| 8:30-9:00 |
Introduction
Brief introductory remarks will be followed by an initial demonstration
of an expert deposition utilizing a volunteer attendee. Questions and
Answers |
| 9:00-9:30 |
Understanding the Strategies and Goals of Opposing
Counsel
Faculty will review the goals of opposing counsel at
depositions. Attendees will also learn the alternative strategies
opposing counsel will utilize at depositions to achieve her goals.
Demonstrations will drive key points home. Questions and Answers |
| 9:30-10:15 |
Preparing for Your Expert Deposition
Experienced experts understand the significance of their
deposition and how opposing counsel will likely be highly prepared to
question them. Faculty will provide a detailed checklist of the specific
steps that need to be taken to properly prepare for an expert deposition.
Attendees will also learn how to help ensure that retaining counsel
thoroughly prepares them for their deposition. Faculty will review the
specific items experts need to be prepared to explain at their deposition.
Questions and Answers
|
| 10:15-10:30 |
Break and Networking Opportunity |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Deposition Strategies for Experts
Faculty will discuss the alternative strategies experts
may follow at deposition. Faculty will explain how the best strategy to
follow depends on many factors including the size of the case, type of
case, who the attorneys are, and whether or not retaining counsel
believes the case is likely to settle before trial. Questions and
Answers |
| 11:00-12:00
pm |
Understanding and Defeating Counsel’s Deposition Tactics:
Experts who are aware of, able to recognize, and
effectively deal with the myriad of opposing counsel’s tactics are highly
successful at their depositions. These experts help increase the value of
the case and are highly sought after. The faculty will explain, analyze,
and review many deposition tactics and will offer specific techniques for
defeating each. Demonstrations utilizing volunteer attendees will help
illustrate the tactics and defenses. Questions and Answers |
| 12:00-1:00 |
Lunch (Provided with Faculty) |
| 1:00-1:30 |
Videotape Depositions – Special Techniques
The number of videotape depositions taken are increasingly
rapidly. In this segment the faculty will discuss advanced techniques for
excelling at your videotape deposition. Attendees will view samples of
effective and ineffective videotape deposition testimony. Questions and
Answers |
| 1:30-2:45 |
Advanced Deposition Tactics for Experts
The best experts are not only able to effectively respond
to opposing counsel’s tactics, they are able to use their own tactics to
help present truthful and effective testimony. This segment will describe
numerous techniques experts can use to make sure that opposing counsel
does not unfairly lock them in, does not take their testimony out of
context and does not distort the truth. Demonstrations utilizing volunteer
attendees will help illustrate many of these techniques. Questions and
Answers |
| 2:45-3:00 |
Break and
Networking Opportunity |
| 3:00-4:00 |
Pulling it all Together: Truthfully and Artfully Answering
Trick and Difficult Questions at Deposition
In this segment the attendees will be able to practice the
skills taught in the course by responding to numerous trick and difficult
deposition questions. For each question the faculty and attendees will
analyze what tactic opposing counsel is most likely employing, how that
tactic can be defeated and various truthful and artful answers to the
question. Questions and Answers |
| 4:00-4:15 |
Attendee Specific Trick & Difficult Questions
During this segment attendees will be allowed to submit to
the faculty and his or her attendee-peers difficult and trick questions.
The faculty and attendees will provide suggestions on truthful and artful
ways to answer these questions. Questions and Answers |
| 4:15-4:30 |
Takeaways and Conclusions
Faculty will take any final questions and solicit from the
attendees a concise set of "bullet point" takeaways based on what was
learned in this workshop. Questions and Answers |
