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The book demonstrates how to offer testimony on direct examination, how to cross-examine and impeach various types of witnesses, and how to use discovery in the examination of witnesses. The authors illustrate model examinations and offer citations to rules and cases that can be relied upon by an advocate preparing an examination on an important point. The Fifth Edition adds new material addressing the many authentication issues that can arise as digital evidence is presented at trial. The authors have drawn upon excellent work by others to present the new material so that it is clear and understandable.

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Paul Mark Sandler is a partner in the law firm of Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, P.A., and is an active trial lawyer representing many notable clients in a wide variety of cases in state and federal courts. He is the author of Anatomy of a Trial: A Primer for Young Lawyers, and Raising the Bar: Practice Tips and Trial Technique for Young Maryland Lawyers. He is also the co-editor of Appellate Practice for the Maryland Lawyer: State and Federal, and co-author of Model Witness Examinations, Pattern Examinations of Witnesses for the Maryland Lawyer, Pleading Causes of Action for the Maryland Lawyer, The Winning Argument, and, with Grimm and Fax, Maryland Discovery Problems and Solutions. Sandler is a frequent lecturer on trial and appellate practice, founder and former chair of the Litigation Section of the Maryland State Bar Association, and past secretary of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. He received his undergraduate degree from Hobart College and his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, and was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1972. James K. Archibald is a litigation partner in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., offices of Venable LLP where he has maintained a varied litigation practice for many years. Mr. Archibald is a former president of the Maryland Association of Defense Trial Counsel and is active in the Litigation Section of the ABA, the Defense Research Institute, and the International Association of Defense Counsel. He is also the co-author of Pleading Causes of Action in Maryland. He has written numerous articles on litigation issues and has lectured widely on litigation topics and techniques. He received his law degree from the University of Maryland in 1975, after completing his undergraduate education at Johns Hopkins University. 2010

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