Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Depositions But Were Too Inexperienced To Ask

Learning to take effective depositions never ends, but it starts with mastering basic deposition procedures, evidentiary rules, best ways to prepare for different kinds of witnesses, dealing with resistance from opposing counsel, stipulations, importance of admissible evidence in deposition, organization techniques for documents and questions, and asking clear questions.

Sometimes the best way to teach these things is to show them in practice and in real time, but attorneys cannot stop actual depositions and call time outs to explain to new associates what is really happening. In this program, however, our senior litigator will combine instruction with actual demonstrations of deposition questioning and with hopes the audience will “try these at home.”

Listen and watch as a new litigator is coached and mentored on deposition taking.

1. Introduction
2. What is a deposition?
3. Importance of depositions
4. Basic deposition procedures
5. Preparing to take a deposition
6. How to deal with the obstructive opposing lawyer with real life examples

The program will review these and other key issues:

• What are the common next steps when met with resistance?
• What is the purpose of objecting in a deposition?
• Is there a secret to clear questions?
• What is legitimate “coaching” a witness and where are the boundaries?