Mastering the Deposition: A Critical Skills Program
Sep 05, 2014
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Related Practice: Litigation
On September 5, 2014, Theresa Wang was a speaker at "Mastering the Deposition: A Critical Skills Program," which was presented by Pincus Professional Education.
This full-day CLE covered:
- Overview & Strategy
- Depositions not a "one size fits all" process
- Understanding your goals and keeping your deposition goal-driven
- Thoughts on preparing specific questions and outline of themes
- Preparing for "unexpected" answers/objections or other difficulties
- Other tips and tricks that may give you an edge
- Witness Preparation
- How to best prepare your witness
- The percipient witness vs. a PMK
- Ethical considerations
- Expert Depositions
- Effective strategies to qualify and/or attack expert witnesses
- Using Motions in Limine to exclude expert or testimony
- Technology - Friend or Foe? Effective strategies required
- Strategy
- Technology
- E-Transcripts
- Exhibit linking
- Demo - how to get the most out of video
- Handling the Difficult Witness and/or Opposing Counsel
- Concrete tips and advice
- Handling Documents & Exhibits - Making the record; get the authentication you need
- Deposition Objections
- How do I do it?
- Why do I do it? - Depo objection strategies
- What to avoid
- Biggest risks in objecting and not objecting
- What works
- What matters
- Additional tips from the trenches
