1. Getting Your Sample Results Admitted Into Court By David Restaino, Esq.

2. Why Do We Care  Translate technical information for non-scientists  Prove that the translation is not “junk science”  Recognition by the expert’s peers

3. Why Do We Care  Getting paid

4. Hiring An Expert  Do we need an expert?  Will the expert testify in court, or not?

5. Hiring An Expert  What will this cost?  Is this the right person? - Education, training & experience

6. Hiring An Expert  Who should hire the expert?

7. The Legal System  How it works, and why it works  Discovery - Depositions  Trial Testimony

8. The Expert Report  The Expert’s “Voice”  Supporting Facts - What can be discovered  Draft reports

9. The Opinion  To a reasonable degree of scientific certainty  Based on facts; not a “net opinion”  Not “junk science”

10. Odor Opinions  Personal observations  Odor characterization  Emission data and contaminants emitted  Intensity measurement

11. Odor Opinions  Dispersion modeling  Chemistry  Laboratory practices  Source, wind direction, etc.

12. We Care Because …  Our name is on the report  We are a scientist  We have used our science to come to a conclusion  The conclusion is defensible, in fact and by science

13. We Care Because …  Our clients care  We want to get hired again