Dr. Noelle Nelson

Help Your Witness Deliver Effective Testimony with Full Sentences

Rare is the witness who isn’t anxious, worried, scared–even terrified–during deposition or cross-examination. Often this leads to a rapid pace of speech. Not only that, but witnesses tend to believe that if they just blurt out their response, they’ll get this dreadful experience over with sooner. Speaking Too Quickly. Now, there’s nothing wrong with speaking […]

The Eyes Have It: Does Your Witness Know How to Look at Jurors?

Telling your witness to look at the jurors during their testimony without teaching them how to do so can be fatal to your case.  A scared, anxious witness may only dare a quick terrified glance mid-sentence at the jurors, which confirms in the jurors’ minds that yes, this witness is surely hiding something. So much […]