Effective interviews begin with an effective interview technique. An interview is not an interrogation, nor is it a deposition. The interviewing investigator must be able to quickly establish a rapport with the witness to effectively draw out crucial information. JD STONE has two decades of experience in conducting fact witness interviews.
Interview questions identify the extent of the witness' knowledge
of the facts, events or people at the center of the investigation.
A standard panel of interview questions is modified according to the circumstances under investigation; this list is not exhaustive, rather it is intended to give an example of the types of quesitions often used to determine the extent of the witness' knowledge.
* Witness'relationship to subject
* Witness' knowledge of lawsuit, accident, incident or event
* Subject's personality
* Subject's educational history
* Subject's residential history
* Subject's employment history
* Subject's social history
* Subject's membership to clubs, organizations, churches
* Subject's involvement in hobbies and recreational activity
* Subject's awareness of current events
* Subject's diet, beverages, alcohol, drug and tobacco use
* Subject's friends, family and co-workers
* Subject's health history
* Subject's family health history.
Each interview is unique. JD Stone's 20 years of field experience allows him to efficiently interview crucial fact witnesses. When appropriate, we obtain a written or recorded statement from the witness. See also our Locate service when you don't know where your fact witnesses live!