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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Oct. 16, 2012

Beyond CVs: ensuring your next expert doesn’t get you disqualified

Issues of professional responsibility and ethics may rise to the forefront when opposing parties find themselves communicating with the same expert.

Amy L. Bomse

Shareholder, Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, PC

Duke Univ SOL; Durham NC

Gabriel N. White

Fourth District Court of Appeal, Div 2

CALIFORNIA PRACTICE: This is a monthly column devoted to the issues that impact California attorneys, both in-house and outside counsel, in their daily practices. For more information, please visit www.arnoldporter.com.

When an attorney seeks to hire an expert to consult or testify in a case, the initial concern is, of course, finding the right expertise. Issues of professional responsibility and ethics, however, may rise to the forefront when opposing parties find thems...

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