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Effective Impeachment at Trial: The Nuts and Bolts of Discrediting Witnesses

12/13/2018 5:00pm6:15pm
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
United States of America

Jeffrey Fisher will be speaking on the panel "Effective Impeachment at Trial: The Nuts and Bolts of Discrediting Witnesses." Erik Olson is the panel moderator.

Topics:

  • What is witness impeachment, and why does it matter in trials?
  • The forms of impeachment
  • The three C's of prior inconsistent statements
  • Strategic and tactical reasons for impeachment
  • Avoiding impeachment of your own witnesses

Link for the public to purchase the program in BASF's Online CLE Catalog: https://basf.inreachce.com/Details/Information/1ac87957-9c58-435b-909e-4c7dec06d1b3

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