Deposing and Examining Employment Witnesses
Deposing and Examining Employment Witnesses

Author: Tod F. Schleier

Publisher:

Published: 2007-10

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781580121248

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To make it easy for you to prepare for a particular deposition or examination, the book is organized by witness. Each witness-specific section delivers: (1) trial-tested strategies and arguments, (2) model deposition questions specific to cause of action and annotated with tactics, (3) checklists and tactics for direct and cross examinations, with extensive examples sprinkled with practice tips, and (4) summary checklists of the important points that should be inquired into for each cause of action. Tools and advice are provided for both employee and management attorneys.Mastering the art of questioning employment witnesses is a career-long process.It can take dozens of years in the courtroom to learn how to persuasively: (1) demonstrate that reasonable economists can disagree, (2) compel an adverse witness to ratify your position, and (3) contradict a manager or plaintiff on an important fact.Tod Schleier's Deposing & Examining Employment Witnesses will take years off your learning curve. It is filled with practical strategies, examples, tactics, and tips for successful questioning and other essential elements of employment advocacy.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates

Publisher: American Bar Association

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781590318737

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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Deposition Checklists and Strategies
Deposition Checklists and Strategies

Author: T. Evan Schaeffer

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Provides outlines and pattern questions to avoid missing valuable facts and improve discovery procedures. Includes summaries of primary law in every chapter, along with specific discovery questions for different types of deponents (i.e., experts, witnesses, doctors, other professionals, police, etc.). Also provides related discovery forms, such as interrogatories, requests to produce and admissions, and more.

10,000 Depositions Later
10,000 Depositions Later

Author: Jim Garrity

Publisher:

Published: 2019-09-04

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9780998791821

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This is the premier litigation guide for deposition practice. It's the ideal book for litigators and trial lawyers seeking to develop superior deposition skills. Jim Garrity is the nation's leading deposition expert. This is his newest work and the best manual of its kind on the market today.

Winning at Deposition
Winning at Deposition

Author: D. Shane Read

Publisher:

Published: 2012-03-01

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9780985027179

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Written by the best-selling author of Winning at Trial, this book shows beginning and experienced attorneys how to win at deposition every time. With the first chapter explaining all the ins and outs of taking and defending a deposition, the remainder of the book reveals strategies that will help every lawyer vastly improve his deposition skills. Discover why much of the conventional wisdom about depositions is completely wrong, learn how to beat an expert witness every time, get innovative advice on witness preparation, and master the secrets that guarantee success with argumentative lawyers and lying witnesses. Unlike any other book, this one teaches from transcripts and videos of actual depositions.