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Wednesday
Oct212009

Mock Trial 101: How to Cross an Expert Witness 

The testimony of an expert witness can make a serious impression on the jury. The wise doctor with the wire rim glasses and the stoic engineer with the Harvard degree can bring a certain sense of credibility to an otherwise he-said-she-said legal debate. So then, it becomes your job on cross examination to do everything in your power to undermine the expert's credibility and testimony. Indeed, easier said than done!

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