Executive Summary: Starting and Building an Expert Witness Practice is an intensive introductory workshop that is designed to show prospective and novice expert witnesses exactly what will be expected of them and how to start and build a successful expert witness practice. This course is specifically designed for prospective and novice expert witnesses and requires no advanced knowledge or training. Attendees will learn from experienced faculty in a step-by-step fashion how to start and build a successful expert witness practice. A continental breakfast, lunch with faculty and a detailed workshop manual not available anywhere else will be provided to all attendees.

Distinguished Faculty: 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.