What can a private investigator expect when testifying in court?

What can a private investigator expect when testifying in court?

Danno Hanks (Private Investigator) gives expert video advice on: What are the legal responsibilities of a private investigator?; What can a private investigator expect when testifying in court?; What does 'a reasonable expectation of privacy' mean? and more...

He can expect a hard time. When you're testifying in court, and a lot of times you don't testify in court, about 80 percent of your testimony is in depositions where it's just the two attorneys and somebody taking your statements. You must be prepared. There's a little trick that private investigators use, and lawyers, if they're good, will teach them this, and that is that when you are on the stand and the opposition asks you a question, you count to ten, in your mind, before answering the question, because that gives the attorney you're working for the opportunity to object if he doesn't like the answer. If he asks you a question, and you've already been prepared for the question and you know what the answer is, you answer it as quickly as possible so that the opposition doesn't have the chance to object. Those are the two main tricks on courtroom testimony.