Listing Some of the Practice Tips in My Deposition Book

The book I wrote about depositions, Deposition Checklists and Strategies (James Publishing, 2006), contains seven chapters. As a bonus, each chapter contains an assortment of "practice tips," comparable to the type of tips I post here on the weblog. In a few cases, the posts and practice tips even overlap a bit.

Chapter 2, Vehicular Liability, contains these practice tips:

• Practice Tip: Don’t Overlook Potential Defendants
• Practice Tip: Know the Statutory Law of Your State
• Practice Tip: Discover and Attack the Facts Upon Which the Defense Is Based
• Practice Tip: Inspect the Scene
• Practice Tip: Secure the Automobile If It Is a Total Loss
• Practice Tip: Consult With Your Client’s Doctor
• Practice Tip: Learn to Do Informal Discovery
• Practice Tip: Abstract Depositions as You Go
• Practice Tip: How to Use Experts in an Auto Case
• Practice Tip: Putting the Witness at Ease
• Practice Tip: Driving Experience and Licensure
• Practice Tip: Estimates of Times
• Practice Tip: Establishing Fatigue
• Practice Tip: Lack of Damage as Evidence of Negligible Force
• Practice Tip: The Time, Speed, Distance Formula
• Practice Tip: The Expert’s Knowledge and Understanding of Case-Related Facts
• Practice Tip: Testimony From the Expert Supporting Your Theory of the Case

Chapter 6, Employment Discrimination and Termination, contains these practice tips:

• Practice Tip: Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing
• Practice Tip: The Plaintiff’s Employment File
• Practice Tip: The EEOC
• Practice Tip: Screening Employment Cases
• Practice Tip: Defining “Document” to Include Information in Electronic Format
• Practice Tip: Consider the Use of a Corporate-Representative Deposition on Electronic Discovery Issues
• Practice Tip: Other Steps to Take Where Electronic Information Is at Issue
• Practice Tip: Advantages of Receiving Information in Electronic Format
• Practice Tip: Admissibility of Employee E-Mails
• Practice Tip: Explore All Categories of Damages
• Practice Tip: Deposing the Alleged Harasser
• Practice Tip: Plaintiff’s Credibility
• Practice Tip: Getting Assent to Principles With Which the Witness Cannot Disagree

Deposition Checklists and Strategies is available through James Publishing. For a detailed brochure about the book, look here (pdf).

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