How To Not Mess Up an Affidavit: Agree With It in Full

𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮:"Review this affidavit of merit we crafted"

𝙈𝙚:"Review this 𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗬 revised affidavit"(𝟯 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧)

Affidavits of merit are to be taken seriously
↳By signing off, the expert must be in full agreement

Before signing and notarizing an affidavit:

• An expert must review each line of text
• An expert must edit each fact and value given
• An expert must audit the timeline documented

Then they should slap a "𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙩" watermark on it and discuss it at length with their retaining attorney

Nobody wants to be surprised by the affidavit
↳And discovery rules vary state by state

Signing off on an affidavit that contains erroneous information will surely be brought up in deposition
↳And will give the opposing counsel an opening
↳So only sign an affidavit if 𝟭𝟬𝟬% in agreement

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆: An expert must agree with and be able to defend everything written in an affidavit
↳𝙁𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙨𝙤 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙟𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣

𝗣.𝗦. - Have you ever read an opposing expert's affidavit and thought to yourself, "Gotcha!" ... 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚