"The Daubert Tracker website offers our members a great resource for quick access to information associated with reported and unreported 'evidentiary gatekeeping' cases. In addition it provides a thorough database for finding and researching expert witnesses. NACDL is pleased to form an alliance with the Daubert Tracker and looks forward to promoting this wonderful tool to our members," said Jim Bergmann, Director of Sales and Marketing.

The U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Daubert case and its progeny, Kumho Tire and Joiner, govern the admissibility of expert testimony in the federal courts. This “Daubert Trilogy” is the most important set of cases to involve scientific evidence in over seventy years. The federal courts use these cases in assessing (a) whether an expert is qualified, and (b) whether the techniques he/she utilizes are sound. Many state courts employ the Daubert Trilogy (and state equivalents of the Federal Rules of Evidence), while other states employ their own, unique evidentiary gatekeeping principles in screening such testimony. Whatever the standard, successful or unsuccessful expert challenges can, and often will, influence the entire outcome of a case and are now viewed as an essential component of trial strategy.

To date, thousands of federal and state gatekeeping decisions (both reported and unreported) have been filed since the original Daubert decision. Currently, dozens of new opinions are reported every week, and many authorities believe that this rate will continue to increase. It is therefore incumbent on trial attorneys and forensic professionals to have not only a historical perspective on all of the decisions to date, but regular updates on the latest decisions. It was to meet this need that the Daubert Tracker™ was developed.

According to Myles Levin, president of MDEX Online, Inc., the company which owns the Daubert Tracker, "It should be a matter of routine for any attorney who is about to retain or depose an expert to check if that expert may have a 'gatekeeping history.' The Daubert Tracker™ gives the criminal defense lawyer convenient, cost-effective and fingertip access not only to cases involving challenges but also to many of the collateral legal documents involved. This information can be enormously helpful in helping the criminal defense lawyer to prepare for his or her own upcoming gatekeeping event."

About NACDL

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) is the preeminent organization in the United States advancing the mission of the nation's criminal defense lawyers to ensure justice and due process for persons accused of crime or other misconduct. A professional bar association founded in 1958, NACDL's more than 11,500 direct members -- and 82 state, local, and international affiliate organizations with another 28,000 members -- include private criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, active U.S. military defense counsel, law professors and judges committed to preserving fairness within America's criminal justice system.
For more information, visit www.nacdl.org.

About MDEX Online, Inc. and the Daubert Tracker

Founded in 1999, MDEX Online, Inc. is headquartered in Evanston, IL.

For more information about the Daubert Tracker™, visit www.dauberttracker.com.