The ultimate measure of every expert is how well the expert performs during cross-examination. SEAK’s text, Cross-Examination: The Comprehensive Guide For Experts will help experts quickly and efficiently master the art of responding to each and every cross-examination question truthfully and artfully.
Like their previous books on expert witnessing, the authors write in a concise, no-nonsense manner and provide hundreds of examples. Each example is accompanied by its own lesson which carefully dissects the exchange between attorney and expert and gives the reader specific, practical advice.
This book titled 'Cross-Examination: The Comprehensive Guide for Experts' will help you learn what opposing counsel is likely to ask and why, how to prepare for, and defeat, counsel’s tactics, multiple responses to 75 of the most difficult questions experts may face, how jurors perceive cross-examination of experts, what opposing counsel can and can not ask, dozens of advanced techniques to perform superbly during cross, how to become a dangerous expert, and much more. Here is a outline of the topics.
The Art Of Cross-Examination
Learning How An Attorney Prepares To Cross-Examine An Expert
Preparing For Cross-Examination
Understanding How Jurors Perceive Cross-Examination Of Experts
Employing Techniques To Excel During Cross-Examination
What Experts Are Likely To Be Asked During Cross-Examination
Legal Limitations To The Scope of Expert Cross-Examination
Defeating Counsel's Tactics
Answering Trick And Difficult Questions
Becoming A Dangerous Expert Witness
Detailed Investigation Of The Expert
Analyze The Gathered Information And Determine The Expert's Vulnerabilities
Strategizing For The Cross-Examination
The Importance Of Preparation
The Pre-Trial Meeting With Retaining Counsel
Preparation Techniques That Do Not Require The Presence Of Retaining Counsel
Questions Concerning Preparation With Retaining Counsel
How Experienced Experts Prepare For Cross-Examination
How Jurors Decide Whether To Believe An Expert
How To Be Effective In Front Of The Jury
Advanced Techniques To Excel During Cross-Examination
Bias
Qualifications
Prior Testimony, Writings, And Statements
Opinions And Bases For Opinions
Honesty And Credibility
Learned Treatises
Interaction With Retaining Counsel
The Expert's Marketing Activities
Case Examples
Tactics
Responses To Seventy-Five Trick And Difficult Questions
The Dangerous Expert
The Bulletproof Expert
Turning The Tables On Oppsing Counsel
This book titled 'Cross-Examination: The Comprehensive Guide for Experts', 1st edition will teach experts how to prepare for, anticipate, recognize, and effectively deal with counsel.
