BV501-WEB - How I Survived a Daubert Challenge & Lived to Testify at Trial

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Webinar Course Description

This webinar session will cover various factors necessary to avoid disqualification under FRE 702. We will present and analyze the concepts of relevancy, reliable methodologies and their application to the facts of the case, which an emphasis on gathering sufficient facts and data, especially when historical financial date is unavailable.

Recommended Pre-Reading

Daubert, General Electric and Kumho Tire Supreme Court Decisions

Federal Rule of Evidence 702

Course Audience

Financial and valuation analysts who do, or plan to do, a fair amount of testifying at deposition or trial on valuation and commercial damages topics

NASBA and Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Credit

The American Society of Appraisers is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website www.learningmarket.org.

CPE Credit: (2) Hours in Specialized Knowledge
Program Level: Advanced
Delivery Method: Group-internet based courses are approved for CPE
Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Policies: ASA's Refund and Cancellation Policy and ASA's Complaint Resolution Policy

Instructor Information

Mark G. Filler, AM | Filler & Associates, PA

Mark G. Filler, CPA/ABV, CBA, AM, CVA leads Filler & Assoaciates' Valuation, Litigation and Claims Support practice in Portland, Maine. During the past twenty-five years Mr. Filler has worked on 1,200 business valuation and litigation support cases involving business interruption claims, commercial damages, personal injury and wrongful death matters. He has testified over 140 times, of which 50% have been at depositions and 50% have been at references, arbitrations or trials at both the State and Federal level. He has authored or co-authored 30 journal articles pertaining to the application of statistics to business valuation and commercial damages, and has co-authored a book on the Application of Statistics to Commercial Damages published by Wiley in 2012.

Agenda

There is no available agenda for this course.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course,students will be able to:

• Convince the Daubert Court that they did enough work to satisfy the sufficient facts and data requirement;
• Differentiate between Daubert hearing testimony and trial testimony,
• Distinguish between facts and data and the importance of the former when the latter are unavailable; and
• Establish the length of the damages period when it appears to be infinite.