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Prepare…an Outline and Questions for

Interviews

qInclude your client, victims, witnesses, etc.

qIt is not necessary (or recommended) that you have

detailed prepared questions at the interview

ØThis will seem that you are reading a script and
just going through the motions

ØHave a ‘conversation’ and follow where it goes,

maintaining control of the interview

qRefer to these notes or outlines as necessary and

before concluding the interview

Prepare…View the Property

Damage or Premises

qDo your own photographs, diagrams, and

measurements

ØMany ‘professionals’ guesstimate
measurements and base diagrams from

memory

ØLook for what is reported and what is not

ØLook for supporting information, mitigating
information, damaging information, and

inconsistencies to the reports and statements