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Handling the Hostile Witness: Effective Techniques to Turn the Tables 2025

Content Provider
American Law Institute CLE
Product
CLE
Run Time
91 Minutes
Recording Date
03/20/2025
Presenter(s)
Jennifer Saulino, Or-el Vaknin, Tyler G. VanderMolen, Manuel F. Cachán
Learning Method
On-Demand Training
Practice Area
Litigation, Legal Skills
Persona
CLE OnDemand

Price $259.00

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Description

Hostile witness testimony is one of the most unpredictable and high-stakes aspects of any trial. It can force you to change your trial approach or present an opportunity. Adversarial or hostile witnesses pose unique challenges, requiring skillful preparation and execution to control their testimony and steer it in your favor. Join us for a CLE presentation that will equip you with the tools and strategies you need to confidently contain and reframe hostile witness testimony. Learn to turn witness hostility to your advantage with structured cross-examination techniques. This course provides guidance for eliciting information, securing admissions, discrediting hostile witnesses, and avoiding damaging testimony that would other jeopardize your case. Join trial lawyers Manuel Cachán of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Jennifer Saulino of Sidley Austin LLP as they cover: > The spectrum of hostility: The witness called adversely, the ornery expert, and the hostile cross > Techniques for dealing with witness hostility > Turning hostility to your advantage > Demeanor with a witness who is hostile > Jury perceptions of hostile witnesses > Preparation for examining a hostile witness This continuing legal education program from ALI CLE will benefit litigators and other lawyers who seek to improve their expert witness work.

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State Status Total Credits Type Of Credit Approved Thru
AlabamaApproved1.50General12/31/2025
AlaskaApproved1.50GeneralOn-going
ArizonaApproved1.50GeneralOn-going
ArkansasApproved1.50GeneralOn-going
CaliforniaApproved1.50Participatory03/19/2030
ColoradoApproved2.00General12/31/2027
ConnecticutApproved1.50GeneralOn-going
DelawareApproved1.50General03/19/2027
FloridaApproved2.00General12/31/2026
GeorgiaApproved1.50General12/31/2025
HawaiiApproved1.50General03/20/2027
IdahoApproved1.50General03/19/2030
IllinoisApproved1.50General05/18/2027
IndianaApproved1.50General06/23/2026
IowaApproved1.50General03/19/2026
KansasApproved1.50General05/18/2026
KentuckyPending State Response0.00
LouisianaApproved1.52General05/18/2026
MaineApproved1.50General06/30/2027
MinnesotaPending State Response0.00
MissouriApproved1.80GeneralOn-going
MontanaApproved1.50General03/20/2028
NebraskaApproved1.52General03/19/2027
NevadaApproved1.50General12/31/2028
New HampshireApproved1.50General03/19/2028
New JerseyApproved1.50GeneralOn-going
New MexicoApproved1.50General03/19/2030
New YorkApproved1.50SkillsOn-going
North CarolinaApproved1.50General02/28/2026
North DakotaApproved1.50General03/20/2028
OhioPending State Response0.00
OklahomaApproved2.00General06/01/2026
OregonApproved1.50General03/20/2028
PennsylvaniaApproved1.50General05/18/2027
Puerto RicoApproved1.55General07/13/2026
Rhode IslandApproved1.50General06/30/2026
South CarolinaApproved1.52General12/31/2025
TennesseeApproved1.52General05/18/2026
TexasApproved1.50General05/31/2026
UtahApproved1.50General12/31/2025
VermontApproved1.50GeneralOn-going
VirginiaPending State Response0.00
WashingtonApproved1.50General03/19/2030
West VirginiaApproved1.82GeneralOn-going
WisconsinApproved1.50GeneralOn-going
WyomingApproved1.50General05/18/2026

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