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Why Attorneys Need Experts and How Experts Help Make the Case
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Pasadena, CA
Tuesday, October 21, 2025


Why Attorneys Need Experts and How Experts Help Make the Case
 

ForensisGroup Sets a Standard that Connects Evidence to Causation and Damages

ForensisGroup, known in the legal and insurance communities as The Expert of Experts®, underscores the indispensable role expert witnesses play in modern litigation. Beyond credentials, effective experts clarify complex facts, establish causation, quantify impact and communicate in plain language, so judges and juries can follow the reasoning to a reliable conclusion.

"Attorneys build cases; experts illuminate them," said Mercy Steenwyk, CEO & Founder of ForensisGroup. "From cause-and-origin to economic loss, the expert's job is to connect the dots - methodically and transparently - so decision-makers can see Nothing But the Truth®."

"In high-stakes matters, clarity wins," added Emily Steenwyk, Director at ForensisGroup. "The right expert explains what happened, why it happened and what it means: drawing a picture step by step, evidence-tethered and courtroom-ready. That's how attorneys turn complex technical issues into clear, defensible arguments."

How Experts Help Attorneys Make the Case

Effective expert involvement strengthens each phase of litigation:

• Causation & Event Reconstruction: Translate technical evidence into a clear chain of events (event → cause → effect) that holds under scrutiny.

• Standards & Compliance: Interpret codes, industry practices, testing protocols and regulatory frameworks to establish duty and breach.

• Quantification: Model damages - from construction remediation and environmental remediation to business interruption and medical impacts with documented assumptions.

• Communication: Use ordered testimony, timelines and clarifying demonstratives & visuals to make complex analysis understandable without oversimplifying.

• Reliability: Apply accepted methodologies and disclose limits, enabling triers of fact to evaluate reliability, not rhetoric.

A Focus on Communication, Not Just Credentials

While qualifications are foundational, ForensisGroup stresses that experts must be able to teach the case: define terms, sequence facts and show how the evidence supports the conclusion. That ordered reasoning helps attorneys present arguments that are accurate, auditable and persuasive.

ForensisGroup connects legal teams with independent specialists across technical, scientific, medical, financial and engineering disciplines, so that expert work can clarify the record, anchor arguments in evidence and support just outcomes. 

About ForensisGroup
ForensisGroup, The Expert of Experts®, is a premier provider of expert witnesses, consultants and litigation support professionals across 8,000+ technical, scientific, medical, financial and engineering specialties. Since 1991, the firm has supported over 20,000 clients in more than 30,000 cases. Recognized as a Top 100 Women-Owned and Minority-owned business in Los Angeles, ForensisGroup is committed to being socially responsible to local and global communities. ForensisGroup has been voted the Best Expert Provider in the National Law Journal and AM’s Best Client Recommended Expert Service Provider for over ten years. ForensisGroup is committed to truth, integrity and service, anchored by its belief in Nothing But the Truth®. To learn more, visit ForensisGroup.com or call 800-555-5422.                                                                                                                                                ###

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