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The Litigator's Complete Guide to Witnesses

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5 hours 51 minutes
Adriana Collado
Ronald Wilt
Courtney Sierra
With Adriana Collado from Collado Law, LLC + 3 others
Recorded September 04, 2025
Product ID 100790

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Overview

Ensure Witness Testimony Tips the Balance in Your Favor

Witnesses are more than just names on a list - they are your story, your evidence, and often your most compelling advocates. This ultimate guide is packed full of hard-earned insights to help you identify witnesses, secure their cooperation, prepare them for testimony, and go on the offensive against the opposing party's witnesses. Gain essential skills that can turn the tide of your case - register today!

  • Learn how to effectively engage with witnesses who have little or no incentive to cooperate.
  • Discover how to select the best expert for the job.
  • Receive inside pointers for preparing witnesses who have never testified in court before.
  • Break down barriers with effective deposition techniques.
  • Be well-versed in the rules of evidence to question witnesses without the disruption of objections.
  • Approach expert cross-examination with new confidence and strategies.

This program was designed in conjunction with NBI's esteemed 2023-2025 Content Advisory Committee Member James Susag.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Witness Management: Identifying, Locating, and Overcoming Cooperation Hurdles
  2. Applying the Rules of Evidence
  3. Inside Tips for Preparing and Evaluating Witnesses
  4. Witness Subpoenas and Deposition Strategies
  5. Expert Witness Essentials: From Selection to Reports
  6. Direct Examination: Questioning Tips and Creatively Weaving in Demonstrative Evidence
  7. 10 Keys to Effective Cross-Examination
  8. Expert Cross-Examination Made Simple: The 3 Things You Want to Do

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California MCLE Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Approved 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware Certified Paralegal Program Approved 6 Total
Florida Registered Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Indiana Paralegal CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Credit for Paralegals Approved 6 Total
North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education Approved 6 Total
New Mexico Paralegal Division, State Bar of Approved 6 Total
Ohio Certified Paralegals Approved 6 Total
NFPA Approved 0 Total
Texas State Bar of Paralegal Division Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Witness Management: Identifying, Locating, and Overcoming Cooperation Hurdles

    1. Identifying Who Your Witnesses Are
    2. Quick Tips for Locating Witnesses
    3. Rules About Witness Contact and Working With a Nonparty Witness
    4. Handling Witnesses Who Have Little or No Incentive to Cooperate
    5. Making a List of Who You Think the Opposing Party's Key Witnesses Are

  2. Applying the Rules of Evidence

    1. Rules Governing Witness Testimony
    2. Objections to Witness Testimony and Evidence
    3. Tips for Working Around Hearsay Issues
    4. Admissibility of Expert Testimony
    5. Motion to Exclude Expert Testimony
    6. Expert Voir Dire

  3. Inside Tips for Preparing and Evaluating Witnesses

    1. Working With Lay Witnesses vs. Experts
    2. Pointers for Handling Witnesses Who Haven't Testified Before
    3. Preparing for Depositions
    4. Preparing for Trial Testimony
    5. Little Things That are Super Important
    6. Handling Witnesses That are Reluctant, Not Controllable, or Will Testify Poorly

  4. Witness Subpoenas and Deposition Strategies

    1. Subpoenas: Common Issues and Solutions
    2. Witness Investigation Tips
    3. Preparing the Deposition Outline
    4. Practical Questioning Techniques
    5. Handling Objections
    6. After the Deposition: Key Steps and Considerations

  5. Expert Witness Essentials: From Selection to Reports

    1. Pointers for Finding and Vetting Experts
    2. Expert Credibility Assumptions You Don't Want to Make
    3. Expert Witness Agreements
    4. The Expert's Report and Disclosure Requirements

  6. Direct Examination: Questioning Tips and Creatively Weaving in Demonstrative Evidence

  7. 10 Keys to Effective Cross-Examination

  8. Expert Cross-Examination Made Simple: The 3 Things You Want to Do

    1. Establish (or De-Establish) Their Credentials
    2. Flush Out Their Opinions or Bases for Their Opinions
    3. Make Their Expert Your Expert: Eliciting Concessions

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Adriana Collado
Adriana
Collado
Collado Law, LLC
Ronald M Wilt
Ronald M.
Wilt
Wilt Injury Lawyers
Courtney Sierra
Courtney
Sierra
KO Family Law
MS
Max
Seferian
Earhart Overstreet LLC
Speaker bio
Adriana Collado

Adriana Collado

Collado Law, LLC
Adriana Collado

is managing attorney at Collado Law, LLC. A highly regarded criminal defense attorney with 20 years of experience, she is known for her reliable counsel, effective strategies, and assertive defense for clients facing federal investigations or prosecutions. Through her meticulous approach and relentless advocacy, Ms. Collado guides clients through challenging legal issues and consistently achieves positive outcomes such as non-filing/dismissal of charges; pretrial release; favorable plea agreements; below-guideline sentences; and acquittals at trial. A compelling speaker and presenter, she has been featured as a legal commentator and contributor in media outlets including ABC's 20/20, NBC 6 (Miami-Dade, Florida), Telemundo, and Univision. Ms. Collado has also appeared as a panelist/lecturer on webcasts and seminars such as The Knowledge Group and National Business Institute. She is recognized by Best Lawyers® for White-Collar Defense, as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers Association, and is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell. 

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Ronald M Wilt

Ronald M. Wilt

Wilt Injury Lawyers
Ronald Wilt

is the managing partner of Wilt Injury Lawyers, with offices in Louisville and Lexington. His practice, first as a defense attorney and now as a plaintiff attorney, has been exclusively focused on medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, and medical device litigation for more than 32 years. Mr. Wilt has handled hundreds of medical malpractice cases from inception to closing. As lead counsel, he has won dozens of jury verdicts in catastrophic cases and defended those verdicts on appeal. Mr. Wilt has successfully handled cases involving a multitude of medical issues such as birth injuries, brain damage, wrongful death, medical and radiological misdiagnosis, and surgical mishaps. He and his team focus exclusively on medical malpractice and catastrophic injury cases across Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia. Mr. Wilt and his team of skilled trial lawyers and staff have dedicated their careers to helping clients recovery from devastating injuries and move forward with their lives.

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Courtney Sierra

Courtney Sierra

KO Family Law
Courtney Sierra

is an attorney with KO Family Law. She focuses her practice exclusively on family law, including divorces and custody matters. Ms. Sierra's comprehensive family law experiences includes handling divorces involving complex child custody disputes. She helps clients resolve disputes without litigation, but is equally skilled in a trial setting. Before her legal career, Ms. Sierra worked with adults and children to help them learn to cope emotionally and psychologically, with the challenges that mental health difficulties bring as a psychiatric rehabilitation therapist. Her experience working with children in a therapeutic setting gives her the ability to look at complex custody matters uniquely and beneficially. Ms. Sierra earned her bachelor's degree from Idaho State University and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School.

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MS

Max Seferian

Earhart Overstreet LLC
Max Seferian

is an attorney with Earhart Overstreet LLC, where his practice focuses primarily on commercial litigation. He also plays a key role in several high-profile catastrophic injury cases. Mr. Seferian is admitted to practice in both South Carolina and Massachusetts and is an active member of the South Carolina Bar, Massachusetts Bar Association, and the Charleston County Bar Association. He currently serves on the South Carolina Bar Ethics Advisory Committee. Known for his strategic approach and client-centered focus, Mr. Seferian is committed to delivering exceptional outcomes, even in the most challenging legal environments. He earned his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of South Carolina School of Law and his B.A. degree in political science and history, cum laude, from Providence College.

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