Litigation
Jul. 29, 2000
Surrender to a Pen-Free Cross-Examination
Judge Brickner counsels against taking notes during cross-examination.
Occasionally, I am surprised to see attorneys taking notes when conducting cross-examination. What's wrong with this? When you conduct cross-examination, you should already know the answers you're going to get. What's to write down?
What you should be doing at most is perhaps referring to notes...
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