PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Menkes, David B. TI - The Silent Expert DP - 2006 Jun 01 TA - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online PG - 240--241 VI - 34 IP - 2 4099 - http://jaapl.org/content/34/2/240.short 4100 - http://jaapl.org/content/34/2/240.full SO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2006 Jun 01; 34 AB - Following a telephonic deposition, the author discovered that a psychiatrist expert witness for the other side had electronically eavesdropped on the entire six‐hour proceedings. Under cross‐examination the expert admitted eavesdropping on instruction of state's attorneys, and directing their deposition of the author, but denied wrongdoing. The ethical implications of such deceptive behavior and its rationalization are discussed.