Cross-examination is like a chain saw. In the hands of the careless advocate, it can dismember your own client’s case with a single mistake. For the prepared trial lawyer, cross-examination offers the ...

The purpose of cross-examination is to continue to argue — and defend — your case by using leading questions to obtain affirmative answers. The leading question with the desired answer is the key to ...

Q: I am being called as a witness in a criminal case. This is because I was at a restaurant when two guys got into it. I saw first hand what happened. One of them initiated it and wound up knocked out ...

Fact witnesses are integral to the litigation process, whether they are associated with a party or not. In criminal law, it's the eyewitness who saw what happened, either a random individual on the ...

Nearly three and a half years into the Trump Administration’s term, the United States Department of Education has finally published its new regulations governing campus sexual assault cases. The ...