Jeremy Rappoport, President of RDCS LLC
How does an expert determine whether they can assist a potential legal client without knowing the facts of the case when the attorney calls? An experienced expert understands attorneys may not really know the technical aspects of their case. They often sound their ideas or theories off the expert in hope of ascertaining they have a valid case or not.
Jeremy Rappoport, President and founder of Rappoport Development Consulting Services LLC is a landscape, certified arborist, horticulturist and land development expert witness and professional consultant. In his recent blog, he updates a former article that discusses the importance of telephone screening potential legal clients. Is the attorney knowledgeable, providing convincing facts and evidence or expounding their own theory? The last thing a legal expert wants to have happen is working for an attorney only to discover their opinion runs counter to what the client hired them for.
"When I began offering certified arborist, landscape, horticulture, and site development expert witness consulting services in San Diego, California, a business associate asked which “side” I worked for, the defendant or plaintiff. He did not want to refer the incorrect potential client to me. I was taken aback, my lack of experience had not prepared me for this question. How could an expert work for only one side or the other without appearing as an advocate? My answer to him was simple, I use the case facts and evidence to determine the standard of care issue in deciding to work for either a defendant or plaintiff attorney."
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