Joseph O'Neill

Joe has extensive experience in online journalism and technical writing across a range of legal topics, including personal injury, meidcal malpractice, mass torts, consumer litigation, commercial litigation, and more. Joe spent close to six years working at Expert Institute, finishing up his role here as Director of Marketing. He has considerable knowledge across an array of legal topics pertaining to expert witnesses. Currently, Joe servces as Owner and Demand Generation Consultant at LightSail Consulting.

Joseph O'Neill

Transvaginal Mesh – Origins and Ongoing Litigation

Transvaginal mesh was originally intended to treat women suffering from debilitating conditions like pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. Instead, it has severely injured many of the women it was intended to help. It has caused organ perforations, erosion of vaginal tissues, and infections. Now it has become one of the largest MDL actions

Posted on November 25, 2014 in News & Working with Experts

Preparing Your Expert Witness for Trial

When working with expert witnesses, it is important to understand that they can be easily overwhelmed by a trial setting, making proper coaching and preparation essential. After all, every expert is human, and the courtroom is a naturally stressful environment. As a follow up to Deposing an Expert Witness – 6 Tips for Success, we’ve

Posted on December 10, 2014 in News & Working with Experts

So You Want To Be an Expert?

Serving as an expert witness on an important cases can be a thrilling achievement and validation of years of hard work. However, a turn as an expert witness can also be very intimidating for the uninitiated. Even though an attorney should prepare their expert as well as he or she can, it is still up to the

Posted on December 13, 2014 in Working with Experts

Writing an Expert Witness Report

As a new expert witness, one of the most confusing – and important – elements of your expert witness testimony will be your expert witness report. A good attorney will work with you every step of the way to ensure that your impact on the case is as substantial as possible. However, it’s also important

Posted on December 20, 2014 in Working with Experts

Daubert Challenges – A Professional Perspective

Since Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals in 1993, the Frye “general acceptance” test has been superceded by the newer Daubert standard for the admissibility of expert evidence on the federal level and in more than half of U.S. state courts. The older Frye standard held the measure of reliable expert testimony by the norms of the scientific community. However, Daubert makes the judge a “gatekeeper”

Posted on December 20, 2014 in Working with Experts

Home Depot Data Breach Moves to MDL

The September 8th announcement by Home Depot that approximately 56 million customer credit and debit accounts had been exposed to hackers has resulted in a wellspring of lawsuits against the retailer. Now, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has ordered that eleven of these cases be consolidated in an MDL. The cases will be

Posted on December 20, 2014 in News

20 Tips for Writing a Better Expert Report

As an expert witness, experience, knowledge, and specific qualifications are just the barrier to entry. In reality, an effective expert witness is much more than an impressive CV. She is an educator, able to distill the most complex facets of any case into clear insights that nearly anyone can understand. Succeeding as an expert witness

Posted on January 20, 2015 in Uncategorized

Expert Witness Deposition: 28 Winning Strategies for Experts

Deposition is a vital pretrial step where opposing parties are trying to gather as much information as possible from a proffered witness.

Posted on January 13, 2015 in Deposition & Resources for Experts

First-Annual Healthcare and Life Sciences Scholarship

Submissions for last year's Legal Blog Post Writing Contest  are currently being judged. Consequently, The Expert Institute is proudly announcing a new program intended to help the next generation of experts earn their education: The Expert Institute's First-Annual Healthcare and Life Sciences Scholarship. It is dedicated to the healthcare and life science professionals that have served

Posted on January 15, 2015 in News & Uncategorized

Mastering Voir Dire: Finding and Eliminating Overt Bias

Preparing your expert witness for the stress of testifying and cross-examination during your client’s trial is clearly important.  On the other hand, making sure the jury is willing to listen to your expert’s testimony in the first place can make all the difference as well. As your best opportunity to ensure a fair jury, voir

Posted on January 20, 2015 in News & Working with Experts