Expert Witness Testimonies
Construction defect litigation is intensely complex. With many different parties having separate contracts it creates potentially contrary, and often conflicting interests and motives. Understanding the complexity of this role, Axis Construction Consultants prides themselves on being the right choice for their clients by exemplifying the characteristics listed below.
Knowledge and Experience in Relevant Issues
Axis' experts have hands-on experience, not just academic or litigation-support experience. Practical experience allows our expert witness to put the facts into the context of the real world and not simply address them in the abstract
Our experts are familiar with the type of project at issue and the technical issues peculiar to the project allowing us to understand the roles and responsibilities of the various parties.
Axis' experts have varying backgrounds and specialties which allow them to be familiar with different types of design and construction contracts at issue and the obligations such contracts create.
Accepted Scientific Methods
In addition to the above our experts use and employ scientific methods to come to his/her conclusions and are able to develop or withstand a legal challenge, to the expert's methods.
Our qualified experts understand accepted testing procedures, analyze and interpret data from the testing, formulate conclusions based on the data, and critique other interpretations.
Legal Environment
Being a truly effective expert demands a working knowledge of the legal process. Axis' experts see the necessity to understand the different roles and the different standards of proof that apply to its consultation.
Axis' consultants also have extensive experience preparing for and participating in mediation, arbitration or trial.
Working Style of the Attorney
Our consultants understand that the relationship between an expert witness and the attorney should be collaborative, trusting and supportive, and the personalities of the two parties must be compatible. As a consultant, we work hard to gain the trust and respect for the attorneys we work for.