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So the Defense Wants a Neuropsych Exam of Your Client:

How to protect your client from the usual defense examiner tricks

Published by Washington State Association for Justice
and Canadian Caucus of AAJ
Learning Objectives
  • Battle back against defense examiner tactics with motions practice to set the parameters of an exam
  • Require all testing be in the open, on video, and the underlying raw data provided to you as a condition for agreeing to testing
  • How to undermine the record review when the defense examiner refuses to do the exam and resorts to a record review
  • How to cross examine the defense examiner at trial.





Summary

When the defense asks for a neuropsych exam of your client, what they are really asking for is an excuse to convert your client’s brain injury into a psychiatric flaw that can be blamed for ongoing cognitive problems, not the brain injury. And they want to do it all in secret, without you or anyone else observing so they can later claim your client is a head case and a liar because after all, every TBI resolves within 2 months, and since your client's didn’t resolve, they must be faking. Sound familiar?  

Scott Blair will show you how to battle back against these tactics, using motions practice to require the defense doctor to provide all testing in the open, on video, and to provide the underlying raw data to you for evaluation as a condition for doing the testing. You will learn how to undermine the record review when the defense examiner refuses to conduct an exam and resorts to a record review. Scott will also teach you how to cross-examine the defense examiner at trial.

 

SWOD-15023

Presenters
Scott Blair
Brain Injury Law of Seattle

Scott Blair is the founder of Brain Injury Law of Seattle. Brain injury work is his passion. For the last 25 years, Scott has... Read More


Originally Published
July 21, 2021

Program Titles and Supporting Materials
This program contains the following components:

  • Media Files
  • So the Defense Wants a Neuropsych Exam of Your Client:

  • Downloadable Files
  • So the Defense Wants a Neuropsych Exam of Your Client - Materials

How To Attend
Join the self-paced program from your office, home, or hotel room using a computer and high speed internet connection. You may start and stop the program at your convenience, continue where you left off, and review supporting materials as often as you like. Please note: Internet Explorer is no longer a supported browser. We recommend using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Safari for best results.

Technical Requirements
You may access this course on a computer or mobile device with high speed internet (iPhones require iOS 10 or higher). Recommended browsers are Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.

Credit
If applicable, you may obtain credit in multiple jurisdictions simultaneously for this program (see pending/approved list below). If electing credit for this program, registrants in jurisdictions not listed below will receive a Certificate of Completion that may or may not meet credit requirements in other jurisdictions. Where applicable, credit will be only awarded to a paid registrant completing all the requirements of the program as determined by the selected accreditation authority.

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NM, WA


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