Despite familiarity with the phrase "less is more," lawyers can't seem to help themselves—they ask question after question after question. That this irks jurors is beyond doubt. As one article written ...

In response to growing awareness of the distressing effect of cross-examination on vulnerable witnesses, adjustments have been made to ease their distress to enable them to give their best evidence.

Q: I am being called as a witness in a criminal case. This is because I was at a restaurant when two guys got into it. I saw first hand what happened. One of them initiated it and wound up knocked out ...

Preparing for and taking a deposition means playing the long game. What you do at the deposition arms you for cross-examination at trial—as long as you handle the deposition with trial cross squarely ...