WITNESS PREPARATION

KeyWitness Consulting™ provides preparation programs for trade associations, government and corporations. Every program integrates two strategic objectives, preparing the witness-advocate to: (1) make decisions that will help to avoid litigation in the first instance; and, (2) be overwhelmingly credible and successful.

Learn the rules – level the playing field

Because the challenge of litigation and the adversarial system can be especially intimidating, intense, and confusing, KeyWitness Consulting™ stresses the strategic advantage of developing disciplined advocacy skills. Because credibly recounting facts is crucial to advocating effectively, demystifying the adversarial process is essential for potential witnesses.

At the core of this process –- in addition to knowing how the adversarial process works and the do's and don'ts of how to testify –- is understanding the role, purpose and process of testifying. KeyWitness Consulting's Advocacy-Defined Model™ –- a litigation-based strategy –- offers a template for examining choices in the near term, provides methods to predict and handle foreseeable outcomes, and stresses that confident and convincing expert and fact witnesses know what to expect and what is expected of them.

KeyWitness Consulting™ uses the Advocacy-Defined Model™ to:

• enhance job skills and decision-making,
• develop anticipatory thinking,
• and improve working relationships in the culture and context of everyday problem-solving and known litigation-sensitive issues – both of which are material components for avoiding litigation.

Using the Advocacy-Defined Model™ in a balanced framework of lectures, interactive discussions, role-playing and case analyses, decision-makers as potential witnesses are able to see, understand and practice their choices in the context of the adversarial proceeding. With a clear understanding of the litigation equation, testifying process and the witness's role in litigation, decision-makers as potential witnesses can work to stay out of court by shaping tomorrow's issues more effectively.

Presentation Guidelines

With the Advocacy-Defined Model™, participants are directly engaged in the context of interactive learning and customized case role-playing. Memorable half day, full day and multi-day programs provide a cost-effective solution in a group and team program environment giving participants (potential witnesses) a heads-up. Moreover, KeyWitness Consulting™ collaborates with the organization or counsel to control high cost preparation time and improve the litigation learning curve, allowing the witness and counsel time to master complex issues.