A corporate representative sits at counsel table throughout trial and may testify. The representative is exempt from witness sequestration in most jurisdictions as the party's designated representative.
Selection affects how the entity is perceived.
Alternative Names:
Corporate Rep, Company Representative
Why it Matters?
An empty chair at the defense table communicates that the company does not consider the case worth attending, which juries notice and hold against corporate defendants. The representative should be someone with genuine knowledge who can testify credibly if called, not a junior employee sent to occupy a seat. Attendance throughout rather than sporadically matters, since intermittent presence reads worse than none.
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Why does the representative matter?
Who should be selected?
