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How to Effectively Use Depositions in Trial

Learn how best to conduct depositions and how to prepare the materials so they are usable at trial.

Many attorneys believe you lose your case before the jury is sworn. What this means is if you have not properly prepared the case before trial, you will not be able to save the case during trial by winging it. This material will help attorneys prepare their cases so that all the necessary information and tools are at hand and in a usable, convincing format when the case is tried. We will discuss how to determine which witnesses to depose and why, whether to videotape the witnesses you do choose to depose and why, how to powerfully preserve testimony of witness you know or have reasonable concerns will not appear live at trial, how to use a discovery deposition to set up a powerful cross-examination of the opposing side's witness(es) at trial, and the proper evidentiary procedure for in-trial impeachment.

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Agenda

Planning Ahead for Your Deposition

  • Selecting the Witness to Depose
  • Deciding If You Should Videotape It
  • Do You Need an Interpreter?

Taking a Deposition to Preserve Testimony

  • Plan the Deposition to Go Just as If the Witness Were Live at Trial
  • Witness Attire and Props
  • Do Not Ask More Than You Need

Taking a Deposition to Set up Cross-Examination

  • Deposing the Opposing Party's Main Witness (Fact or Expert)
  • Why You Videotape Some, but Never Others
  • Focus on Snippets of Testimony

Cutting the Deposition for Trial

  • Page/Line Designations of Witness You Are Calling on Direct
  • Have Your Cross-Examination Ready to Go
  • Deciding Whether You Should Use an Available Video

Impeaching With a Deposition

  • Laying the Proper Predicate
  • Using the Deposition Transcript
  • Using Video Cuts
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Applications have not yet been submitted for Delaware, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Wyoming CLE for this course. However, if you are interested in obtaining CLE for any of the listed states or have any additional credit questions please email us at [email protected] or call us at 866-352-9540.

This course was last revised on August 25, 2021.

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  • AR CLE 1.5
     
  • This course has been approved for 1.5 hours of CLE by the Arkansas CLE Board.
     
  • CA MCLE 1.5
     
  • Lorman Business Center, LLC. is a State Bar of California approved MCLE sponsor and this course qualifies for 1.5 CLE hours of participatory credit.
     
  • ID CLE 1.5
     
  • This program has been approved by the Idaho State Bar for 1.5 CLE hours.
     
  • MT CLE 1.5
     
  • This program has been approved by the Montana Commission of Continuing Legal Education for a total of 1.5 CLE credits.
     
  • NM CLE 1.5
     
  • This program has been approved by the New Mexico Minimum Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.5 hours of credit.
     
  • NV CLE 1.5
     
  • This program has been approved by the Nevada Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE hours.
     
  • NY CLE 1.5 including Skills 1.5
     
  • This course has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York Continuing Legal Education Board for up to a maximum of 1.5 credit hours in the area(s) of Skills for 1.50 hours. Each hour may be counted only as satisfying one category of credit. Duplicate credit for the same hour of instruction is not permitted. This course qualifies for credit for established attorneys only. Lorman Business Center, LLC. has a financial hardship guideline. Please contact customer service at 1.866.352.9539 for instructions on how to apply.
     
  • WA CLE 1.5
     
  • This program has been approved by the Washington State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 hours of A/V credit under the Law & Legal Procedure category.
     
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Deborah J. Gander

Deborah J. Gander

Colson Hicks Eidson

  • Partner at Colson Hicks Eidson since 2002
  • Has dedicated her career to helping victims receive justice
  • Board certified civil trial lawyer with more than $100 million in verdicts and settlements for her clients
  • Represents clients who have suffered catastrophic injuries or who have lost family members; also represents clients who face financial ruin because of insurance company bad faith
  • Has 20 verdicts exceeding $1 million
  • Includes an award that was the largest ever in a Federal Tort Claims Act Case: $61 million for medical negligence at a Naval hospital, and was the first time in history the U.S. government was held liable for the acts of a doctor it alleged was an independent contractor
  • Achieved the highest rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, and includes her in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers
  • Received the “Most Effective Lawyer” award for civil litigation in 2006 from the Daily Business Review
  • Has had two of her verdicts receive the Daily Business Review’s “Verdicts Hall of Fame Award”
  • Has been repeatedly named one of the “10 Best Attorneys in Florida” by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys
  • Is an elected member, executive board member, and President of the Miami-Dade chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Co-chaired the Civil Litigation Committee of the Dade County Bar Association
  • Continues to lecture for organizations including the American Bar Association and American Association for Justice
  • Was a law clerk to the Honorable Peter T. Fay, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Graduate, magna cum laude, University of Miami School of Law; served as an adjunct professor there for several years
  • Can be contacted at 305-476-7400 or [email protected]
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Product ID: 408924
Published 2021
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