Preparing Witnesses: A Practical Guide for Lawyers and Their Clients
- Adapting to the Situation
- Why Tell the Truth?
- Appendix F. Witness Bill of Rights
- What Preparation Means
- Introduction
- Making an Impact
- The Gaps
- The Perception Gap
- The Corporate Representative Witness
- Please Raise Your Right Hand...
- The Trial Witness
- Appendix C. How Are Things in Russia?
- The Control Gap
- Three Mistakes Witnesses Make
- Rule 1: Take Your Time
- The Physician as Witness
- The Witness Bill of Rights
- Rule 6: If You Don't Remember, Say So
- The Grand Jury Witness
- About the Author
- The Criminal Defendant
- Preparing Ourselves
- Appendix D. How Was Your Flight?
- Basic Principles
- Rule 4: Be Relentlessly Polite
- The Audience Gap
- Rule 10: Use Your Counsel
- The Party Witness
- Appendix B. Witness Preparation Summary Handout
- Rule 9: Be Careful with Documents and Prior Statements
- Appendix E. How Are Things at the Hospital?
- Rule 5: Don't Answer a Question You Don't Understand!
- The Conversation Gap
- Acknowledgments
- Rule 2: Always Remember You Are Making a Record
- The Expert Witness
- Understanding the Audience
- Appendix A. Sample Witness Outline
- Rule 3: Tell the Truth
- The Deposition Witness
- Conclusion
- Rule 7: Don't Guess
- The Ethics of Witness Preparation
- Seven Mistakes Lawyers Make
- Rule 8: Do Not Volunteer