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To: scion who wrote (8758)	7/27/2005 6:51:49 PM
From: peter michaelson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12465

I wish I had read that before testifying at Tony's trial: "Nothing you can say or do will make the case go away," Mr. Hartline explains. "The other side is just looking for a sound bite that will make you appear deceitful, insensitive or stupid." The more talkative a witness is, the greater the chance of blundering into trouble." "When he is deposed, "I really have to bite my tongue," he says. "We all have this psychological need to explain things. But this is not a social setting. The more information that anyone volunteers, the more questions they will get asked." "During her own depositions, executive recruiter Valerie Frederickson says she avoids witty turns of phrase that could come back to bite her. She also gets up for a break -- which is allowed in most jurisdictions -- if she feels her temper is rising. "One deposition came right after I had knee surgery," Ms. Frederickson recalls. "Anytime the deposition got awkward, all of a sudden my knee hurt too much to continue." Lawyers are very practiced at twisting your words to make it appear to a jury that you said or implied something that is not true at all. If you go into a case thinking everyone is looking for the honest truth, you will be disappointed, at best.