Nolo's deposition handbook
Edition
9th edition.
Publication Information
[Berkeley, California] : Nolo, [2025]
Physical Description
403 pages : illustrations, forms ; 23 cm
Summary
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.
Notes
Includes index.
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 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.