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Perry Trial Guide: A Day-by-Day Testimony Overview

JANUARY 11 – DAY 1

Opening Statements

  • Theodore Olson (plaintiffs)
  • Therese Stewart (City and County of San Francisco)
  • Charles Cooper (defendant-intervenors)

Jeffrey Zarrillo Testimony:

  • David Boies (direct examination)

Paul Katami Testimony:

  • David Boies (direct examination)
  • Brian Raum (cross examination)

Kristin Perry Testimony:

  • Theodore Olson (direct examination)

Sandra Stier Testimony:

  • Theodore Olson (direct examination)

Nancy Cott Testimony (Part 1/2):

  • Theodore Boutrous (direct examination)

JANUARY 12 – DAY 2

Nancy Cott Testimony (Part 2/2):

  • Theodore Boutrous (direct examination)
  • David Thompson (cross examination)
  • Theodore Boutrous (redirect examination)

George Chauncey Testimony (Part 1/2):

  • Therese Stewart (direct examination)
  • David Thompson (cross examination)

JANUARY 13 – DAY 3

George Chauncey Testimony (Part 2/2):

  • David Thompson (cross examination)
  • Therese Stewart (redirect examination)

Letitia Peplau Testimony:

  • Christopher Desseault (direct examination)
  • Nicole Moss (cross examination)
  • Christopher Desseault (redirect examination)

JANUARY 14 – DAY 4

Edmund Egan Testimony:

  • Christine Van Aken (Direct Examination)
  • Peter Patterson (Cross Examination)
  • Christine Van Aken (Redirect Examination)

Ilan Meyer Testimony:

  • Christopher Dusseault (Direct Examination)
  • Howard Nielson (Cross Examination)
  • Christopher Dusseault (Direct Examination)

JANUARY 15 – DAY 5

Michael Lamb Testimony:

  • Matthew McGill (direct examination)
  • David Thompson (cross examination)
  • Matthew McGill (redirect examination)

Helen Zia Testimony:

  • Danny Chou (direct examination)
  • Brian Raum (cross examination)
  • Danny Chou (redirect examination)

JANUARY 19 – DAY 6

Jerry Sanders Testimony:

  • Dennis Herrera (direct examination)
  • Brian Raum (cross examination)
  • Dennis Herrera (redirect examination)

Lee Badgett Testimony:

  • David Boies (direct examination)
  • Charles Cooper (cross examination)
  • David Boies (redirect examination)

JANUARY 20 – DAY 7

Paul Nathanson (videotaped deposition expert)

Katherine Young (videotaped deposition expert)

Ryan Kendall Testimony:

  • Ronald Flynn (direct examination)
  • James Campbell (cross examination)
  • Ronald Flynn (redirect examination)

Gary Segura Testimony (Part 1/2):

  • Theodore Boutrous (direct examination)
  • David Thompson (cross examination)

JANUARY 21 – DAY 8

Gary Segura Testimony (Part 2/2):

  • David Thompson (cross examination)
  • Theodore Boutrous (redirect examination)

William Hak-Shing Tam Testimony (Part 2/2):

  • David Boies (direct examination)
  • Nicole Moss (cross examination)
  • David Boies (redirect examination)

JANUARY 22 – DAY 9

Gregory M Herek Testimony:

  • Ethan Dettmer (direct examination)
  • Howard Nielson (cross examination)
  • Ethan Dettmer (redirect examination)

JANUARY 25 – DAY 10

Kenneth Miller Testimony (Part 1/2):

  • David Thompson (direct examination)
  • David Boies (voir dire)
  • David Boies (cross examination)

JANUARY 26 – DAY 11

Kenneth Miller Testimony (Part 2/2):

  • David Boies (cross examination)
  • Tamar Pachter (cross examination)
  • David Thompson (redirect examination)

David Blakenhorn Testimony (Part 1/2):

  • David Thompson (direct examination)
  • David Boies (voir dire)
  • David Boies (cross examination)

JANUARY 27 – DAY 12

David Blakenhorn Testimony (Part 2/2):

  • David Boies (cross examination)
  • Charles Cooper (redirect examination)

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