Jefferson Fisher

You can't just say that if you don't have the credentials to back it up. Anybody who's an attorney, you know rule 702, you have to show that you have qualified knowledge, skills, training to be able to make these kinds of opinions. Well, these experts know that and typically if they've been in the field a very long time, they have a very high opinion of themselves.

You can't just say that if you don't have the credentials to back it up. Anybody who's an attorney, you know rule 702, you have to show that you have qualified knowledge, skills, training to be able to make these kinds of opinions. Well, these experts know that and typically if they've been in the field a very long time, they have a very high opinion of themselves.

And the good news is that's very good on paper to have a qualified opinion, but it's very bad for a jury.

And the good news is that's very good on paper to have a qualified opinion, but it's very bad for a jury.

And the good news is that's very good on paper to have a qualified opinion, but it's very bad for a jury.

the why because they come across as a jerk they can come across as very snooty very uppity very full of themselves because a lot of times they are the real experts that are awesome and i mean a good expert can make your case a bad expert can totally break your case the ones that are extremely knowledgeable and are able to create the the link

the why because they come across as a jerk they can come across as very snooty very uppity very full of themselves because a lot of times they are the real experts that are awesome and i mean a good expert can make your case a bad expert can totally break your case the ones that are extremely knowledgeable and are able to create the the link

the why because they come across as a jerk they can come across as very snooty very uppity very full of themselves because a lot of times they are the real experts that are awesome and i mean a good expert can make your case a bad expert can totally break your case the ones that are extremely knowledgeable and are able to create the the link

between what's happened in the evidence and the law, and show you why, and kind of teach you through it, and also they're just a likable person, that's the kind of expert you want. Well, I was deposing, now this wasn't a deposition, it was a case, a guy, and he was extremely, I mean, I'd already known in the deposition, he was very, very full of himself.

between what's happened in the evidence and the law, and show you why, and kind of teach you through it, and also they're just a likable person, that's the kind of expert you want. Well, I was deposing, now this wasn't a deposition, it was a case, a guy, and he was extremely, I mean, I'd already known in the deposition, he was very, very full of himself.

between what's happened in the evidence and the law, and show you why, and kind of teach you through it, and also they're just a likable person, that's the kind of expert you want. Well, I was deposing, now this wasn't a deposition, it was a case, a guy, and he was extremely, I mean, I'd already known in the deposition, he was very, very full of himself.

So I was asking him questions about my client's injury, talking about the case, and he made this opinion that was... I couldn't even understand how he was making the opinion, but it was about my client's injury, saying that she couldn't have been injured in the car, but yet somebody else who hit them, they had been injured, and he was okay with that.

So I was asking him questions about my client's injury, talking about the case, and he made this opinion that was... I couldn't even understand how he was making the opinion, but it was about my client's injury, saying that she couldn't have been injured in the car, but yet somebody else who hit them, they had been injured, and he was okay with that.

So I was asking him questions about my client's injury, talking about the case, and he made this opinion that was... I couldn't even understand how he was making the opinion, but it was about my client's injury, saying that she couldn't have been injured in the car, but yet somebody else who hit them, they had been injured, and he was okay with that.

Anyway, we started talking, and I asked him a question, something pretty basic, and he said something to the tune of, well, I mean, I would explain it to you, but I don't know if that would really do any good. And the whole jury was like, several of them kind of gasped. They were like, ugh. Their case was done after that. He had hurt the opinion of

Anyway, we started talking, and I asked him a question, something pretty basic, and he said something to the tune of, well, I mean, I would explain it to you, but I don't know if that would really do any good. And the whole jury was like, several of them kind of gasped. They were like, ugh. Their case was done after that. He had hurt the opinion of

Anyway, we started talking, and I asked him a question, something pretty basic, and he said something to the tune of, well, I mean, I would explain it to you, but I don't know if that would really do any good. And the whole jury was like, several of them kind of gasped. They were like, ugh. Their case was done after that. He had hurt the opinion of

the other side pretty bad so so badly that the other attorney and closing argument had to kind of apologize for it and and say well you can't him as a whatever you think of him as a person you understand his opinion here today anyway you got to be careful of those kind of people and the other attorney couldn't really do much about it but it was just a it was a not nice guy who we all knew and the jury knew and the judge knew and

the other side pretty bad so so badly that the other attorney and closing argument had to kind of apologize for it and and say well you can't him as a whatever you think of him as a person you understand his opinion here today anyway you got to be careful of those kind of people and the other attorney couldn't really do much about it but it was just a it was a not nice guy who we all knew and the jury knew and the judge knew and

the other side pretty bad so so badly that the other attorney and closing argument had to kind of apologize for it and and say well you can't him as a whatever you think of him as a person you understand his opinion here today anyway you got to be careful of those kind of people and the other attorney couldn't really do much about it but it was just a it was a not nice guy who we all knew and the jury knew and the judge knew and