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REPLAY - TLU Live Vegas 2022 - Depositions are Trial - Advanced Deposition Techniques PART 2

Sach Oliver · Phillip Miller

Sach Oliver
Phillip Miller
Phillip Miller

Depositions are TRIAL. This approach to depositions will change they way you practice and drive your clients’ results higher and higher. Some specific techniques:

  • Deposition Strategy and Discovery Gameplan
  • Deposition Outlines: Set Goals – Execute Goals – Weave in Jury Instructions
  • Chapter One (General Safety Rule and Principles), Chapter Two (Establish Specific Facts), Chapter Three (Combine for Admissions and Confessions)
  • Use of Exhibits and Visuals in Deposition
  • Demeanor, Style, and Approach to the witness and defense counsel
  • Using Focus Groups to up your deposition skills and take out defenses
  • Deposition Toolbox:
  • Miller Mousetrap
  • Boxing In
  • Bracketering
  • Restate and Summarize
  • Snowballing
  • And More...