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Can you elevate witness testimony to its most compelling? We have decades of experience assisting fact-witnesses, professionals, and experts of all types prepare for deposition and trial in state and Federal courtrooms across the United States. We help improve the verbal and non-verbal aspects of witness testimony, using a variety of cutting-edge tools for testimony during:

  • Deposition

    Let us help you build familiarity, confidence, and competence with a focus on both the substance and the style of the witness’s testimony, with video playback to enhance value.

  • Hearing/Arbitration

    Unique circumstances require customized preparation of fact and expert witnesses. We help your witness focus on telling your story with an eye to what the decision maker needs to know.

  • Trial

    Help witnesses understand their role in educating and persuading a judge or jury and equip them to counter opposing counsel’s goals and techniques. We elevate your case by developing an effective outline for direct examination along with a safe and proactive approach to cross examination.

Related Blog Articles

July 22, 2025
Witnesses, Remember Confidence is a Behavior
By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm: Testifying, whether in a deposition or in trial, can feel pretty threatening. Particularly if you’re a named defendant in a lawsuit, you know you’re going...
April 30, 2025
Witnesses, Build Your Cross- Readiness on Direct
By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm: As a witness prepares to testify in trial, the big fear is often cross-examination. While the direct questioning by the witness’s own attorney is seen as...
October 22, 2024
Be Alert for Conspiracy Thinkers in Jury Selection
By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm: As your juror hears testimony from a banking executive, is she thinking that banks are secretly controlling society? As another juror hears from a medical...
September 24, 2024
Witnesses, Avoid Absolutes
By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm: As they enter a deposition room, or approach the lectern for cross-examination at trial, opposing counsel is looking for an opportunity to make a few...
September 10, 2024
Witnesses: Be Tough to Cross
By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm: Cross-examination is a big deal for a key witness. I’ve noticed in trial that it gets some added attentiveness from the jury. Knowing that they’re now...
August 14, 2024
Keep Your ‘Three Hats’ Straight in Witness Prep: Counsellor, Teacher, Coach
By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm: When it comes to the delicate task of preparing a witness for deposition or trial, everyone has their own style. It is also true that every witness will...
August 06, 2024
The Kamala Harris Challenge: Establish (or Reestablish) Your Credibility: Five Lessons
By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm: I have long believed that persuaders of all stripes, including courtroom persuaders, can learn a lot of lessons from political communication. The dialogue...
May 21, 2024
Witnesses, Know What You Don’t Know: Six Principles for Your “I Don’t Recall” Answer
By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm: Michael Cohen, the “Fixer” for Donald Trump, has recently gotten off the stand in the former President’s “hush money” trial. Those taking aim at Cohen’s...
April 30, 2024
Ground Your Hypotheticals
By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm: Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on yet another momentous legal issue – this time, the claim of absolute immunity from criminal...
April 09, 2024
As the Reptile Evolves, Update Your Understanding of ‘Duty’
By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm: The Reptile approach to courtroom persuasion aims to sell plaintiffs’ cases by invoking absolute duties for protection wrapped around a fear appeal that...
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