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Tag: testimony

  • Outlining Your Questions… Is There a Better Way?

    Exactly how do you want to format your questions? There are several schools of thought on this matter. I know successful attorneys that literally script out every question and every answer to the question. In this way, the attorney can visualize exactly what will take place in the courtroom. Such a format also allows someone →

    cross-examination, Direct examination, mock trial, testimony, Trial Advocacy

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    Adversarial system, advocacy, testimony

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    Aug 24, 2015
  • There is a Difference Between “I Don’t Know” and “I Don’t Remember”

    A client or witness needs to be thoroughly familiarized with what it means to forget as opposed to not knowing something.  If one says, “I don’t know,” something, it means it was never in their brain. “I don’t remember,” on the other hand, means that the information was once in their brain, but cannot be →

    Evidence, Trial Advocacy

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    Evidence; Rule 612; Rule 803(5); Refreshing Recollection;Past Recollection Recorded, testimony, Trial

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    Jul 29, 2015
  • Teaching Your Client How to Mind Their Manners While on the Stand

    It costs you nothing to be a gentleman or lady.  However, a lack of civility can be very costly.  The manner in which a witness or party testifies is critical to their credibility and understandability to the jury. You want witnesses to testify in a natural manner, but they need to be understood and well →

    depositions, testimony, Trial Advocacy

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    courtroom etiquette, credibility, demeanor, Deposition, manners, testimony, witness preparation

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    Jul 8, 2015

Rich Cook has been practicing law for over 40 years and has been recognized by his peers for his contributions to the development of personal injury law and trial advocacy in the State of Indiana.

Since entering private practice, Rich has handled a wide range of matters involving claims of personal injury, wrongful death, automobile collisions, medical malpractice, product liability, job site injuries, insurance disputes, breach of contract, defamation, sexual harassment claims, civil rights claims, class actions, and construction site injuries.

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