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Deposition Strategy & Taking the Deposition

Recorded on: May. 15, 2012
Running Time: 01:55:33

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[01:00:29] Taking and Defending Depositions 2012: Using the Deposition on Summary Judgment and at Trial Randi W. Singer ~ Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Hon. Andrew J. Peck ~ United States Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Michael A. Paskin ~ Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
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[00:59:59] Taking and Defending Depositions 2012: Expert Depositions Carla S. Mulhern ~ Managing Principal, Analysis Group, Inc.
Kimo S. Peluso ~ Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Jack G. Stern ~ Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
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[01:15:52] Taking and Defending Depositions 2012: Preparing the Witness and Defending the Deposition Lori L. Pines ~ Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Hillary Richard ~ Brune & Richard LLP
Susan A. Powell, Ph.D. ~ President, Strategic Litigation Research
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[01:55:33] Taking and Defending Depositions 2012: Deposition Strategy & Taking the Deposition James H.R. Windels ~ Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
James S. Goddard ~ Director/ Associate General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Citi
Gerald A. Stein ~ Attorney, Northeast Regional Office, Federal Trade Commission
Denise Plunkett ~ Dickstein Shapiro LLP
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[00:59:44] Taking and Defending Depositions 2012: Ethical Dilemmas Arising With Depositions Claudia Angelos ~ Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
Partha P. Chattoraj ~ Allegaert Berger & Vogel LLP
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Taken from the Web Program Taking and Defending Depositions 2012 Recorded May, 2012 in New York

Deposition Strategy & Taking the Deposition [01:55:33]
  • Setting the stage for the deposition
  • How depositions fit into your overall case strategy
  • The purpose of the deposition
  • Choosing who to depose and when to depose them
  • When to avoid taking a deposition
  • Anatomy of a deposition
  • Practice Tip: Atmospheric aspects of deposition preparation

Taking the Deposition
 

  • Preparation and outline
  • Setting goals and objections
  • Ground rules
  • Background information
  • Structure and pacing of the deposition
  • Follow-up and conclusory questions
  • Differences in state and federal practice
  • Practice Tip: Handling difficult witnesses
The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) from the Course Handbook available online:
  • Deposition Strategy and Taking the Deposition
    Melissa M. Hinds, Mark G. Kaminski
  • Taking Depositions
    Denise Plunkett, Gerald A. Stein, James H.R. Windels
  • How to Construct a Deposition Outline
    Gerald A. Stein
  • Sample Exhibit List
    Gerald A. Stein

Presentation Material


  • Sample Exhibit List
    Gerald A. Stein
  • How To Construct a Deposition Outline
    Gerald A. Stein
Speaker(s)
James S. Goddard ~ Director/ Associate General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Citi
Denise Plunkett ~ Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Gerald A. Stein ~ Attorney, Northeast Regional Office, Federal Trade Commission
James H.R. Windels ~ Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

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