Litigation

Finding "The Best and Cheapest" Experts

By Evan Schaeffer

In his popular plaintiff-oriented book David Ball on Damages, David Ball has a section titled "The Best and the Cheapest," which begins like this--

Who are these mystery experts? Look for them among "the best repository of testifying experts you can find: high school teachers."

According to Ball, high-school teachers are both cooperative and skilled at explaining difficult concepts to a lay audience.  They also have built-in credibility in the community.  As Ball writes, "They need not provide opinions. All they have to do is explain (and perhaps demonstrate) a principle or a process." (For more on this point, see my last post about experts.)

Finding an expert from among local high-school teachers is something I've never tried myself, but it's a tip worth thinking about. 

Full post as published by The Illinois Trial Practice Blog on December 11, 2008 (boomark / email).