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 I’m currently working on a new book on Lawyer Humor and this is a piece of it.Law schools should focus on producing professional communicators—lawyers—who are effective writers. However, Bryan A. Garner in his column for the ABA Journal titled,

 Don’t shoot yourself in the foot. Leading questions on cross. Leading questions. Leading questions. Open-ended cross-examination questions can have repercussions.The following is a courtroom cross-examination exchange between a defense attorney and a plaintiff farmer with a bodily injury claim. Q: