Name: Mastering Expert Testimony That Wins
Start: 2026-07-24T08:30:00-0400
End: 2026-07-24T10:10:00-0400

Friday July 24, 2026 8:30am - 10:10am EDT

Expert testimony can make or break adversarial proceedings. This session shows lawyers how to manage experts effectively, protect their opinions under applicable legal standards, and elicit clear, credible, and persuasive testimony. It also shows PhDs, engineers, and other technical experts how to deliver defensible work, withstand challenges, and communicate opinions with greater impact. This session will teach lawyers how to best serve their clients when working with experts and teach experts how to make themselves highly valued and sought-after partners who clients and counsel will want to retain again and again.

Speakers

Chris Torres

Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig

Christopher Torres is a skilled litigator with nearly three decades of experience defending corporations, governmental entities, and individuals in complex and high stakes matters. Concentrating on his practice in business and commercial litigation, environmental and toxic tort defense... Read More →

Kathleen Toolan

Special Counsel for Environmental Affairs, FL DOT

KATHLEEN TOOLAN currently serves as Special Counsel for Environmental Affairs at the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). She has held this position since 2016, when she was appointed in conjunction with her effort to achieve FDOT’s NEPA Assignment. Prior to this appointment, she served as Chief... Read More →