ABSTRACT
At time of trial, after all the evidence has been presented for both sides, there comes a time of closure when each side is given the opportunity to sum up what has been offered as evidence in its client’s favor and to remind the trier of fact what has been offered. These almost final steps in the trial are called
closing arguments
. I also felt this book should have a closing-argument section in order to
review important areas covered, which the reader can then revisit. In the pages of this book, many scientific, legal, and personal experiences dealt with in a 30-year expert-witness practice have been explored. In the cases and anecdotes given, I have tried my best to recount the details of my experiences as accurately as my almost-70-year-old brain will allow. So I hope you have followed me down the “yellow brick road” of being a litigation expert witness, with all the benefits and potholes, the swerves and turns, so that we arrive at our destination of feeling at ease in the legal arena if we must be there or desire to be there.
