The Witness Box: Ongoing Witness and Trial Preparation Series
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