The importance of storytelling in cross-examination. Strategies for questioning an expert, whether in pre-trial or in the courtroom. Tactics for maintaining control of the examination. Professionalism ...

As a witness prepares to testify in trial, the big fear is often cross-examination. While the direct questioning by the witness’s own attorney is seen as the “easy part” (friendly, open-ended ...

Sometimes, it’s like pulling teeth. But along with documents, which, most times, have to be authenticated by a witness, witness testimony in a courtroom is the motherlode. Generally speaking, ...

Cross-examination is a big deal for a key witness. I’ve noticed in trial that it gets some added attentiveness from the jury. Knowing that they’re now seeing one side pitted directly against the other ...

Attorneys shouldn't speak to witnesses during cross-examination. If a party is on the witness stand, can the attorney who presents the witness speak to the witness when he or she begins ...

Q: I am being called as a witness in a criminal case. This is because I was at a restaurant when two guys got into it. I saw first hand what happened. One of them initiated it and wound up knocked out ...