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Take the fear and mystery out of your deposition

Nolo's Deposition Handbook is a must-read for anyone taking, defending, or facing a deposition. You'll find all the information and instructions you need, whether or not a lawyer is representing you.

Packed with concrete suggestions and examples, this book explains how to arrange a convenient date, prepare for the deposition, and respond to questions with confidence. Best of all, you'll learn the three "golden rules" for answering questions, and the trick questions lawyers often use to influence testimony.

Written in plain English, Nolo's Deposition Handbook is an excellent resource for:

eyewitnesses expert witnesses parties to a lawsuit people who represent themselves in court lawyers, law students, and legal assistants, and anyone participating in a deposition conducted online.

The 9th edition is updated to include information on electronic discovery and the latest statutes, court cases, and federal rules, and provides information on how to set up and conduct a deposition remotely, using a computer.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• 1 An Overview of Deposition Procedures(1)
• Depositions in a Nutshell(2)
• Deposition Rules: Federal, State, and Local(3)
• Deposition Scheduling Requirements(5)
• Rescheduling Your Deposition(6)
• Avoiding a Deposition Altogether(8)
• Duration of Depositions(9)
• Virtual Depositions(9)
• Deposition Attendees(11)
• Document Production at Depositions(18)
• Reviewing and Signing a Deposition(19)
• 2 Using Depositions in a Lawsuit(21)
• Using Depositions Before a Trial(22)
• Using Depositions in a Trial(27)
• 3 Preparing to Give Deposition Testimony(33)
• Parties Represented by Attorneys(34)
• Pro Se (Self-Represented) Parties(37)
• Nonparty Witnesses(54)
• 4 Responding to Questions(59)
• The Golden Rules for Responding to Questions(60)
• Responding to Common Questions(66)
• Responding to "Trick Questions"(69)
• Responding to Requests for Future Action(83)
• Finishing Interrupted Answers(85)
• Avoiding Sarcastic and Other Emotional Responses(86)
• Handling Fatigue(87)
• Objections(90)
• Reviewing and Signing Your Deposition(90)
• 5 Beginning a Deposition: "The Usual Admonitions"(93)
• Admonitions Defined(95)
• Purposes of Admonitions(95)
• Admonitions: Examples and Explanations(96)
• 6 Background Questions(105)
• Hidden Agendas(106)
• Legitimacy of Background Questions(109)
• Your Employment History(110)
• Your Educational Background(113)
• Other Background Topics(114)
• Private Information(114)
• 7 Questions You Can Refuse to Answer(119)
• Privileged Communications(120)
• The Work Product Privilege(130)
• Evidence of Criminal Activity(132)
• 8 Expert Witness Deponents(135)
• The Difference Between Expert and Nonexpert (Lay) Witnesses(136)
• Pre-Deposition Disclosures(144)
• Typical Pre-Deposition Involvement(145)
• The Importance of Thorough Deposition Preparation(149)
• The Pre-Deposition Planning Meeting(151)
• Typical Deposition Questioning(153)
• 9 The Discovery Landscape(167)
• The Purposes of Discovery(169)
• Impediments to Achieving Discovery Goals(169)
• Voluntary Disclosure(171)
• Informal Discovery(172)
• Discovery Plans(173)
• General Rules of Discovery Questioning(174)
• Enforcing Discovery Rules(175)
• An Overview of Formal Discovery Methods(176)
• Electronic Discovery (E-Discovery)(188)
• 10 Defending a Deposition(191)
• Preparing for the Deposition(194)
• Listening Carefully(195)
• Getting Additional Information After Your Opponent's Questioning(196)
• Entering Into Stipulations(201)
• Making Objections(202)
• Terminating a Deposition(220)
• 11 Taking a Deposition: Deposing a Hostile Witness(225)
• Should You Take a Deposition?(226)
• Deciding Whom to Depose(227)
• "Person Most Knowledgeable" Depositions (Rule 30(b)(6) Depositions)(229)
• When to Take Depositions(230)
• Preparing to Take a Deposition(232)
• Beginning the Deposition: Preliminary Questioning(237)
• The Two Basic Forms of Questions(237)
• T-Funnels: Using the Two Forms of Questions Together(239)
• Using Documents(251)
• Responding to an Evasive Witness(257)
• Depositions Arranged by Your Opponent(259)
• 12 Taking a Deposition: Responding to a Defending Attorney's Roadblocks(261)
• Responding to Objections(262)
• Responding to Instructions Not to Answer(281)
• Responding to an Intimidating Attorney(294)
• The Bottom Line(295)
• 13 Taking a Deposition: Deposing a Friendly Witness(297)
• When to Depose a Friendly Witness(298)
• Offering Deposition Testimony Into Evidence(300)
• Eliciting All Favorable Evidence(300)
• Complying With Evidence Rules(301)
• 14 Visually Recorded Depositions(303)
• The Rules of Visually Recorded Depositions(306)
• When Should You Visually Record a Deposition?(310)
• Disadvantages of Visual Recording(312)
• Taking an Effective Visually Recorded Deposition(313)
• Defending a Visually Recorded Deposition(315)
• Virtual Depositions(318)
• Glossary(321)
• Appendixes
• A Excerpts From the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) RULES 26-30, 32-34, 36, 37, and 45 (Includes Amendments Through February 2025)(327)
• B Sample Forms(367)
• Index(389)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Paul Bergman is an emeritus law professor at the UCLA School of Law and the coauthor of Nolo's Represent Yourself in Court and The Criminal Law Handbook.