Before I retired in 2016, I’d get a lot of calls from lawyers who wanted to hire me to be an expert witness at a trial. They were almost always representing a building owner. I always said “no thank you,” because I like to keep stress out of my life.
That wasn’t the case with one guy I knew back then. He used to testify in court against people who were suing their heating companies. He said it was easy money and his sincerity shone like a halo whenever he spoke from the witness stand about things to do with heating. If you went into court believing you'd done the right thing by the customer, you'd walk out feeling guilty anyway. And it was all because of my guy's ability to make you believe he knew absolutely everything there was to know about heating systems.