A Trial Lawyer's Perspective on Mental Health Professionals as Expert Witnesses

This article is designed to give mental health specialists retained to testify as experts in sexual harassment and workplace violence cases a basic understanding of their function and purpose as a testifying expert, a brief overview of the law as it applies to experts, and a brief overview of the law that governs sexual harassment and workplace violence cases, as well as some practical advice on how these experts can better present themselves to the attorney, the court, and the jury.