Obtaining information from witnesses requires an effective interviewing technique. Because an interview is neither and interrogation nor a deposition, the investigator must be able to quickly establish a rapport with the witness to effectively draw out crucial information. The JD STONE AGENCY investigators have decades of experience in conducting fact witness interviews. Our seasoned investigators politely make an approach to each interview candidate to establish contact then engage the witness in conversation drawing out points of interest.
Interview questions identify the extent of the witnesses knowledge of the facts, events or people at the center of our investigation. Interviews are reported in detail, allowing our client to gauge the witnesses potential value as a deponent or trial witness. The list below indicates some of the topics routinely covered during an interview. These are not meant as an exhaustive list, rather they represent the kinds of questions routinely covered. The circumstances of each case also guide the choice of topic, for example: * Witness' relationship to subject * Subject's personality * Witness' knowledge of lawsuit, accident, incident or event * 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.