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Provided by: Lorman Education Services Taking and Defending Effective Depositions |
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8:30 am - 9:00 am Registration
9:00 am - 10:00 am Before the Deposition
- Natasha Prinzing Jones
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Depositions
- Deposition Preparation
- Preparing Your Client to Be Deposed
- Pre-Deposition Meeting With the Cooperative Witness
- Ethical Consideration - Do You Represent the Witness?
10:00 am - 10:15 am Break
10:15 am - 11:15 am Noticing the Deposition - Mechanics and Other Considerations
- Robert K. Baldwin
- Whom to Depose: An Individual or an Entity?
- Logistics of Noticing and Recording Depositions
- Objections to Notice, the Officer and the Taking of the Depositions
11:15 am - 12:15 pm Mechanics of Taking Depositions
- Natasha Prinzing Jones
- Deposition Strategies
- Setup and Obtaining Commitments
- The Open Phase - The Funnel Approach
- The Clarification Phase - Exhaust, Recapitulate and Summarize
- The Closing Off Phase - Avoid Surprise and Test Theories
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch (On Your Own)
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Making and Handling Objections -A Dialogue
- Robert K. Baldwin and
Natasha Prinzing Jones
- Objections to the Form of the Deposition Notice, Manner of Recording and Other Mechanics
- Making Objections at the Deposition - What Objections Are Proper?
- How to Handle Improper Objections - The Obstructionist
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Break
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Expert Depositions
- Natasha Prinzing Jones
- Purpose of Expert Depositions
- Preparing to Depose Experts
- Taking the Expert Deposition
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Ethical Considerations for Taking and Defending Depositions
- Natasha Prinzing Jones
- Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product
- Rules of Professional Conduct
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm After the Deposition
- Robert K. Baldwin
- Submission to Witness, Corrections and Related Issues
- Last Things First - Why Are You Taking the Deposition?
- Use in Summary Judgment
- Use at Trial
- Impeachment
- Substantive Evidence
- Effective Use at Trial
