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Expert witness CV template
An expert witness CV sets out the qualifications and experience that make an expert competent on the issues in a dispute: field of expertise and current position, qualifications and memberships, expert witness experience (courts and tribunals, types of instruction, numbers and the claimant / defendant split) when stated, relevant professional experience, publications, training and a declaration placeholder. No rule prescribes the format, but court rules require qualifications in the report (Practice Direction 35 paragraph 3.2(1) in England and Wales; Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(B) in US federal courts). This Word template orders the CV to match, and Formatix fills it from the expert's existing CV.
Experts' own CVs are often long academic or professional documents. Filling them into one template puts the facts the court and the instructing lawyers look for first, in the same order for every expert a firm puts forward.
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An editable file with neutral branding and a fictional example candidate, to fill in by hand. Formatix fills it automatically from a CV.
What's in the template
An expert witness CV for litigation and arbitration: field of expertise, current position, qualifications and memberships, expert witness experience (instructions, claimant and defendant split, appearances) only when stated, professional experience, publications, training and a declaration placeholder.
- Name, field of expertise, current position and summary
- Qualifications and professional memberships
- Expert witness experience only when stated: courts and tribunals, types of instruction, number of instructions, claimant / defendant split, appearances
- Relevant professional experience
- Publications and expert witness training
- Declaration placeholder for the wording the court, tribunal or instructing party requires
What it's for: Putting forward an expert witness in litigation or arbitration, with a CV that sits alongside the expert's report.
WordDelivered as an editable Word file, or saved as PDF.
Who uses it
Expert witness practices and forensic consultancies
A consistent CV for every expert the firm puts forward.
Litigation support teams at law firms
Experts' CVs in a standard layout for the bundle.
Independent experts
A clean, ordered CV from a long academic document.
Every page of the example
The example is in Formatix branding with fictional content. When you pick this template, it is rebuilt with your logo, colours and fonts before you use it.
How you use it
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Pick the template or upload your own
Choose this template in Studio and give us your website, or upload the expert CV format your firm uses. You see a filled sample first.
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Add the expert's CV
Upload the CV with a note on the matter and the expertise to lead with. One credit formats one CV.
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Check and file
Review the CV beside the original with the instructing lawyers, then download the editable Word file or a PDF.
Download or automate? The free download is a plain file you fill in by hand. In Formatix the template is rebuilt in your brand, with your logo, colours and fonts taken from your website, and filled from a CV or your notes in about a minute. What you keep is the finished document: an editable Word, PowerPoint or Excel file.
Ask for changes in plain words, such as "move the photo to the right" or "add a Languages section", and the template is updated with the rest of its formatting kept. If you already have a document you send clients, upload that instead and Formatix turns it into a template. How Studio builds templates
Questions about this template
- Is there a required expert witness CV format?
- We know of none in England and Wales or US federal courts. The rules require qualifications in the expert's report, and FRCP 26(a)(2)(B) also requires publications from the previous 10 years and testimony from the previous 4.
- Does it list prior testimony?
- If the expert's CV or your note lists it, the template has a section for it. Formatix does not research or verify an expert's history.
- Can it shorten a long academic CV?
- The template sets what each section holds and puts the most relevant material first; your note can say what to emphasise. Your team reviews the result.
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