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.
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 over the Internet.
The 8th 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.
Daftar Isi
Introduction: Your Deposition Companion Part One: You Are a Deponent 1. An Overview of Deposition Procedures 2. Using Depositions in a Lawsuit 3. Preparing to Give Deposition Testimony 4. Responding to Questions 5. Beginning a Deposition: “The Usual Admonitions” 6. Background Questions 7. Questions You Can Refuse to Answer 8. Expert Witness Deponents Part Two: Taking and Defending Depositions 9. The Lay of the Discovery Landscape 10. Defending a Deposition 11. Taking a Deposition: Deposing a Hostile Witness 12. Taking a Deposition: Responding to a Defending Attorney’s Roadblocks 13. Taking a Deposition: Deposing a Friendly Witness 14. Visually Recorded Depositions Glossary Appendix A: Excerpts From the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) Appendix B: State Discovery and Deposition Rules Appendix C: Sample Forms IndexTentang Penulis
Albert Moore, a member of the California State Bar since 1978, is a professor of law emeritus at the UCLA School of Law and the co-author of Trial Advocacy: Inferences, Arguments and Trial Techniques (West Publishing).Ebook lainnya dari penulis yang sama / Editor
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