It can be said that the purpose of cross-examination, like all aspects of trial, is to argue the case with adroit leading questions to advance from one point to the next. Sometimes the answers are not ...

We recently wrote on strategies for effectively cross-examining expert witnesses, noting that litigators can make good use of deposition time by exploring in detail the facts supporting the expert’s ...

Although it’s undoubtedly true that patent litigators have deep expertise in their corner of the scientific world and Texas oil attorneys could teach a college geology class, the fact remains that ...

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 ...

Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen goes back on the stand Thursday braced for another bruising day of cross-examination that is shaping up as the most crucial chapter in the first criminal ...

Catching up on Donald Trump's hush money trial? Find highlights from days one and two of Michael Cohen's testimony, plus why Cohen's credibility is key to the case. NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors' star ...

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 ...

Alan Feigenbaum discusses the recent decision, T.I. v. R.I., where Justice Jeffrey Sunshine “provides a stellar educational tool in terms of explaining what it means to object to cross-examination as ...

Trial lawyers are performance artists, very much like stand-up comedians. As I explain in my book The Vanishing Trial, these seemingly disparate professions have much in common. First, it takes years ...