It’s not just you: every lawyer is stressed about depositions. You have one chance to capture the testimony that could make or break your case. You have to digest a mountain of research and set out ...

If a suit is a war between the parties, then depositions are skirmishes leading up to the final, outcome-determinative battle: trial. Should a trial attorney use all available evidence and ...

Examining the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure seven-hour deposition limit, attorneys Jerold S. Solovy and Robert L. Byman observe that most lawyers take depositions to discover what they don't know, ...

September 19, 2025 - Everyone knows the baseline rule: an attorney cannot, and should not, coach a witness on the record during a deposition or influence the witness to change testimony. A deposition ...

Depositions are expected in divorce or family law matters. All sorts of witnesses may be deposed. Depositions of the parties themselves are usually expected. Further, the deposition of third-party ...

Alex Spiro faces potential sanctions over his behavior during Elon Musk's deposition. An opposing lawyer accused Spiro, Musk's go-to attorney, of acting "astonishingly unprofessional." The deposition ...

For aspiring lawyers, the bar exam has long stood as the gatekeeper — a two-day ordeal that measures memorization and time-pressured writing but largely ignores the real-world skills involved in ...