Successful trial lawyers know that a case can be won long before the parties set foot in court. They know how critical diligent discovery is to success at trial. And they know how to use deposition testimony as an evidentiary precision tool! The Massachusetts Deposition Practice Manual trains you to ask the right questions, negotiate the trickier topics and interject the key objections to use depositions to "win" the case, or to maximize your leverage at the settlement table!
Learn how to deal with depositions that involve special needs witnesses, interpreters, medical or other experts, class actions or video recording. Not only will the manual prepare you to meet your opponent on solid ground at your next deposition, with its guidance you may even capture the advantage!
Table of Contents
- Goals and Strategies
- Basic Procedure
- Preparing to Take a Deposition
- Preparing to Defend a Deposition
- Predeposition Motions
- Taking the Deposition
- Defending the Deposition
- Postdeposition Matters
- Using Depositions in Civil Litigation
- Using Depositions in Criminal Litigation
- Summarizing and Indexing Depositions
- Audiovisual Depositions
- Deposing Medical and Technical Experts
- Deposing Accountants
- Depositions in Class Actions
- Depositions in Domestic Relations Cases
- Depositions in Employment Litigation
- A Magistrate Judges Viewpoint
Editor(s)
Hon. Peter M. Lauriat, Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
Author(s)
Edward C. Bassett, Jr., Esq.,
Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee LLP, Westborough
Michael Richard Christy, Esq.,
Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee LLP, Worcester
Marcus E. Cohn, Esq. (Retired)
Hon. Robert B. Collings, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, Boston
Michael A. Collora, Esq.,
Dwyer & Collora LLP, Boston
Colleen E. Cushing, Esq.,
Bowditch & Dewey LLP, Boston
Francis D. Dibble, Jr., Esq., Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas LLP, Springfield
Hon. Fernande R.V. Duffly, Appeals Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
Ellen G. Grant, Esq., Applera Corporation, Norwalk, CT
Eileen M. Hagerty, Esq.,
Kotin, Crabtree & Strong LLP, Boston
Theodore M. Hess-Mahan, Esq., Hutchings, Barsamian, Mandelcorn & Zeytoonian, Wellesley
Andrew P. Hier, Esq., Owner managed Business Institute, Belmont
John S. Legasey, Esq., Legasey & Niarchos, PC, Salem
Nicole Colby Longton, Esq., Longton Law Office, Worcester
Stephanie J. Mandell, Esq., Helman & Neustadt, Newton Center
Michael P. Mullins, Esq.,
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston
Sherry Yee Mulloy, Esq.,
Peabody & Arnold LLP, Boston
Vincent F. O'Rourke, Jr., Esq.,
Bowditch & Dewey LLP, Worcester
John Earl Quigley, Esq. Andrew A. Rainer, Esq.,
Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
Stephen C. Reilly, Esq.,
Sally & Fitch, Boston
Peter L. Resnik, Esq.,
McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Boston
Robert J. Rivers, Jr., Esq.,
Lee & Levine, LLP, Boston
Louis A. Rodriques, Esq.,
Bingham McCutchen LLP, Boston
A. Hugh Scott, Esq.,
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston
Thomas G. Shapiro, Esq.,
Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP, Boston
Kimberly A. Stone, Esq. Laura R. Studen, Esq.,
Burns & Levinson LLP, Boston
Lisa Stern Taylor, Esq., Legasey & Niarchos, PC, Salem
Antonio Trubiano,
Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee LLP, Worcester
Hon. Allan van Gestel (Retired)
Victoria L. Walton, Esq.,
Burns & Levinson LLP, Boston
