Reinventing witness preparation : unlocking the secrets to testimonial success / Kenneth R. Berman.
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Chicago, Illinois :
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Why smart people give bad testimony
- Make the first answer the best answer
- The danger in saying too little
- The danger in avoiding ambiguous questions
- The danger in not improving upon the question
- The danger in "I Don't Recall"
- All witnesses are different
- The better witness
- Knowing and preparing your witness
- Why Tom Brady got a four-game suspension and what that teaches about witness preparation
- Yes, no, or something else
- Answering ambiguous questions
- Deficient memory and other common testimonial issues
- Witness remorse and testimonial style
- Documents and impeachment
- Direct examination
- Preparing experts.