How to Use expert witness in a Sentence

expert witness

noun
  • When the case went to trial, Mary took the stand as an expert witness.
    Sarah Wyman, Scientific American, 27 June 2024
  • Richard asked me to come to New Orleans and be an expert witness for the defense.
    Andrew Weil, Harper's Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Imai is an expert witness for the plaintiffs in the pending Supreme Court case.
    Mike Orcutt, Quanta Magazine, 1 June 2023
  • If the prosecution puts an expert witness on the stand, the defense should do the same.
    Zoe Adams and Asher Levinthal, STAT, 21 June 2024
  • At the height of her career, Mary Willard was serving as an expert witness in court about once a month.
    Sarah Wyman, Scientific American, 27 June 2024
  • Justin Leigh organized the suit and served as an expert witness.
    oregonlive, 10 May 2023
  • The judge ordered the attorneys to exchange the names of their expert witness 60 days before the trial.
    Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2023
  • The report was prepared by Lawrence Hunter who says he was hired as an expert witness Glenda Smith, who is a lawyer.
    The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Deena McMahon was brought on as an expert witness for the foster parent.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Has served as an expert witness in civil and voting rights cases.
    Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2024
  • While doing all of this, Leah becomes an expert witness to her boyfriend’s condition.
    Meredith Maran, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Both sides plan to bring at least one medical professional to weigh in as an expert witness.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2024
  • Because of her decades of research on trauma and abuse victims, Burgess has served as an expert witness in high-profile trials.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 11 July 2024
  • But access to an expert witness is exceedingly hard to come by.
    Zoe Adams and Asher Levinthal, STAT, 21 June 2024
  • The second is an expert witness who is expected to discuss FTX’s database.
    James Fanelli, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Hu was an expert witness for the plaintiffs in the federal fluoride trial.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Richard Kahlenberg, an expert witness for Students for Fair Admissions, shares that view.
    Char Adams, NBC News, 31 May 2023
  • A week later, on Feb. 23, the court ruled that the demolition should proceed, concluding from an expert witness report that the earthquake test had been valid.
    Hannah Lucinda Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • He was celebrated in his time, testifying before Congress and as an expert witness in court, and sought out by the FBI to help with cases.
    Andrew Ba Tran, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The state’s expert witness list filing is 400 pages, according to a recent defense filing.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 11 Jan. 2025
  • At the end of Scopes trial, in one of the more dramatic scenes in courtroom history, Darrow maneuvered Bryan himself onto the stand as an expert witness on the Bible.
    Lisa Grunwald, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
  • When an expert witness takes the stand, their testimony must be based on clear, reproducible methods.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • And an expert witness for the Doelgers wrote in a report to the court that by the latter half of 2019 her husband’s declining mental condition would have been apparent to people at the bank.
    Tom Schoenberg, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The prosecution team, however, countered that their expert witness showed that the brakes for the 2000 Buick LeSabre were still operational.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Trump and his allies also picked up on a report that Halderman, the plaintiff’s expert witness, generated for the case.
    Amy Gardner, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Fowler testified as an expert witness for Chauvin at his murder trial in 2021.
    Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Professor Rubin, an expert witness in the case, said its impact on state politics could be profound.
    Susan Davis, NPR, 4 June 2024
  • The court will have to decide if the evidence is self-authenticating or if an expert witness will be needed to explain its nature.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
  • On Wednesday, attorney Joe Tacopina said Trump would not testify and effectively pulled their expert witness in the case.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
  • The government, which was given one week to present its defense, rested after just one day and did not call its main expert witness, surprising many legal experts.
    Mike Baker, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2023

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