ACC NCR – When You Should Call in The Experts! Practical Tips on Hiring, Vetting, and Managing Experts, in Litigation and Company Investigations

Top things every in-house counsel should know about experts!  Whether your company is faced with a government investigation or is anticipating litigation, here’s what you need to know.  Among other topics: when to be hands-on and when to leave to outside counsel, avoiding budget busts, preventing the Big Surprise, and OMG—they just waived attorney client privilege!  These and other hot topics will be the subject of a how-to panel discussion, including top practioners and experienced in-house counsel.   

Please join us for this dynamic session where we will discuss tips and best practices for working with a consulting or expert witnesses, including tips for identifying, vetting and selecting them, as well as presenting effective and compelling expert testimony in any forum.  We will also discuss how to maintain confidentiality, the pros and cons of using in-house experts and identifying common pitfalls in the selection of them.  

Presented by Brent Gurney, Partner at WilmerHale (Investigations and Litigation practice); Rachael Kent, Partner at WilmerHale (International Arbitration practice), Jessica Morrison, Associate General Counsel at KPMG, and Alexander White, Associate General Counsel & Senior Vice President at Bank of America.

1.5 Hours of VA MCLE pending.