PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - TG Gutheil AU - RI Simon AU - JT Hilliard TI - The phantom expert: unconsented use of an expert's name and/or testimony, as a legal strategy DP - 2001 Sep 01 TA - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online PG - 313--318 VI - 29 IP - 3 4099 - http://jaapl.org/content/29/3/313.short 4100 - http://jaapl.org/content/29/3/313.full SO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2001 Sep 01; 29 AB - The authors explore the forensic, legal, and ethical issues involved in a spectrum of attorney practices involving designating experts without notifying them. Recommendations are offered for dealing with this unethical practice, including exposure of the practice, reportage to bar association ethics committees, and continued open discussion and research.