Testimony Tips

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Testimony Tips

• Mary Penny Thompson
• DENR General Counsel

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Case Timeline(with no extensions)

• From Petition to Hearing 5 months
• From Hearing to FAD 10 months
• Appeals process Years

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Top Ten Tips

• 1. Truth Knowledge

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Top Ten Tips

• 2. Stop, Listen and Think

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Top Ten Tips

• 3. Look at Documents

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Top Ten Tips

• 4. Clarify the Context of Conversations

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Top Ten Tips

• 5. Summarize First

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Top Ten Tips

• 6. Never Characterize Your Testimony

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Top Ten Tips

• 7. Be Cool

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Top Ten Tips
As I said before...

• 8. Stick to Your Answer

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Top Ten Tips

• 9. Beware the After Lunch or Late Afternoon Let
  Down

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Top Ten Tips

• 10. Do Not Expect to Testify Without the Other
  Side Scoring Points

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Top Ten Tips

• Truth Knowledge
• Stop, Listen and Think
• Look at Documents
• Clarify the Context of Conversations
• Summarize First
• Never Characterize Your Testimony
• Be Cool
• Stick to Your Answer
• Beware the After Lunch or Late Afternoon Let
  Down
  
• Do Not Expect to Testify Without the Other Side
  Scoring Points
  

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• Mary Penny Thompson
• DENR General Counsel
• [phone]
• mary.p.thompson_at_ncmail.net