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Professor Paul Min is Round Table Group's Featured Expert Witness of the Month!

He represents the pinnacle of professional expert witnessing as shown by his credentials, academic accomplishments, and record of providing helpful, clear, and superior expertise in his fields to his clients.

Already well established as a leader in computer, communications and semiconductor technology, Professor Min reached out to the legal community to further develop the applications of his considerable talents. As an expert witness, he found his other professional roles benefited as well.

"I became a better engineer and a professor through my experience as an expert witness. I learned to be persuasive, patient, and understanding of others. I am a better person."

Currently an associate professor at one of the top R&D universities in his field, and a senior member of the IEEE, Professor Min is also a well published, with over 80 technical papers. He is also the holder of 9 U.S. patents. He has also been a founding CEO of Erlang Technology. Erlang is an internationally noted company with many top name customers around the world.

He joined Round Table group as an Expert Witness in April, 2001, and has since been retained through RTG on five occasions.

Round Table Group is proud to be associated with such a remarkable expert witness as Professor Min.

If you are interested in learning more about Professor Min, or any kind of expert witness, please call Round Table Group at 202 595 2000.

Interested in going to a conference to sharpen your skills? Need to get those pesky CLE credits out of the way? Expert witness referral firm Round Table Group lists all significant legal conferences for the coming year.

Head to http://www.roundtablegroup.com/conferences/index.cfm for more information. 

Expert witness referral firm Round Table Group will be attending the Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference of the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law on April 10 in Arlington, VA. The conference is one of the preeminent gatherings of intellectual property (IP) practitioners and attracts attendees from the across the globe. According to the ABA, the conference will focus on "critical developments" in IP law, including new areas of practice and a "growing globalism."

More information on the conference can be found here.

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Round Table Group, Inc., the premier expert witness referral firm is traveling to fours cities this coming March, 2008.  As part of this travel schedule Round Table Group's Director of Business Development Steve Schott will acquaint lawyers with RTG's expert witness referral services during his upcoming visit to Orange County, CA, on March 19-20, 2008. 

"As a lawyer who practiced in Irvine and Newport Beach for over 12 years, I continue to be impressed with the quality and growth of the Orange County legal community.   Round Table Group's ability to perform a customized search for experts in all fields and disciplines is a perfect match for this vibrant community. We are excited to have this chance to meet with Orange County lawyers, and I invite any attorney interested in learning more about our complimentary expert search service to contact me to schedule a brief introductory meeting," says Schott.

Those interested in meeting with Steve during his trip or to learn more about RTG's services can reach us via phone at 214-233-9470 or e-mail at sschott@roundtablegroup.com.

Round Table Group's Complete March, 2008 Travel Schedule

            Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (March 10)

            Orange County, California (March 19-20)

            Minneapolis, Minnesota (March 20)

            Cleveland, Ohio (March 26)

In addition to these cities, Round Table Group is always available for in-person presentations in Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas and Washington, DC.   If you would like to learn more about Round Table Group's Service or you have a current expert witness need please contact Chris Armstrong at 202-595-2000 Ext 276 or email at carmstrong@roundtablegroup.com.

About Round Table Group

Round Table Group connects attorneys with expert witnesses in all fields. Our team uses rigorous methodologies, relationships with numerous professional services and consulting firms, and our proprietary databases of over 95,000 people worldwide to quickly find unbiased expert witnesses and consultants. We locate, assess, and deliver the right expert witness at the right time to help make our clients more successful.

 

Round Table Group, Inc., the premier expert witness referral firm, received a remarkable opportunity as an exhibitor at IQPC's Trademark & Copyright Protection Conference in New York City on January 23 - 25, 2008.

The conference attendees and speakers were senior trademark and copyright attorneys from some of the biggest law firms and companies in the world. "As the premium service in the expert witness referral industry, having the opportunity to discuss Round Table Group with some of the top attorneys currently practicing in the intellectual property field made this a very unique opportunity for us. It is not every day that we get to meet the attorneys of Google, Yahoo, NBC, Gucci, Disney and Dell in the same place." said Mark Swansiger, VP of Marketing at Round Table Group. "We were able to network with these attorneys and engage them one-on-one about the expert witness services Round Table Group offers."

Swansiger noted that Round Table Group has a long history of working with prestigious national and international industry leaders, and this conference was no exception. "We had dozens of meetings with top General Counsels during this conference, sharing ways we could assist them with all their expert witness needs. All of this face-time in one place was a terrific experience."

In the latest edition of the The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Steve Schott, Director of Business Development at Round Table Group, provides a thorough explanation detailing how expert witness referral firms conduct "customized expert witness searches" for their clients. These searches go beyond a mere proprietary database search and are specifically tailored to the facts of each case. Further, such searches tend to yield experts who are "true experts," leaders in their respective fields whose distinction goes far beyond just being an expert witness.

The full interview can be found here.

Round Table Group's The Expert Advisor, a popular publication for lawyers by lawyers, has issued a "best of" compilation of 2007 articles.  These articles are helpful for any attorney using expert witnesses. The first piece is a rare article on the median belling rates of expert witnesses in various fields. The second discusses how poorly selected experts can sometimes hurt more than help. The third is a piece on managing working relationships with retained expert witnesses.

Not all doctors charge the same hourly rate. Will you know enough about your expert's specialized field to be able to negotiate her fee? For billing insights, review Round Table Group's details about the top-five most requested physician-specialist categories: surgeons, cardiologists, oncologists, psychiatrists, and infectious disease experts.

http://www.roundtablegroup.com/expertadvisor/2007/10/medical-expert-witness-billing-rates.html

This is a short study examining the average fees that expert witnesses charge across a variety of fields. Could help in negotiating with an expert on billing rates.

The attorneys and research analysts of Round Table Group, the premier expert witness referral firm, have launched a new blog entitled Engaging Experts: Can I Get a Witness?. This blog will focus on information and commentary of use to any practicing attorney who works with expert witnesses. Topics will include expert witness news, expert procedure and vetting tips, and Daubert updates.