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Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Jul 17, 20195 min read
Witness Preparation: Why Medical Professionals Struggle When They're Under Oath
Medical malpractice defense attorneys: why do your witnesses struggle when testifying in depositions and at trial? Read on to find out.
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Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Jul 12, 20196 min read
Jury Selection: To Strike or Not to Strike...
Will a juror who shares similar characteristics with a plaintiff be more or less likely to sympathize with a plaintiff at trial?
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Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Jul 10, 20191 min read
Medical Malpractice Witness Mistakes (video)
Witnesses destroy their own cases when they don't know how to listen (correctly) to opposing counsel's questions. Watch
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Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
May 8, 20191 min read
Witness Preparation : Don't Let Your Witness Get Trapped (video)
Attorneys: Have you ever had a witness trap herself by her own words while testifying. That's a rhetorical question. You have. When it...
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Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Feb 25, 20195 min read
Opening Statements: Don't Bore the Jury
Recently my wife had an interesting experience with her middle school speech class; an experience I believe can be very instructive for...
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Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Feb 8, 20195 min read
Witness Preparation: Body Language Alone Can Make A Witness Look Like He's Lying
How do jurors know when a witness is lying? Well they don't, but they think they do, and this is a problem. But it's a problem with a...
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Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Jan 30, 20194 min read
Better Witness Preparation (Part One)
What's the biggest mistake attorneys make while preparing their witnesses to testify? The ONE mistake that can make the difference...
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Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Jan 4, 20193 min read
Witness Preparation: Why do Witnesses Struggle to Tell the Truth?
If you are a trial attorney, have you ever wondered why your witnesses sometimes do the following in depositions or under...
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Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Dec 4, 20186 min read
Witness Preparation: Teach Witnesses How to Avoid Getting Boxed In
One of the greatest fears witnesses have prior to testifying in a deposition, and even more so in front of a jury, is that their words...
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Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Nov 6, 20186 min read
Witness Preparation and Mixed Martial Arts: What do they have in common?
Georges St-Pierre (a.k.a. GSP) is one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time. As of this writing his professional record is 26...
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Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Oct 9, 20185 min read
Jury Selection: Ideology Outweighs Intelligence
I was picking a jury with a client who had 12 co-defendants. My client told me that at the conclusion of voir dire he needed me to get...
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Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Sep 4, 20184 min read
Witness Preparation for Deposition Testimony - The Power of the Pause
A funny but very instructional thing happened to me early in my trial consulting career. I was working with counsel on a medical...
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Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Aug 7, 20184 min read
How to Improve Voir Dire – The Sound of Silence
“In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the…anyone, anyone…the Great...
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