Robert Musante's CLE Seminars |
| Comments from Phoenix area attorneys who attended "Attacking the Expert's Opinion" and/or "Attacking the Expert's Pedestal"  Return to Home Page
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"Attacking the Expert's Opinion" The best. Outstanding practical content. Musante is superb. He breaks
down the complexities of expert depos to their fundamental constituents.
I'm convinced this is the penultimate theory for every adverse expert.
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Musante is brilliant. He has taken material that is critical to trial
practice and made it interesting and entertaining. |
| Excellent practical content; will try to use it in the
future. Musante is excellent and well-practiced. William J. Wolf, 10 expert depos |
| This is the most practical CLE I have ever attended.
I will be able to go into a deposition of an expert with a general outline
of questioning already established. Douglas Dieker, 5-7 expert depos, Dieker & Voightmann, PC |
| Great practical content! Great instructor! No comparison
to other "expert" seminars. Larry Condit, 20-30 expert depos |
| Finally, a seminar that is educational, engaging and
useful. Musante is excellent. I look forward to using what I learned. Steve German, 40 expert depos, Adelman German, PLC |
| Excellent for litigators and trial attorneys. Musante
is excellent, among the best teachers of any CLE I've attended. Roger Decker, 20 adverse depos, Udall, Shumway, & Lyons |
| Second to none. I can already see the methodology's utility
in depos that will be taken in the next 60 days. Chris Stuart |
| More useful than most trial practice seminars I have
attended. As a teacher myself, I both enjoyed and appreciated the quality
of the instruction. Randall Douglas, 100+ expert depos |
| One of the best I've attended. Musante is outstanding. Paul S. Gerding, 50 expert depos |
| Excellent. I often doze off in lectures ... no chance
here! Andrew S. Jacob |
| Outstanding. Musante is passionate, articulate, energetic
and entertaining. While experienced attorneys may already have "lucked
into" this method of cross-examining adverse experts, Musante gives
it a name with a logical outline to make it a conscious practice. Catherine M. Stewart |
| Excellent practical content. Musante is funny and energetic. Bill Sandweg, 500+ expert depos, Robbins & Green, PC |
| Superior to all I have attended. Very important to litigators.
Puts into words what we should do intuitively. Musante is outstanding. Very
logical thought process. Duane Olson, 1000+ expert depos |
| Has great value because it is applicable to all types
of cases. Will significantly improve the quality of my adverse expert depositions
... I will think about crafting risk to the expert with my questions. Pete Fisher, "scores" of expert depos |
| Excellent practical content. Steve Wheeless, 20 expert depos |
| Very helpful, practical and methodical approach. Excellent
instructor. R. Neil Miller |
| Excellent practical content; excellent instructor. Anonymous, 40-60 expert depos |
| Excellent educationally -- very entertaining at the same
time. Anonymous, 100s of expert depos |
| Many concepts that I can think about and will apply in
my first expert deposition. Excellent training. Musante is excellent. By
attending this seminar, I know I will at least have a plan of attack. Anonymous |
| This is one of the best! Excellent practical content;
some great ideas that can be put to use. Musante has put a lot of effort
into an effective presentation. The opinion chart is a very logical construct. Anonymous, 200+ expert depos |
| Head and shoulders above the others! Informative, pragmatic,
applicable to practice. Musante is imaginative, creative, varies presentation,
energetic and comfortable with the material. Takes away the sting --the
fear-- that I will miss something important that I need to nail the expert. Anonymous |
| Very entertaining seminar, but even better, it was packed
with practical examples I can easily put to use. Much more practical than
any other "expert" seminar. Anonymous, 40+ expert depos |
| This was great. Musante is excellent. Anonymous |
| Excellent, high energy, entertaining and informative. Anonymous, 30 expert depos |
| Excellent ideas; strong, strategical recommendations.
Musante has a thorough knowledge of the subject matter. Anonymous |
| Excellent practical content. Musante is excellent! Anonymous, 5 expert depos |
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Extremely useful. This seminar will certainly help me prepare for my
1st depo. Much more useful and practical than most CLE seminars. Musante
keeps you interested throughout. |
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Fantastic. Very useful. Musante blends a high caliber of knowledge in
a very enjoyable and interesting setting. |
| Excellent practical content. Excellent instructor. This
was even better than Musante's seminar on deposing adverse witnesses and
better than any other seminar I've attended outside of Brown & Bain. Anonymous |
| Interesting, informative and entertaining. Good teacher.
Overall informative and helpful. Anonymous |
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As a new attorney, I found the information deceptively simple. Having
now spoken to more experienced attorneys, I now appreciate the fact that
the instructor was able to synthesize some very complex material into
a concise presentation. The "opinion attacks" were especially
useful. I think if I had viewed the adverse expert's testimony without
the benefit of the instructor's analysis, I would not have appreciated
the vulnerabilities of his opinions. |
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Very useful practical content. Above average seminar. Best part of the
seminar was the discussion of "Opinion attacks". |
| Excellent practical content; excellent instructor. Use
of humor and examples good teaching, too! Appropriate pace; mental breaks
provided by graphics, quotes. Anonymous, 20 expert depos |
| Excellent in theory and practical tips! Fast-paced but
I find that it keeps one interested. Really one of the best seminars I've
been to in recent years. Victoria Mangiapane, 1 expert depo |
| Excellent. Musante posits a method that looks very useful.
He is excellent, funny, engaging, well-organized and rehearsed. Better than
others because it introduces a well-thought-out, comprehensive approach.
Tremendous use of testimony. The examples chosen exhibit a huge amount of
work and great perception. The examples make the course because they are
vivid and easy to remember. Anonymous, 5 expert depos |
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Excellent practical content. Excellent instructor. |
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Excellent seminar. There was a lot of info conveyed in a short period
of time. Great "Opinion" attacks. |
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Very useful content to my practice. This seminar is much better than
most. Mr. Musante gave an excellent presentation and gave invaluable information.
The seminar was worthwhile and it certainly will improve my ability to
depose an expert and use that deposition at trial. |
| A++! Excellent practical content. One of the best seminars.
Great delivery and video "snippets." Anonymous |
| Outstanding! Although I don't do many experts' depositions
in my current practice, it provided a wealth of knowledge to prepare for
those I have to do. Musante is extraordinary. Very few seminar instructors
are as capable at relaying such complex information in such little time.
Brian Smith |
| Definitely one of the best. Lots of material that can
be applied to our practice. Musante is an excellent teacher. Karen Treon |
| Much more focused than other half-day seminars. Fast
and furious delivery but I expect it will hit me in waves - useful and fun.
Musante is witty and entertaining with good examples. W. E. Hofmann, 2-3 expert depos |
| Excellent! I stayed totally awake after lunch. Awesome!
I'll remember it, ergo, excellent value. Anonymous, 30+ expert depos |
| Excellent practical content. Excellent instructor. Anna C. Bronnenisant |
| Superior compared to others. Musante was very good. I'm
going to schedule an expert depo soon so I can practice before I forget!
Anonymous, fewer than 10 expert depos |
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Nice combination of principles and visual examples. Good use of limited
time. Use of Baden testimony provided a beneficial example of the principles
presented. |
| Excellent instructor. We do interviews in criminal trials,
but both classes are still useful for thinking about those. This has given
me a lot to think about. Different from other CLEs. Real-life video clips
used very effectively, in context and outline. A lot of people are using
multi-media tools (badly), but your presentation is witty and the music,
although not distinctive, is used really well. Gail Thackeray |
| Better than any other expert witness CLE I have attended.
I like the analytical breakdown of the components of both the expert's opinions
and the attack of same. Very good practical content; excellent instructor. Mike Warzynski, 25-50 expert depos |
| The best - beyond a reasonable certainty. Great practical
content; exquisite teaching ability. Verda Holland, 5 expert depos |
| Very relevant and useful. Musante is excellent. Great
"Opinion" attacks; use of Baden testimony very effective. Anonymous, 3 expert depos |
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Wonderful. Teaches method based on thinking process of lawyer. Musante
is excellent. Very entertaining style. Very, very good practical content. |
| Fantastic! Musante excellent! Best method for improving
depo skills. Excellent "Opinion" attacks. Anonymous |
| Very good, well-prepared and well-presented. Much better
than other "expert" seminars. Buzz Alston, 100 expert depos, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, Phoenix Very informative with useful techniques to take into deposition. Musante
is interesting, thorough, understandable. Can be applied to any expert. Superb. The seminar teaches a very systematic, logical approach that
can be applied in a wide range of cases. Musante was thoughtful, prepared,
organized, effective and entertaining. Will significantly improve the
quality of my adverse expert depos, both in terms of conducting the deposition
as well as preparing ... and in preparing one's own expert. Most valuable expert seminar I've ever attended. Musante is incredibly
competent, interesting and informative. The analytical framework is a
logical construct that can be applied practically to the real world. I've
very excited about applying what I learned here today. Musante conveys material well. Will improve my expert depos greatly. Very good! Gave me a useful methodology to apply when conducting expert
depositions. Well done; useful. Much better than other "expert" seminars.
Well constructed and easy to identify components of technique of cross-examiner.
Will significantly improve my expert depos. Excellent practical content; excellent instructor. Provided a solid approach
for cross-examining an expert that hopefully can be applied to various
kinds of experts. |
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"Attacking
the Expert's Pedestal" Excellent seminar. Best CLE speaker I've ever run across. The Baden case
was great for teaching points. I only wish my experts left open that many
areas to attack. |
