Randi McGinn, one of the top trial lawyers in the country, walks listeners through her tried and proven strategies for creating compelling arguments from witness testimony. She discusses how utilizing techniques that appeal to different learning styles can ensure that the jurors will not only understand how serious your client’s injury is, but will remember and callback to specific details during deliberation.
Citing previous successful cases to support these practices, McGinn breaks down the necessary elements for an effective direct examination:
How to question an expert witness versus the damages witness and plaintiff
Framing your questions with headlines
The importance of using an active voice
The benefits of visual aids
How to prepare your client for direct examination
How to piece together the most impactful elements of your client’s story
How to emphasize progress
In the follow-up Q&A, McGinn answers listeners’ questions on subjects such as:
How to introduce charts/visuals without objections
The best way to show soft-tissue injuries
Creating rules for the jury during direct examination
Best practices for interviewing your client’s family members and friends
The best way to deal with your case’s weakness
Getting the witness to use the demonstrative
Addressing permanent injury
How to approach punitive damages during direct
When to ask the expert their qualifications to render an opinion
How to use recency in direct
Preparing for cross-examination
How to argue for noneconomic damages
How to deal with passive aggressive testimony
How to prepare expert witnesses
Reviewing demonstrative charts with the witness
How to question a client with memory loss during direct examination
How to coach your client so they don’t freeze on the stand
Navigating redirect
McGinn implores you to be creative during direct examination. She offers advice for a range of things you can do, whether it be a change in verbiage or creating a visual during direct examination, that will leave an impression on the judge and jury so your client is awarded the justice they rightfully deserve.
*This interview was originally offered to customers as part of our Trial Guides LIVE Fireside Chat series. The content has been remastered and edited for brevity and clarity.
Audio Digital Download: 90 minutes; 1st Edition (2021)
Publisher: Trial Guides, LLC
Randi McGinn, one of the top trial lawyers in the country, walks listeners through her tried and proven strategies for creating compelling arguments from witness testimony. She discusses how utilizing techniques that appeal to different learning styles can ensure that the jurors will not only understand how serious your client’s injury is, but will remember and callback to specific details during deliberation.
Citing previous successful cases to support these practices, McGinn breaks down the necessary elements for an effective direct examination:
How to question an expert witness versus the damages witness and plaintiff
Framing your questions with headlines
The importance of using an active voice
The benefits of visual aids
How to prepare your client for direct examination
How to piece together the most impactful elements of your client’s story
How to emphasize progress
In the follow-up Q&A, McGinn answers listeners’ questions on subjects such as:
How to introduce charts/visuals without objections
The best way to show soft-tissue injuries
Creating rules for the jury during direct examination
Best practices for interviewing your client’s family members and friends
The best way to deal with your case’s weakness
Getting the witness to use the demonstrative
Addressing permanent injury
How to approach punitive damages during direct
When to ask the expert their qualifications to render an opinion
How to use recency in direct
Preparing for cross-examination
How to argue for noneconomic damages
How to deal with passive aggressive testimony
How to prepare expert witnesses
Reviewing demonstrative charts with the witness
How to question a client with memory loss during direct examination
How to coach your client so they don’t freeze on the stand
Navigating redirect
McGinn implores you to be creative during direct examination. She offers advice for a range of things you can do, whether it be a change in verbiage or creating a visual during direct examination, that will leave an impression on the judge and jury so your client is awarded the justice they rightfully deserve.
*This interview was originally offered to customers as part of our Trial Guides LIVE Fireside Chat series. The content has been remastered and edited for brevity and clarity.