by Evan
Schaeffer
Fast and Thorough
Deposition Preparation
Creating an outline is the most efficient
way of formalizing your preparation for a deposition.
Use the outlines and pattern questions in
Deposition Checklists & Strategies to avoid omissions, improve your
advocacy, and handle unfamiliar areas with confidence. You receive:
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Underlying law. Each chapter begins with a summary of the
substantive law at issue. Also included is an analysis of common
defenses.
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Deposition outlines. Each chapter contains several full-length
deposition Q&A sections organized by issue, based on common fact
patterns, and directed at specialized deponents like experts, corporate
representatives, and treating physicians. The book’s
questions are easy
to mix and match with your own.
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Commentary. Thorny or common issues are annotated with
practice-proven alternatives and solutions.
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Bonus outlines. Thumbnail checklists that contain themes and
issues rather than question-and answer dialogue are provided for
less-common deponents.
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Related discovery forms. Complaints, interrogatories, requests
for admissions, requests to produce, and more finish each chapter.
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Practice tips. Sprinkled through each pattern deposition is
practical advice learned from hundreds of depositions.
Detailed Q&A
Each pattern deposition outline contains
extensive questions and selected answers for the issues most likely to
arise. Troublesome answers are annotated with commentary and follow-up
questions. Here is an example of the subjects covered in one sample
deposition:
Defendant Driver in Auto Case
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Thumbnail Outline with Issues and
Themes
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Preliminary Questions
Introductory Questions
Witness' Background
Witness' Preparation for the Deposition
Witness's Relationship to Other Parties
and Witnesses
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The Collision
Events
Leading Up to the Collision
Central Events
After the Collision
Driving Experience and Licensure
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Defendant’s Condition on Day of
Collision
Defendant’s Activities on the Day of the Collision
Estimates of Times
Establishing Fatigue
Alcohol and Drugs
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The Vehicles
Condition
of the Deponent’s Vehicle Before the Collision
Condition of the Vehicles After the
Collision
Lack of Damage as Evidence of Negligible
Force
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Traffic Tickets and Plaintiff’s
Negligence
Traffic
Tickets
Plaintiff’s Contributory Negligence
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Admissions, Witnesses, and Statements
Admissions
All Witnesses to the Occurrence
Knowledge of Conversations
Formal Statements
Informal Statements and Interviews
Conversations About the Accident or the
Lawsuit
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Closing
Photographs and Diagrams
Closing Questions
Updated annually.
ISBN
1-58012-114-4. Price: $99.00
K6
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Related Titles:
Guerrilla Discovery
Handling Federal Discovery
How to Prepare for, Take, and Use a Deposition
Model
Interrogatories
Triple-Threat Discovery Forms
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