Comments on: Speak Your Witness’s Language http://www.trialtheater.com/wordpress/trial-skills/direct-examination/speak-your-witnesss-language/ Trial lawyers, discover how to persuade jurors and win your next jury trial. You will learn valuable tips for improving your jury selection, opening statement, direct examination, cross-examination, and closing arguments. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:33:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Edward Sylvester http://www.trialtheater.com/wordpress/trial-skills/direct-examination/speak-your-witnesss-language/comment-page-1/#comment-12289 Edward Sylvester Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:15:19 +0000 http://www.trialtheater.com/wordpress/?p=316#comment-12289 Dear Elliott, Wow! What an article! It's really useful! Would appreciate to read more about this! You know why most of us mess up in court! Sometimes, we don't speak the same language! You could be in Mars while a witness or jury is in Venus! Please send me more articles on this subject! Cheers, Sylvester! Dear Elliott,

Wow! What an article! It’s really useful!

Would appreciate to read more about this!

You know why most of us mess up in court!

Sometimes, we don’t speak the same language!

You could be in Mars while a witness or jury is in Venus!

Please send me more articles on this subject!

Cheers,

Sylvester!

]]> By: Gary Martin http://www.trialtheater.com/wordpress/trial-skills/direct-examination/speak-your-witnesss-language/comment-page-1/#comment-12219 Gary Martin Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:51:40 +0000 http://www.trialtheater.com/wordpress/?p=316#comment-12219 Elliott, Good article and a very good point. I work in an environment that has it's own language. It is also important that witnesses be cautioned to speak the language of the jurors,the judge and even the court reporter. Specialized terms should be explained especially in any written reports. If a report is lodged as evidence, most likely the jurors will have that report with them in the jury room. Juror #3 while reading the report asks, "Who the heck is Charlie Noble?" The other jurors shake their heads and a note is sent via the bailiff to the judge. The judge calls counsel into the courtroom and reads the question. "Who is Charlie Noble?" Plaintiff counsel answers, "That is what they call the stove pipe or exhaust vent on the sailboat. If a witness, while on the stand states, "The Charlie Noble was faulty and caused the fire." and then explains what the Charlie Nobel means as well as spells it for the court reporter. The jury is being educated and also gives that witness a plus in the eyes of the jurors and the court. The jury has heard "Charlie Noble" It also allows plaintiff counsel to expand his questioning. How many times have the jurors heard about "Charlie Noble" Thanks Elliott Gary Elliott,
Good article and a very good point. I work in an environment that has it’s own language. It is also important that witnesses be cautioned to speak the language of the jurors,the judge and even the court reporter. Specialized terms should be explained especially in any written reports. If a report is lodged as evidence, most likely the jurors will have that report with them in the jury room.
Juror #3 while reading the report asks, “Who the heck is Charlie Noble?” The other jurors shake their heads and a note is sent via the bailiff to the judge. The judge calls counsel into the courtroom and reads the question. “Who is Charlie Noble?” Plaintiff counsel answers, “That is what they call the stove pipe or exhaust vent on the sailboat.
If a witness, while on the stand states, “The Charlie Noble was faulty and caused the fire.” and then explains what the Charlie Nobel means as well as spells it for the court reporter. The jury is being educated and also gives that witness a plus in the eyes of the jurors and the court. The jury has heard “Charlie Noble” It also allows plaintiff counsel to expand his questioning. How many times have the jurors heard about “Charlie Noble”

Thanks Elliott
Gary

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