In this episode of "The Trial Lawyer's Handbook" podcast series, litigation attorney Dan Small explains the importance of maintaining control during cross-examination by asking short, clear questions. Mr. Small advises to avoid the temptation to ask witnesses to agree with characterizations or conclusions and instead to focus on what the witness saw, heard and did. He also notes an effective approach is to build a case "brick by brick," presenting a series of factual questions that lead the jury to draw the desired conclusion on its own.