1. Baptism of the expert witness -- 2. Interfacing with the legal system -- 3. Developing winning strategies -- 4. Fees, contracts, and marketing -- 5. Discovery -- 6. Expert opinions under Daubert -- 7. The deposition -- 8. Daubert challenge -- 9. Preparation for trial -- 10. Giving testimony at trial -- 11. Communication -- The engineer's nightmare : a case study -- 13. A gas of a case -- 14. Swamp gas and the greenhouse effect -- 15. It's criminal : more than money at stake -- 16. Turning the tables : the expert as a fact witness -- 17. The big one -- 18. Junk science -- 19. To the lawyer -- 20. The verdict -- 21. The future of expert witnessing.