>Over there entire career, ask them how many times the expert witness they hired did not come to conclusions supporting the side they were hired by. Even amongst lawyers that have hired 100's of experts, that number is usually zero.
I don't know where you're getting this from, but at least among forensic psychiatrists (and the forensic psychologists I've worked with), this is wildly inaccurate.
It's totally routine and unremarkable that I (or the dozens of colleagues I've talked to at length) have an opinion that doesn't support the side by which I was retained.
Edit: Not sure why this is being downvoted; only hoping to clear up misinformation/misperception. Sure, there are hired guns, but in my experience, they are actually pretty rare. Based on the lawyers I have interacted with to give them the news I can't be helpful, it seems pretty routine to them also.
I don't know where you're getting this from, but at least among forensic psychiatrists (and the forensic psychologists I've worked with), this is wildly inaccurate.
It's totally routine and unremarkable that I (or the dozens of colleagues I've talked to at length) have an opinion that doesn't support the side by which I was retained.
Edit: Not sure why this is being downvoted; only hoping to clear up misinformation/misperception. Sure, there are hired guns, but in my experience, they are actually pretty rare. Based on the lawyers I have interacted with to give them the news I can't be helpful, it seems pretty routine to them also.