Participants at the
completion of this event will be able to:
- Sharpen and advance skills,
- Learn the rules of the game and key
magic words,
- Bulletproof their CVs,
- Charge as much for their time as the
market will bear,
- Understand what makes them valuable
to attorneys,
- Explain how to better communicate
with a jury and what makes a jury tick,
- Answer the most difficult
cross-examination questions,
- Implement innovative, professional
marketing techniques,
- List numerous ways to make a
deposition testimony more effective,
- Solve the ten biggest ethical
dilemmas facing expert medical witnesses, and
- Become more valuable, sought-after
medical witnesses
Comments from
past Medical Witness Summit participants:
"Excellent faculty, personable,
informative, willing to take time for questions."
"Extremely informative."
"Great, very understandable."
"Far beyond my expectations."
"Superb. Don't get sworn in again until you have taken this
course."
"Very worthwhile."
"The judge was superb."
"Professional, but relaxed enough for everyone to be comfortable
with questions."
"Outstanding."
*All persons registering prior to August 19, 2004 will receive a free
copy of SEAK's best selling video Winning Over the Jury: Techniques
for Experts that Work (a $104 value). Space is strictly limited for
the seminar. Register early.
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| Steven Babitsky, Esquire,
is the President of SEAK, Inc. He was a plaintiff's personal injury trial
attorney for twenty years and is the former managing partner of the firm
Kistin, Babitsky, Latimer & Beitman. Mr. Babitsky is the co-author of the
texts Cross-Examination: The Comprehensive Guide for Experts, and How to
Excel During Depositions: Techniques for Experts that Work. Attorney
Babitsky is the co-developer and trainer for the "How To Be An Effective
Medical Witness" seminar, the seminar leader for the Annual National
Expert Witness and Litigation Seminar, and the scriptwriter for the videos
How to Be an Effective Medical Witness, The Expert Medical Deposition: How
To Be An Effective and Ethical Witness, Cross-Examination: How To Be an
Effective and Ethical Expert Witness, and The Most Difficult Questions For
Experts: With Answers.
Terrance Baker, MD, is an attending
emergency room physician at Good Samaritan Hospital and forensic expert in
Baltimore, Maryland. He received his BS and MS from Johns Hopkins
University and his MD from the George Washington University School of
Medicine. Dr. Baker is board certified in Family Practice, Geriatrics, and
Emergency Medicine. Dr. Baker is a former medical examiner of the city of
Newport News, Virginia. Dr. Baker has served as a forensic medical expert
for trial attorneys, defense attorneys, judges, district attorneys, and
public defenders throughout the United States. Dr. Baker has also served
as a forensic medical expert for the South Carolina Board of Medical
Examiners, the joint Underwriters Association, and the Carolina Peer
Review Organization. Dr. Baker has written and lectured extensively on
expert witness issues.
Thomas E. Dukes, III, Esquire, is a
partner in the civil litigation and medical malpractice litigation defense
law firm of McEwan, Martinez & Dukes in Orlando, Florida. He received his
BA and JD from the University of Florida. Attorney Dukes is a member of
the Florida Defense Lawyers Association (past member, Medical Malpractice
Committee) and the Central Florida Medical Malpractice Claims Counsel.
Rosalie Hamilton is a marketing
consultant who specializes in helping physicians and other expert
witnesses market their services to attorneys through her company, Expert
Communications. She counsels experts in promoting their forensic practice
through networking and getting referrals, utilizing publicity techniques,
direct marketing, and advertising over the Internet. She is the former
Director of Expert Witness Marketing for American Lawyer Media and has
over twenty years of experience in sales, marketing, and publishing.
The Honorable David Lawson is a
United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
He was formerly a member of the Detroit law firm of Clark Hill, PLC
(Birmingham office). He received his BA degree magna cum laude from the
University of Notre Dame, and his JD magna cum laude from Wayne State
University. Judge Lawson is a former Special Assistant Attorney General
and Special Prosecutor, and is currently on the faculty of the Michigan
Judicial Institute. Prior to taking the bench his practice included both
civil and criminal trial litigation, and he was actively involved in the
trial of medical malpractice, negligence, and product liability cases.
Judge Lawson has written and lectured extensively on scientific evidence
and trial techniques.
Scott R. McMillen, Esquire, is a
partner and trial attorney in the Orlando, Florida medical malpractice law
firm of McMillen, Reinhart & Voght, PA. He received his BS from Florida
State University and his JD from Emory University. Attorney McMillen is a
plaintiff's attorney and is a frequent lecturer to other lawyers and to
the medical profession on medical malpractice issues. He currently serves
as the author of the monthly medical malpractice law column in the Journal
of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. Attorney McMillen is a member of
the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Stuart A. Simon is Vice President
of DecisionQuest, a jury consulting firm in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mr.
Simon received his BA from Rutgers University and his JD from Widener
University School of Law. Mr. Simon has a great deal of experience working
with medical experts and has lectured and written extensively on jurors,
their perceptions, and expert witness preparation.
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