Includes index. "The essential guide for anyone facing or conducting a deposition"--Cover.
Contents:
An overview of deposition procedures -- Using depositions in a lawsuit -- Preparing to give deposition testimony -- Responding to questions -- Beginning a deposition : "the usual admonitions" -- Background questions -- Questions you can refuse to answer -- Expert witness deponents -- The lay of the discovery landscape -- Defending a deposition -- Taking a deposition : deposing a hostile witness -- Taking a deposition : responding to a defending attorney's roadblocks -- Taking a deposition : deposing a friendly witness -- Visually recorded depositions.
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