Advanced Cross Examination

Registration Fee:

$235

CLE Hours

6 CLE Hours
including
1 Professionalism
Hour and
6 Trial Practice
Hours

Advanced Cross Examination of Experts
How to Dominate a Courtroom

Recorded January 29, 2004

Presiding:
Roger Dodd practices law in Valdosta and is board-certified in both civil and criminal law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 1991. He appears regularly on Court TV as a guest anchor. His practice includes plaintiff’s personal injury and criminal defense. He tries and consults on cases all over Georgia and the Southeast.

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

SESSION I

Overreaching Principles
• Trials have changed

The Power of Leading Questions
• Forming questions to achieve control
• Avoiding the seven enemy words
• Training witnesses to say yes

Controlling Witnesses One Fact At A Time
• Shaping jurors’ perceptions of the fact
• Using simplicity to block escape
• Fixing the vague question

Goal-Oriented Questioning Sequences
• Encouraging truthful responses
• Putting facts into persuasive order
• Blocking witness evasions

Chapter Method of Cross-Examination
• Breaking cases into understandable parts
• Recognizing events valuable for cross-examination
• Putting facts into your best context
• Effect of chapter methods to the opponent’s case

Using Primacy and Recency to Create Interest
• Dividing cases into understandable parts
• Telling jurors what’s important
• Breaking the wasted words habit
• Using facts to change credibility

SESSION II

Page Preparation for Cross-Examination
• Preparation for instant impeachment
• How to organize cross-examinations
• Keeping track of direct exam

Cross-Examination Sequences
• Putting chapters into persuasive order
• Changing the rules of admissibility
• Keeping dishonest witnesses off balance

Loops, Double Loops, Spontaneous Loops
• How to emphasize your key facts
• Making hostile witnesses adopt your descriptions
• Beating witnesses with their own words

Controlling the Runaway Witness
• 20 methods of controlling the combative witness
• Psychological principals that establish control
• Punishing the non-responsive answer

Registration Fee: $235 CLE Hours 6 CLE Hours including 1 Professionalism Hour and 6 Trial Practice Hours	Advanced Cross Examination of Experts How to Dominate a Courtroom
	Recorded January 29, 2004
	Presiding: Roger Dodd practices law in Valdosta and is board-certified in both civil and criminal law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 1991. He appears regularly on Court TV as a guest anchor. His practice includes plaintiff’s personal injury and criminal defense. He tries and consults on cases all over Georgia and the Southeast.
	WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
	SESSION I Overreaching Principles • Trials have changed The Power of Leading Questions • Forming questions to achieve control • Avoiding the seven enemy words • Training witnesses to say yes Controlling Witnesses One Fact At A Time • Shaping jurors’ perceptions of the fact • Using simplicity to block escape • Fixing the vague question Goal-Oriented Questioning Sequences • Encouraging truthful responses • Putting facts into persuasive order • Blocking witness evasions Chapter Method of Cross-Examination • Breaking cases into understandable parts • Recognizing events valuable for cross-examination • Putting facts into your best context • Effect of chapter methods to the opponent’s case Using Primacy and Recency to Create Interest • Dividing cases into understandable parts • Telling jurors what’s important • Breaking the wasted words habit • Using facts to change credibility
	SESSION II Page Preparation for Cross-Examination • Preparation for instant impeachment • How to organize cross-examinations • Keeping track of direct exam Cross-Examination Sequences • Putting chapters into persuasive order • Changing the rules of admissibility • Keeping dishonest witnesses off balance Loops, Double Loops, Spontaneous Loops • How to emphasize your key facts • Making hostile witnesses adopt your descriptions • Beating witnesses with their own words Controlling the Runaway Witness • 20 methods of controlling the combative witness • Psychological principals that establish control • Punishing the non-responsive answer