Preparing Your Client to Testify

Overton Thompson

Content:

• Important roles for in-house counsel partnering with trial counsel to prepare company witnesses to testify. 
• Explaining the scope of examination, dealing with credibility issues, admissions, compromising documents. 
• Locking your client into his/her story, protecting against impeachment, finding goblins in your witness' past, and the makings of a good corporate representative. 
• Explaining the format of the testimony, applicable privileges, the importance of objections, responding to questions, and explaining that the lawyer represents the company. 
• Practice run-throughs, pre-dispute document management and retention, litigation holds, ethical considerations, and more.

Title:
Preparing Your Client to Testify

Speaker:

Overton Thompson - Bass Berry & Sims (Nashville, TN)
Credit:
  .25 CLE Credit Hours Available for AK AZ CA CO FL GA HI KY LA MO ND NJ NY TX UT WA
More:
http://trial.com/cle/courses/2011-chi/thompson.html