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Attacking and Defending Experts

Evidence and Expert Testimony

Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals

Finding Expert Witnesses

Attacking & Defending Experts
How To Attack and Defend Expert Witnesses
by Vincent DiCarlo
http://www.dicarlolaw.com/ExpertWitnesses.htm 
Gives good basic advice on engaging the expert, preparing the expert to give an opinion, preparing the expert to be deposed or cross-examined; deposing the other side's expert, cross-examining the other side's expert and rehabilitate your expert after cross-examination.

Winning the Battle-of-the-Experts: Expert Advice on Expert Witnesses (1996)
by Irwin Kramer

http://www.kramerslaw.com/ 
Sound advice from an experienced practitioner includes: achieving success requires a thorough understanding of expert witness law, careful selection and screening of expert witnesses, effective preparation and discovery, and a strong performance at trial.

Check deposition strategy at http://www.kramerslaw.com/expert_witness_discovery.htm