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We have various ways of doing this. I prefer a phone call or in person meeting. First, I ask the attorney what is wrong. The attorney usually describes a set of symptoms. For example, "She volunteers constantly and I can't get her to stop." Or, "He's completely arrogant and angry and I can't get him to be nice." I carefully listen for the lawyer's attitude toward the witness and often ask how the lawyer feels about the witness. This doesn't necessarily change what needs to be done in terms of fixing the witness, but it will make a difference in the long run. I find that some clients have driven their lawyers so crazy that the lawyers hate them. Sometimes I find that a lawyer and a witness are very different people in the way that they learn, approach life, or think that the world works. I keep these first impressions of the attorney-client human relationship in mind for when we are in the witness preparation session itself.
What this means practically for the attorney who is new to using a trial consultant for witness preparation is that the attorney needs to be prepared before the session with mock questions. If this is a deposition preparation, the attorney should have questions prepared for all the areas that she or he believes will be covered in the deposition. If this is trial preparation, the attorney needs to have both direct and cross-examinations prepared for these mock sessions.
