Courtroom Guide For Non-Lawyers is a comprehensive manual of courtroom procedures, including a glossary of 488 legal terms and 81 suggestions for being a good witness.  It is written for the lay person who at some time might be a witness, a litigant, or a juror in a court trial, as well as for doctors, engineers, accident reconstructionists, and others who may serve as expert witnesses in a court trial.

This guide would be useful for the training of police and law enforcement officers who are often called on to be witnesses in a court trial.  It would aid law students in not only understanding courtroom procedures but in realizing many pitfalls and shortcomings in a court trial.  

The importance of supporting oral testimony with demonstrative evidence, such as photographs, is also addressed in this guide.

FOREWORD

Benjamin Cantor, the dean of forensic photographers and an accomplished expert witness, has drawn upon his years of experience in the courtroom to produce a valuable guide designed to lead non-lawyers through the thicket of legal terminology and procedures.  In a concise few pages of readable prose, he has demystified the essentials of both criminal and civil proceedings.  Mr. Cantor has treated the reader to observations from some of the judicial system’s most perceptive critics—judges themselves—as well as to his own unique insights into the processes of trial.

Mark S. Brodin

Professor of Law, Boston College Law School

REVIEW

The observations in Courtroom Guide For Non-Lawyers are quite consistent with my experience over the many years that I have testified as an expert medical witness in matters of litigation.  This is an excellent exposition of courtroom procedure, practice, and its shortcomings.  I have little to add.  This guide is a fine source of information for a litigant, a witness, or a juror who is involved in a court trial.

Robert H. Resnick, M.D.

Courtroom Guide For Non-Lawyers is a comprehensive manual of courtroom procedures, including a glossary of 488 legal terms and 81 suggestions for being a good witness.  It is written for the lay person who at some time might be a witness, a litigant, or a juror in a court trial, as well as for doctors, engineers, accident reconstructionists, and others who may serve as expert witnesses in a court trial.

This guide would be useful for the training of police and law enforcement officers who are often called on to be witnesses in a court trial.  It would aid law students in not only understanding courtroom procedures but in realizing many pitfalls and shortcomings in a court trial.  

The importance of supporting oral testimony with demonstrative evidence, such as photographs, is also addressed in this guide.

FOREWORD

Benjamin Cantor, the dean of forensic photographers and an accomplished expert witness, has drawn upon his years of experience in the courtroom to produce a valuable guide designed to lead non-lawyers through the thicket of legal terminology and procedures.  In a concise few pages of readable prose, he has demystified the essentials of both criminal and civil proceedings.  Mr. Cantor has treated the reader to observations from some of the judicial system’s most perceptive critics—judges themselves—as well as to his own unique insights into the processes of trial.

Mark S. Brodin

Professor of Law, Boston College Law School

REVIEW

The observations in Courtroom Guide For Non-Lawyers are quite consistent with my experience over the many years that I have testified as an expert medical witness in matters of litigation.  This is an excellent exposition of courtroom procedure, practice, and its shortcomings.  I have little to add.  This guide is a fine source of information for a litigant, a witness, or a juror who is involved in a court trial.

Robert H. Resnick, M.D.

THE COURT CIRCUS MESS is Ogbebor’s first provocating novel, set in the Biggest Little City In The World.  He created a known and memorable character — Mr. Squirrel who has ties with the Casino gurus of the City.  Thrillers about corrupt system, cold-eyed Little City cops, and weird judges have become routine fare these days.  Therefore, shaping his memorable character as Mr. Squirrel, a sharp, shrewd ex-Washoe County Judge who resigned from the bench to turn his life up to God for the injustice he feels had ruined innocent men and women of the underclass made the novel a classic readable.

THE COURT CIRCUS MESS is Ogbebor’s first provocating novel, set in the Biggest Little City In The World.  He created a known and memorable character — Mr. Squirrel who has ties with the Casino gurus of the City.  Thrillers about corrupt system, cold-eyed Little City cops, and weird judges have become routine fare these days.  Therefore, shaping his memorable character as Mr. Squirrel, a sharp, shrewd ex-Washoe County Judge who resigned from the bench to turn his life up to God for the injustice he feels had ruined innocent men and women of the underclass made the novel a classic readable.