5 Rules for Testifying on Cross Examination

If your case is one of the few controversies that makes to an evidentiary hearing or a full trial, there will be an emphasis on preparing for the presentation of your case. One of my clients’ number one questions when we are preparing to tell our story to the Court or Jury is “what happens during cross examination?” It is also one of the biggest stress points for attorneys at they prepare and anticipate what could be harmful to a case.

After ten years of practice, Brian and I distilled hours of conversation and pages of notes into this one page, 5 Rules for Testifying on Cross Examination cheat sheet. The practice of law like the practice of medicine is an art not a science and there are many of ways to achieve a clients’ goal; however, there is only one way to get a decision from the Court - and that is by presenting sufficient evidence during your evidentiary hearing or full trial for the Court to adopt your application of the facts as you see them to the Law as it is.