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OBJECTION RESPONSES

Responding to 403

TRACK 01 · GROW THIS SIDE → ← TRACK 02 · SHRINK THIS SIDE

PROBATIVE VALUE

DANGER

SUBSTANTIALLY OUTWEIGHED

TRACK 01

Raise the probative value

TRACK 02

Downplay the danger

Inside every lesson

Built for the moment the objection lands.

YOU MAKE THE CALL

The Paid Expert

ON CROSS

“Dr. Alvarez, you are being paid $400 an hour to testify today — and you have billed $60,000 on this case, correct?”

DO YOU OBJECT TO 403?

In simple terms, what is the unfair prejudice here?

SUSTAINED · OR OVERRULED?

THE CALL

Overruled

What an expert is paid goes to bias, and bias goes to credibility.

You make the call

Application questions

Every lesson closes with real trial moments: a question on cross, an exhibit on offer. Decide for yourself, sustained or overruled, then see the ruling and exactly why it comes out that way.

Rule it a few times on paper and you’ll recognize it instantly in the round.

Try it in Unfair Prejudice

IN TRIAL

The Formula

HOW TO RESPOND TO A 403 OBJECTION — EVERY TIME

“The bar for 403 is extremely high. Opposing counsel’s danger must substantially outweigh the probative value of this testimony.”

COMES IN

EXCLUDED

In trial

The formula

No improvising when opposing counsel stands up. Each rule comes with fill-in-the-blank scripts for making the objection and for answering it, so you always know the next sentence out of your mouth.

Name the rule, fill the blank, and give the judge an easy ruling.

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