2013-Present

The Witness Box: Ongoing Witness and Trial Preparation Series

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Daniel I. Small

This biweekly column, published since August 2013, is titled "The Witness Box" and focuses on litigation and witness issues in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.

Prepare for Questions About Preparation
May 14, 2015

Prepare Your Witness By Heeding 'Reptile v. Mongoose'
April 24, 2015

Grand Jury Makes for Most Treacherous Witness Environment
March 26, 2015

Ethical Witness Preparations: A Five-Part Series
December 15, 2014

Listen for the Song in Your Witness's Head
October 30, 2014

Witness Interview a Dangerous Informality
October 16, 2014

Lawyers, Start Your Questions - Part II
October 1, 2014

Lawyers, Start Your Questions - Part I
September 11, 2014

Prepare Your Witness for the Strange World of the Deposition
July 21, 2014

Witnesses, Save the Speeches and Be Yourselves — Just Like Julia Roberts
July 2, 2014

The Witness Bill of Rights
June 18, 2014

Witness Preparation: Not Only Permissible, But Essential
June 4, 2014

Making an Impact on a Witness
May 21, 2014

Witnesses Need To Use Their Counsel
May 7, 2014

Be Careful with Documents and Prior Statements
April 23, 2014

Embrace Essential Sound of Silence
April 9, 2014

Playing the Guessing Game Is a Losing Strategy
March 27, 2014

If You Don't Remember, Just Say So
March 12, 2014

Watch Out For The Questioner's 'Wiggle and Squirm'
February 27, 2014

The Witness’s 4 Magic Words: ‘Please Rephrase the Question’
February 12, 2014

7 Steps to Being Relentlessly Polite
January 30, 2014

Rule 3: Tell the Truth, Part 2
January 20, 2014

Rule 3: Tell The Truth, Part I
December 24, 2013

Witnesses Aren’t Just Talking, They’re Making a Record: Part 2
December 11, 2013

Witnesses Aren't Just Talking, They're Making a Record
December 2, 2013

The Witness’s Golden Rule: Take Your Time
November 14, 2013

Seven Big Mistakes Lawyers Make
October 29, 2013

Three Big Mistakes Witnesses Make
October 17, 2013

What It Means to Prepare a Witness
October 7, 2013

Mind the Gaps, Fellow Counsel
September 18, 2013

An Unprepared Witness is a Lost Witness
August 22, 2013

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