Deposition Techniques Strategies, Tactics, and Skills Audio Cd (Trial Guides)

6 CD set. Depositions can make or break your case, and this is your chance to learn from a master. For more than 20 years, David Markowitz has been studying deposition and trial techniques and has presented dozens of seminars to improve the skills of practicing attorneys. David will share with you important goals to accomplish, including avoiding undesired results. Learn the value of question structure and how to deal with evasive and incomplete answers. The most important questions and techniques the best lawyers use will be covered, as will a key component of any deposition-knowing when to stop asking questions. Through David's keen ability to communicate and persuade, he will demonstrate powerful, practical methods for getting the most out of your depositions, including the best ways to defend depositions, and effectively use depositions at trial. Whether you are new to trial practice or want to refresh your deposition skills, this presentation by a litigation lion is an opportunity not to be missed. Important Deposition Goals to Accomplish •Determine goals and objectives •Accomplishing desire results •Avoiding undesired results How to Ask Questions Effetively •Correct question structure •Dealing with evasive and incomplete answers What to Ask •Formulating tough and thorough questions •Asking the most important questions •Effective ordering of questions •Big questions-if, how, and when to ask them •Techniques the best lawyers use Dealing with Problem Witnesses •The lying witness •The witness who doesn't remember •The exaggerating witness When to Stop Asking Questions Style and Demeanor Defending Depostions •Goals •Pre-deposition meetings with witnesses •Teaching your client how to be a terrific deposition witness •Protecting your client during depositions-including proper objections Overcoming Objections •Dealing with objections •Dealing with instrutions not to answer