Surviving Cross Examination: Outwit, Outlast, Outplay

Date: July 25 at 3:00 p.m. CT

Speaker: Kathryn Nestor, Esq.

Attendees will learn the tricks and techniques used by experienced opposing counsel to trip them up during testimony, as well as how to anticipate, recognize, and avoid them. Learn to be the expert with the credibility and testimony that fact finders trust and understand.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• How to recognize when a testimony trap is being set
• How to maintain credibility and composure during live and video testimonies
• Ways to address the aggressive cross examiner and keep a calm state of mind
• Hints on how to stay fresh during all and multi day testimonies
• Habits outside of testimony to gain the fact finder's confidence that you are the straight shooting expert 

Registration is open now!

Bradford Taft has over 40 years of experience in the employment, human resources, and vocational consulting fields as a recruiter, human resources director, career counselor, and outplacement consultant. He possesses a strong understanding of employment and HR issues, including compensation, the labor market, career planning, job search strategies, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Brad holds certifications in the human resources and career consulting fields: Career Management Fellow (CMF), Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), and Senior Certified Professional – Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM-SCP). He also is a Certified Forensic Litigation Consultant (CFLC). He has provided expert consulting, reports, and/or testimony in over 100 cases involving wrongful termination, divorce, personal injury, wrongful death, workers compensation, and immigration.

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