OTLA Trial Lawyer Winter 2025

Table of Contents	3
President’s Message: We Are Professionals	4
Annual Partners	8
View from the Bench: Presenting Expert Witnesses in Litigation	10
In Our Voices	14
Retaining and Using Experts	16
The Expert Witness in Your Next Trial	20
Tips from Four Doctors on How to Up Your Game for Trial	25
Oregon’s “Expert Privilege” Leaves Experts Unprotected at Trial	29
OTLA Guardians of Civil Justice	34
Biomechanical Witnesses	36
How to Make Expert Witnesses Interesting	41
They Did What?! Analyzing Human Behavior from a Human Factors Perspective	44
Toxicology	47
Case Selection: Utilizing Experts in Medical Malpractice Cases	51
Comp Corner: Deadlines for Hearing and Board Orders	54
Between the Sheets	56

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