The Deposition Handbook:  A Guide to Help You Give A Winning Deposition

Millennium Edition
by Virginia A. Lathan

Information obtained through the deposition process can lead to persons or businesses having to pay tremendous amounts of money.  Or, on the other hand, it can lead to their being vindicated or rewarded.  Oftentimes what determines whether or not a party involved in a lawsuit comes out on top is the quality of his/her deposition testimony.  The ensuring of giving wining deposition testimony starts with a thorough understanding of the deposition process.  And it's for that reason "The Deposition Handbook" was developed.  This indispensable guide gives not only general information about depositions but also brings to light tactics and strategies attorneys routinely use when doing their examinations.
      This millennium edition of the book has been thoroughly updated. One significant update is the inclusion of  excerpts from statements of the judges that presided over the litigations involving  President Bill Clinton and Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, in reference to their deposition testimony.

Table of Contents

Ask the Expert

▪ Depositions are Serious Business
▪Some Key Legal Rights You May Have
•Some General Information
•How Attorneys Use Depositions
•Why Your Deposition is being Taken
•Things to Keep in Mind before
being Deposed
•Others Who may be Present
•The Court Reporter
•The First Few Statements on the
Record
•Some Basics about Answering
Questions
•Cross-Examination
•Emotional Reactions
•Objections
•If You're Instructed Not to Answer
•The Expert Witness
•Coming to an End
•Sample Transcript

"I know there's no such thing as a required reading list before giving a deposition, but if there were one, 'The Deposition Handbook' should be high on the list."

Dale S. Wilson, Attorney at Law

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