FVC2444. Avoiding Bias and Remaining Objective As An Expert Witness – Professional Judgment and Decision Making

Expert witnesses are required by federal and state rules of evidence, by the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, and by SSVS and SSFS to remain objective and unbiased in providing expert testimony. Courts of law have great difficulty when expert witness opinions and testimony appear to be biased toward the party whose legal counsel has retained the expert witness. All of us have our own biases. The key is to identify them and implement strategies to mitigate them in forming expert opinions.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify various forms of bias.
• Apply steps that can be taken by every expert to mitigate biases while performing the work and while forming expert opinions.