Litigator's Handbook

The handbook provides step-by-step guidance on how to use and challenge experts and ensure favorable rulings under Daubert, Kumho Tire, Frye, and other legal standards on expert testimony. Topics covered include the admissibility of expert evidence; direct and cross-examination of experts in forensic medicine, psychiatry, and psychology; statistics for lawyers; independent medical examinations; forensic autopsies; sexual abuse examinations; false memories; interrogative suggestibility; capacity to waive Miranda warnings; assessment of competence; malingering; involuntary commitment; neuropsychological and neurobehavioral evidence in tort cases; child custody and child protection issues; child sexual abuse interviews; professional standards; syndrome evidence; and violence risk assessment.