Thanks for the chance to help. I am an attorney with over 12 years experience. Hopefully I can help you with your legal question.

Actually, there is no legal right to consult with your lawyer during Testimony. The judge can, and often will, order you not discuss this case during a recess of the case while your testimony is ongoing.

If you believe that this somehow is infringing on your legal rights, you can make a formal request to the judge and ask the judge to change his or her ruling and allow you access.

But in my experience, such a motion would not be granted.

The reason for this is clear enough...a judge is given broad discretion in control over how evidence is presented at trial. If a witness in the middle of testimony, the judge can, and typically will, order that the witness not have any contact with anyone regarding their testimony.

This is done to ensure fairness to both sides. While a witness is on the stand, both sides are able to ask questions...to allow one side access to the witness and not the other would be unfair to the party without access.

So to your question, what can you do? You can request to the judge to waive this rule...to allow you access. But as I explain, it is unlikely a judge would waive this and there is no law or rule which would require it.


Sorry to have to bear bad news.


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