Hey Reader,

We were yelling at the TV like it was Super Bowl Sunday.

Instead it was just a regular Wednesday night and we were watching A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read.

At one point I was on my feet and Steve was shouting: "NO. NO. DON’T ASK HIM LIKE THAT!"

You’d think we had money on the cross.

We didn't, obviously.

While most people watch the documentary like an episode of Dateline—we were watching it like game tape.

Rewinding the same thirty seconds.
Pausing on a word choice.
Trashing the attorney for missing the gold the witness just handed him.

We'd just spent 2 nights binge-watching something most trial lawyers never get to do…

Sit on your couch, eat Pringles, watch someone cross a tough witness and go "WAIT — replay that."

That's why we love this quote from DUI attorney Chuck Rathburn after hearing 2 other attorneys cross an expert toxicologist:

“Some of the things you did, I hadn’t really thought about doing. I can see where I can pick up things. I’m gonna ask for a copy of this so I can watch it more.”

Want in on that action?

It’s all on our podcast…

🎧 Cross Lab (Listen or watch it HERE).​

No matter what type of law you practice, if you’re prepping to cross a difficult witness or looking to expand your storytelling toolkit for trial—

Bring a notebook. Or a couch.

Your game day trial consultants,

PS. You’ll bank TONS of reusable cross chapters and invaluable insight into how your questions, word choice and tone make your witness and fact-finder feel.

Take a LISTEN (or WATCH)

P.P.S. We’re just about ready to cook up some more episodes. Got a case you want another crack at?

Send it to us and we’ll consider it for a future Cross Lab episode. Always interesting to see what other attorneys would do with it.