Lexis Nexis Preparation for Deposition in a Business Case
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Preparation for Deposition in a Business Case
Complete, professional, billable preparation for your witnesses!
Proper preparation of your client prior to their deposition can prevent mistakes that can cost you the trial or hurt your settlement. This DVD is designed with your client in mind; watching it helps your client prepare for the deposition experience, know what to expect, and understand the "do's and don'ts" of being deposed. Save your time by using this billable tool to prepare your client.
Includes:
• Pointers on avoiding the most common witness mistakes
• Saying too much
• Guessing
• Assuming
• Guidance on correct behavior
• Listen carefully to the question
• Pause briefly to allow time for your attorney to react
• Always be honest
• Ask questions when you are unsure
• Includes courtroom scenes for illustration of potential impact of "bad" answers
Help your clients help the case -- prepare them for deposition.
Authored by long-time Lexis authors Roger J. Dodd and Larry Pozner.
Featured Authors
Roger J. Dodd
ROGER J. DODD has active law offices in Park City, Utah (Doddlaw), Valdosta, Georgia (Dodd and Burnham), and Jacksonville, Florida (Spohrer and Dodd) where he practices trial work of all types. This includes personal injury, wrongful death, criminal defense, and the rare domestic relation case. He is listed in Best Lawyers for more than 20 years. He is one of a handful of lawyers nationally who are listed in Super Lawyers in multiple states simultaneously. He was a fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and the American College of Family Trial Lawyers. He is Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in Civil Trial Practice for more than 21 years, and was Board Certified in Criminal Trial Practice for more than 20 years.
He divides his time now by trying cases other lawyers are unwilling to try in far flung jurisdictions, teaching small groups of eight lawyers at a time in a clinic setting with professional improv actors playing the witnesses (www.doddlawclinic.com), and coaching individual lawyers in individual cases. Teaching/coaching individuals has become an extremely satisfying addition to his practice.
He has published multiple books. The most recent has been with his son, Matt, an accomplished trial lawyer in his own right. Cross-Examination for Depositions (LexisNexis). He has also edited and added commentary to Wellman, The Art of Cross-Examination (1903) (Trial Guides).
He has lectured and taught lawyers and judges in all 50 states, and multiple foreign countries. TV and legal credits include CourtTV, TruTV, CNN, ABC, CBS, and cable TV.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Deposition #1: Never Volunteer
Deposition #2: Listen Carefully
Deposition #3: Don't Be Afraid to Clarify
Deposition #4: Don't Guess
Review and Conclusion
