Advanced Cross-Examination Using the Chapter Method© - Replay Grand Junction
December 2017
Advanced Cross-Examination Using the Chapter Method©
Featuring Larry Pozner
Co - Sponsored by the Colorado Bar Association and Denver Bar Association Young Lawyer Divisions
Learning Objectives:
At the End of the Day, You Will Understand How to:
- Maximize Effective Use of Cross-Examination
- Use the Power of Leading Questions & Form the Right Questions
- Control Witnesses & Shape Jurors’ Perceptions
- Successfully Create & Use Goal-Oriented Question Sequences
- Master the Chapter Method to Maximize Each Part of the Case
… and much, much more!
Program Description:
Larry Pozner’s Advanced Cross-Examination using the Chapter Method is an amazing course for all Litigators. His Cross-Examination seminars have been presented over 400 times throughout the U.S. & Canada. The course will go through all the important facets of Cross to help you: dominate, train witnesses, shape juror’s perceptions, put facts in the best context, derail an opposition, and ultimately win cases. You will learn the power of leading questions and how to use them, control witnesses, one fact at a time, and use and create goal-oriented questioning sequences that block escape. All this, and much, much more!
Register Now - You don’t want to miss this program!
Program Agenda
8:30 am
Registration
9:00 am – 11:55am (includes a 15-minute networking break)
Programming
11:55 am – 1:00pm
Lunch On Your Own
1:00 pm – 4:00pm (includes a 15-minute networking break)
Programming
Agenda Details:
9:00 am – 11:45am
Principles of Advanced Cross-Examination:
- Why cross is more helpful than direct
- Building our cases around cross
- Making our theory dominate our opponent’s theory
- Creating witness anxiety to compel honesty
The Only 3 Rules of Cross
Using the Power of Leading Questions
- Forming questions to achieve control
- Training witnesses to say yes
- Keeping the cross about our best facts
- Allowing jurors to see our points
Controlling Witnesses One Fact at a Time
- Shaping jurors’ perceptions of the facts
- Putting facts into persuasive order
- Painting pictures that channel deliberations
- The science of sentence construction
Creating Goal Oriented Questioning Sequences
- Winning our cases with their witnesses
- Encouraging truthful responses
- Sequences that block escape
- Using logic to drive our desired inferences
The Chapter Method of Cross-Examination
- Breaking cases into understandable parts
- Putting facts into our best context
- Recognizing events valuable for cross-examination
- How chapter method derails the opponent’s presentation
1:00 pm – 4:00pm
Page Preparation of Cross-Examination
- Scripting our cross by chapter
- Keying in exhibits and foundations
- Keeping track of direct exam
- Preparation for instant impeachment
Sequences of Cross-Examination
- Placing chapters into persuasive order
- Keeping dishonest witnesses off balance
- Value based impeachment
- Diminishing risk in difficult subjects
Building the Trial Notebooks
- Short cross – contents of witness file
- Long cross – subject matter files
- To-do lists by exhibit and by topic
- Trial table organization
Using Demonstrative Aids in Cross
- Timelines that tell our story
- Maps and photos that aid theory
- Making documents interesting
- Using their trial exhibits to prove our case
Controlling the Runaway Witness
- 20 methods of controlling the combative witness
- Psychological principles that establish witness control
- Punishing the non-responsive answer
- Taking advantage of the too-talkative witness
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Location Information
Law Office of Baird B Brown PC
1250 E Sherwood Dr
Grand Junction, CO
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1250 E Sherwood Dr
Grand Junction, CO
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $369.00 |
| CBA Member | $339.00 |
| CBA Litigation Section Member | $259.00 |
| Paralegal/Legal Support Staff | $209.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS--ELITE Pass Holder | $0.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Partner | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 7.00
- Ethics Credits: 0.00
- EDI Credits:
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