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The majority of our experts are Registered Professional Engineers, many of whom hold advanced degrees. Most are full-time Boster, Kobayashi employees, ensuring consistent quality and availability.
Our engineers are directly supported by dedicated in-house graphics, 3D animation, and information specialists to translate complex physics into clear courtroom exhibits.
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Federal court qualifications, core expert responsibilities, and how expert witness time is calculated.
An expert witness must satisfy certain requirements before they are able to testify in a United States federal court. The expert must have technical, scientific and/or other specialized knowledge that can help the jury understand specific parts of the testimony. They can even testify using their opinion if it is a product of reliable principles and they have been applied to the facts of the case and that their opinion is based upon sufficient facts and/or data.
The responsibilities of an expert witness could be any of the below or a combination:
• Consultant to lawyer
• Issue a pre-trial affidavit
• Testify at trial
Generally, expert witness fees are paid according to time involved, not their testimony. This 'time' covers many tasks an expert witness is required to accomplish during the course of an investigation. Some of these are: phone calls, meetings, visiting the accident site, speaking with lawyers, reviewing evidence, evaluating the information provided, and sometimes travel time. Usually the actual time on the witness stand is only a small percentage of the expert witnesses' total fee.
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