Focus (Forum & Focus)
Jul. 11, 2008
In the Dog House
Being overly antagonistic and aggressive at trial can do more damage than good to your case, writes G. Christopher Ritter. - Forum Column
By G. Christopher Ritter
This article appears on Page 4
In a trial I worked on some years ago, one of the lawyers liked to play the tough guy. He shouted. He trumpeted. He sneered at witnesses and gave new meaning to the words "cross examination" (especially, to the first of that two-word phrase).
It was quite a performance. But when we went back to interview ...
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