Watch Your Legal Language — The Do’s and Don’t’s of Report Writing
Sloan Mandel
Partner, Specialist in Civil Litigation
Thomson, Rogers
Chris Milburn CPA, CMA, CBV
Managing Director, Economic Consulting
FTI Consulting
- Keep lawyers happy by learning to speak their language to maximum effect
- Save time by making sure you get the instructions you really need from counsel
- Know your audience and learn to structure your reports to speak to different groups
- How to ask the right questions so you can:
- Understand the “theory” of the case
- Know the “legal test” your client needs to meet
- Drill down to the true issues
- Appreciate how your work fits in to the client’s arguments
- Understand the burden of proof and what that means for your opinion
