Cross-Examination:
The Comprehensive Guide For Experts
By
Steven Babitsky, Esquire, and James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esquire
© 2003 SEAK, Inc.
The ultimate
measure of every expert is how well the expert performs during
cross-examination. SEAK’s new
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.
Experts will learn how to prepare for, anticipate, recognize, and
effectively deal with counsel's:
v Acting
like a loose cannon
v
Ambush questions
v Asking
you similar questions repeatedly
v Attempts
to discredit you
v Attempts
to impeach you with prior testimony/writings
v Attempts
to make you look foolish
v Hypothetical
questions
v Leading
you down a path and boxing you in
v Mischaracterization
of your testimony/opinion
v Offensive
behavior
v Personal
attacks
v Questions
about money/fees
v Questions
from out in left field
v Quoting
your deposition out of context
v Trick
questions
v Twisting
your words
v “Yes
or no” question
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. Experts will 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, much more.
Cross-Examination: The
Comprehensive Guide for Experts comes with a 30-day money back guarantee. It is hardbound, 432 pages long and features 10 chapters and a
detailed index. Each chapter
begins with a quick read executive summary.
Order your copy today.
ISBN 1-892904-23-3
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