The document discusses the role and types of expert witnesses. An expert witness is a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a particular field who provides expert testimony. They may provide opinions on matters like injury severity, sanity, machine failures, damages, and authenticating electronic evidence. Expert testimony is important in many civil and criminal cases. Experts have a responsibility to provide unbiased opinions. There are testifying experts who present in court and non-testifying experts who advise lawyers. In ballistics cases, expert opinions on matching bullets to guns involve subjective assessments.