Verify Expert Witness Credentials

An interesting article, How To Verify An Expert's Credentials, notes that expert witnesses are not always straightforward in presenting their credentials and recommends several tools that can be used in verifying an expert's background. Two notable suggestions include using Google Blog Search to uncover anything that an expert might have recently written. Contradictory statements being the most notable thing to look out for. Even something written in an informal space such as a blog could affect an expert's ability to testify.

The article also advocates the use of Daubert Tracker, which is a site purposely designed to track cases that involve the admissibility of expert testimony. Attorneys can enter an expert's name and search all cases, if any, where that expert's ability to testify was challenged before a court and whether that challenge was successful.

Many expert witness search firms now use these tools and many others before presenting an expert, but you may also want to use the most relevant tools yourself to minimize unpleasant last-minute surprises.