Dani Alexis Ryskamp, J.D.

Dave Jevans, CEO of blockchain security company CipherTrace, was recently qualified in a Canadian court as an expert witness on Bitcoin. The court’s decision to qualify Jevans as a Bitcoin expert witness was the first of its kind, but it…

  While hearsay is generally inadmissible as evidence, a number of exclusions and exceptions allow statements that meet the definition of hearsay to be presented in court. Expert witnesses frequently rely on the work of other experts to inform their…

Traditional medical malpractice claims focus on whether a medical provider violated the applicable standard of care and, if so, what harm resulted from that violation. This model of understanding malpractice evolved from centuries of hands-on, in-person medical care. Today, however,…

Electric stun guns are sold both for self-defense and law enforcement purposes. Private citizens may carry the devices for personal protection. Meanwhile, police utilize them as a means to incapacitate violent individuals without using lethal force. The device is commonly…

An expert engagement letter lays out the scope of the relationship between the attorney and an engaged expert witness. As with other types of agreements, an expert engagement letter places both parties’ responsibilities and expectations in writing, helping to reduce…

The U.S. Supreme Court decided not to review a federal appeals court ruling that two expert witnesses were properly excluded from a case against Abbott Laboratories. The case involved the medication Depakote, which the plaintiff argued was the cause of…

California utility company Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) could face criminal charges if it is found to have caused any of the state’s recent wildfires, according to California State Attorney General Xavier Becerra. In a brief filed in the U.S.…

  While computer software has made it easier to tell when a word-processing file was created or modified by a particular machine, determining whether a handwritten item belongs to a particular writer remains difficult. Enter handwriting expert witnesses, who specialize…

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Attorneys and parties do not get to choose their lay witnesses. That choice is made by circumstance: The fact witnesses available will be the people who happened to be on the scene at the time. The same is not true…