Deposition Procedures and Strategies

AuthorT. Evan Schaeffer
Pages386-414
Deposition Checklists
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T. Evan Schaeffer
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Chapter 1
Deposition Procedures and Strategies
I. HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
A. Chapter Organization
§1:01 Overview of Substantive Law
§1:02 Sample Deposition Outlines
§1:03 A Note on Scope
B. Bonus Information
§1:10 Practice Tips and Forms
§1:11 Specialized Deposition Outlines
§1:12 Practice Tips Relating to Trial
II. PURPOSES AND USES OF DEPOSITIONS
A. Depositions as a Discovery Tool
§1:20 The Scope of Depositions
§1:21 Purposes of Depositions
§1:22 When You Shouldn’t Take a Deposition
B. Depositions as a Settlement Tool
§1:30 Using Depositions to Encourage Settlement
§1:31 Practice Tip: Stay on the Offensive
C. Depositions as a Trial Tool
§1:40 The Use of Depositions at Trial
III. PREPARING FOR DEPOSITIONS
A. Depositions as Part of an Overall Discovery Plan
§1:50 Reviewing the Case
§1:51 Establishing Goals
§1:52 Preparing an Outline
§1:52.1 Practice Tip: When Making a Deposition Outline, Should You Write Out Every Question?
§1:53 Practice Tip: Ten Things to Cover in Every Deposition
B. Preparing the Documents
§1:60 Choosing the Documents to Use
§1:61 Preparing the Documents
C. Other Pre-Deposition Tasks
§1:70 Where to Conduct the Deposition
§1:71 The Deposition Notice
§1:72 The Court Reporter
D. Some Special Situations
§1:80 Telephone Depositions
§1:81 Video Depositions
§1:82 Second-Chairing Depositions
§1:83 Practice Tip: Controlling Abusive Counsel With Video Depositions
§1:84 Practice Tip: Use Exhibits Regularly During Video Depositions

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