AI-Powered Expert Witness Preparation
Expert depositions hinge on preparation depth. Dodonai summarizes prior transcripts, processes Rule 26 reports, and finds contradictions across documents, turning days of preparation into hours.
How Attorneys Use AI to Prepare for Expert Witness Depositions
Expert witness preparation is high-stakes. Whether you're building a Daubert challenge or preparing your own expert for cross, the outcome hinges on preparation depth. You need to master the expert's methodology, map opinions against the factual record, identify inconsistencies across prior testimony, and lock down positions for trial or a motion to exclude under FRE 702.
That preparation is document-intensive. It involves prior transcripts, expert witness reports filed under Rule 26(a)(2), published articles, case-specific records, and sometimes testimony from other cases where the expert reached different conclusions. AI expert deposition preparation tools like Dodonai compress this timeline from weeks to hours. Upload an expert's prior transcripts and receive detailed summaries with page-line citations in minutes. Upload expert reports and medical records to build chronologies mapping opinions against the factual record. Use semantic search across transcripts to find every instance where the expert discussed a methodology or conclusion, including passages keyword search would miss.
Attorneys arrive at the deposition with organized summaries, identified contradictions, and a clear map of the expert's prior positions, all at a fraction of the cost of manual preparation. A 200-page expert transcript that takes 6-8 hours to digest manually is summarized in about 6 minutes.
Expert Witness Preparation Capabilities
Summarize Prior Expert Testimony
Upload prior deposition transcripts (from this case or prior engagements) and get page-line or narrative summaries in minutes. Spot key opinions, methodology descriptions, and admissions. Compare what a retained expert said in their Rule 26 report against sworn testimony.
Find Contradictions Across Transcripts
Impeachment material lives in the details. Semantic search surfaces every instance where the expert discussed a topic across multiple depositions, so you can compare statements side by side and identify methodology shifts or inconsistencies between cases.
Process Expert Witness Reports into Chronologies
Upload expert witness reports filed under Rule 26(a)(2), medical records, and case documents to generate a unified chronology. Map stated opinions against the factual timeline to find gaps, unsupported conclusions, or mischaracterized events.
Organize Exhibits for Deposition
Use Dodonai's document management tools to tag and organize exhibits. Search your entire document set to find the exact page you need to confront the expert with during testimony.
Rapid Reprocessing for New Materials
Supplemental expert reports or late-disclosed materials? Add new transcripts or reports and generate updated summaries in minutes without starting over.
How It Works
Upload Expert Transcripts, Reports, and Case Documents
Upload prior deposition transcripts, expert reports, published articles, medical records, and other relevant documents. The system accepts PDFs, Word files, and text files, including scanned documents processed with built-in AI OCR.
AI Summarizes, Searches, and Organizes
Dodonai generates summaries with page-line citations, builds chronologies from reports and records, and indexes everything for semantic search. Specify key topics (methodology, specific opinions, prior case involvement) to tailor the focus to your deposition strategy.
Review and Prepare Your Examination Outline
Review summaries with side-by-side source linking in the interactive viewer. Search across all documents by concept to find supporting or contradicting passages. Export organized materials as PDF, Word, or Excel for your deposition binder.
Frequently Asked Questions
Dodonai processes prior transcripts into page-line summaries, builds chronologies from Rule 26 reports, and enables semantic search across all uploaded documents. This gives attorneys the full picture of the expert's testimony history and methodology, whether you're preparing cross, building a Daubert challenge, or evaluating a rebuttal expert.
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Prepare for Expert Depositions Faster
Upload expert transcripts and reports to get organized summaries and contradiction detection in minutes. No credit card, no commitment.