11 ASA Members Attend 2019 FEWA Conference

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Eleven American Society of Appraisers (ASA) members attended the 2019 FEWA National Conference on April 26-27, 2019 in San Francisco, CA. The FEWA National Conference was a two-day learning and networking experience that provided advanced training skills for experts of all levels and disciplines.

Based in San Francisco, the Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA) is dedicated to the professional development, ethics and promotion of forensic consultants in all fields of discipline, according to FEWA.

“FEWA’s tag line is ‘we turn experts into expert witnesses’ and they do a great job of it,” said Jack Young, ASA, ARM-MTS. “This was my third year attending the FEWA conference and I am amazed at how it keeps getting better and better. The conference has a rich mixture of presenters: accomplished litigators, as well as judges and other seasoned litigation professionals.”

“The first day of the conference focused on developing an expert witness practice and the second day focused on nuts and bolts of providing expert testimony. All topics where highly relevant and I left with pages of useful tips that I can immediately implement,” according to Young. “I’ll be back next year.”

Conference attendee had the opportunity to attend 17 sessions of advanced level content that featured interactive panel discussions by more than 20 speakers, including attorneys, experts, trial consultants and judges. Participants networked with fellow experts and attorneys.

Presentations at the conference included:

Top 10 Ways to Get Hired & Re-Hired: Attorneys Give it to Us Straight! (Part One)
Andy Kaplan, Kaplan Law Firm
John Vannucci, John F. Vannucci Law

Money is Time: Fees, Billing, Getting Paid, Taxes, Oh My! (Part One)
Organization is Money: Vast Amounts of Documents, Assistants, Tools of the Trade (Part Two)
Mitch Cohen, Bronswick Benjamin
John McReynolds, Construction Defect Consultants, LC

Dealing with Opposing Attorneys’ Skillful, Slick, or Shady Strategies at Deposition & Trial
John McReynolds, Construction Defect Consultants, LC
Joe Quilici, Silicon Valley Civil Structural Engineers
Dr. Bruce Wapen, Emergency Medicine Expert
Rudy R. Robinson III, Austin Valuation Consultants

How Do Judges & Jurors View Expert Witness and What You Can Do About It (Part Two)
Honorable Richard S. Flier
Will Rountree, Bonora Rountree Trial Consultants
Aref Jabbour, Trial Behavior Consulting Inc.

Female Expert Witnesses: Being Effective if You Are One— Empowering Men to Work with Them
Dr. Marian Stephens, Marian B. Stephens, Consulting
Lezlee Liljenberg, Liljenberg Expert Witness
Janeen DeMarte, Sentience Psychological Services, PLLC
Lois Kadosh, Real Estate Ethics
Dr. Lisa Boesky, Suicide Prevention Expert

Skeletons in Your Closet? How Attorneys Dig Up Dirt on Experts & Their Testimony (Part Two)
Jim Robinson, President of Juris Pro

To view the full FEWA Conference program, click here.