EXPERT'S GUIDE TO
SUCCESSFUL LEGAL
TESTIMONY


How To Avoid The Sharks!



By Jack Murray, MBA, CFE, CLI
And Jay Murray, Attorney At Law

 

 

EXPERT'S GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL LEGAL TESTIMONY
How To Avoid The Sharks!
By Jack Murray, MBA,CFE, CLI And Jay Murray, Attorney At Law


As a professional, providing testimony and rendering expert opinions in depositions and trials is a major cornerstone to your practice and your entire career. You can be an expert top-notch information gatherer, reconstructionist, researcher and investigator but if you can not present your findings in a formal legal setting, your rendered services are worth about zero. This outstanding work hands you the knowledge, techniques, tools and know-how so your testimony comes off successfully so you come out of it smelling like a rose even when opposition attorneys try to impeach your every word. Almost unheard of and extremely powerful content is based on the unique experience of two of America's best loved legal/investigative authors, Jack Murray and Jay Murray. Jack Murray has developed an impeccable reputation as a legal investigator and accident investigation expert witness who has testified at hundreds of depositions and trials. His unique, well known and highly successful legal testimonial approaches and techniques described in this book are powerful and hard-hitting. Jay Murray, a former legal investigator himself; is a practicing attorney who gives you amazing insight and knowledge from the other side of the witness stand on what to say and not to say. Aside from the wealth of excellent material covered on how to go about giving legal testimony, you are also treated to the framework of the law as it relates to your testimony.

Table Of Contents

 PREFACE
THE LITIGATION PROCESS

Situations Requiring Expertise
Two Or More Moving Vehicles
Vehicle And A Fixed Object
Vehicle And A Prdestrain
Vehicle Hitting A Parked Vehicle
Single Vehicle Accidents
Vehicle Hitting A Bicycle
Crashworthiness
Product Liability
Vehicular Crime
Mediation-Arbitration

APPEARANCE
First Impressions
Dressing
Posture
Your Actions Speak Loud But
I Hear Your Words
Speak The Layman's Language
A Strategy For Effectiveness

WITNESSES
Types Of Witnesses
Factual
Expert
Opinions
Synopsis Of Rule 703
Discussion Of Rule 703
Daubert
Areas Of Expertise
Your Curriculum Vitae
Licensing
Credentials
Certification
Computer Generated Formulas
Computer Animated Reenactment

DEPOSITIONS
Purpose
The Cast Of Characters
Don't Get Angry!
Understand The Question
Don't Volunteer Information
Just Answer The Question
Three Little Words
Never Say Never
Surprise Information
Be Alert For Compound Questions
False Assumptions
Wait Until The Question Is Complete
Be Accurate And Honest
Understand The Limits Of Your Expertise
Avoid All-Encompassing Questions
Never Volunteer Information
Slicing The Sausage
A Defensive Tactic

TRIALS
Be Prepared
Experts And Experts
Effectiveness
Direct Testimony Should Be A Breeze
Objections
Cross Examination
Fees
Objectivity
Demonstrative Evidence
Photos
Digital Cameras


TERMINOLOGY
GENERAL TIPS ON TESTIFYING
QUALIFYING AN ACCIDENT
INVESTIGATOR OR
RECONSTRUCTIONIST



For development of highly successful legal testimony, this unique guide and reference material will serve you and your professional career extremely well and hell you coming out smelling like a rose every time you are called upon to give testimony. Don't do one without it! 8 1/2 X 11, 1999, 55 pages. $29.95

 

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