so in assisting someone who has been a
victim of domestic violence we want to
first recognize that it takes a lot of
courage for someone who’s a victim to
even step up and notify the authorities
about what has happened and report these
things we understand that it’s a very
emotional time and that if the case is
litigated when there’s a trial that
person is going to have to sit on the
stand and explain very intimate
emotional moments in their life so one
of the most important things to me as we
prepare
is to do just that to be very prepared i
like to go from top to bottom of
everything that has happened and ensure
that my client feels fully prepared and
confident for what’s ahead because when
there is a trial it’s not just me asking
questions of my client but there’s
oftentimes another attorney who’s going
to cross-examine that person and that
could be very scary for someone if
they’re not prepared because ultimately
cross-examination is trying to make that
person sound stupid or make it out like
they’re lying so i like to thoroughly
prepare my client and help them to have
confidence when they are going to be
testifying