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