Q. Are you able to estimate the split between work you have done for plaintiffs and defendants by percentage?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Could you provide that?
A. Well, yes. Overall, I would say that it's something around 65/35, defense/plaintiff.
Q. And is that relatively accurate for the past five years?
A. I would say last five years, it's probably been more like 70/30.
Q. 75 percent defense and 30 percent plaintiffs; is that correct?
A. Yes.
The witness (who says the attorney's math is correct) is a physics major with three postgraduate degrees in math.
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