edge by enrolling in this skills-building program designed for lawyers at all experience levels.
Topics include:
- Pre-trial expert issues
- Qualifying and leading your expert
- Cross-examination on qualifications
- Recent trends
- How to effectively cross-examine the expert
Register for the morning only featuring presentations by noted faculty, and dynamic demonstrations. Or stay for the full day including afternoon skills workshop for hands-on exercises where you will get an opportunity to examine real experts. Workshop materials will be distributed electronically prior to the program. Advance preparation is required for the afternoon skills workshop.
Click here to register
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CPD Hours:
2 Professionalism Hours
+ 4.5 Substantive Hours (Full Day)
1 Professionalism Hours
+ 2.5 Substantive Hours (Half Day)
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Speakers include:
The Hon. Justice Joan L. Lax
Superior Court of Justice
The Hon. Justice Frank C.J. Newbould
Superior Court of Justice
The Hon. Justice Elizabeth Stewart
Superior Court of Justice
J. Patrick Brown
McLeish Orlando LLP
James F. Diamond
Levine, Sherkin, Boussidan A Professional Corporation of Barristers
Matthew P. Gottlieb
Lax O'Sullivan Scott Lisus LLP
Brian G. Grant, Lerners LLP
Monique Jilesen
Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP
Elizabeth Scott, Lawson LLP
Mary M. Thomson
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Skills instructors include:
Andrew Bernstein, Torys LLP
Darryl A. Cruz, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
L. Leslie Dizgun, Himelfarb, Proszanski LLP
Timothy H. Gilbert, Gilbert's LLP
Stacie R. Glazman, Barrister & Solicitor and Chartered Business Valuator
Brian G. Grant, Lerners LLP
Dominique T. Hussey, Bennett Jones LLP
Monique Jilesen, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP
George J. Karayannides, Heenan Blaikie LLP
André I.G. Michael, Siskinds LLP
Andrew M. Shaughnessy, Torys LLP
Michael C. Smith,
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Thomas Sutton, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Marie-Andree Vermette, WeirFoulds LLP
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