Status
Available
Call number
LCC
KF8900 .B47
ISBN
9781413320596
Publication
Berkeley, California : Nolo
Physical description
426 p.; 23 cm
Local notes
Nolo's deposition handbook : the essential guide for anyone facing or conducting a deposition contents: Introduction: your deposition companion. Part 1: You are a deponent. Ch. 1 - An overview of deposition procedures. Ch. 2 - Using depositions in a lawsuit. Ch. 3 - Preparing to give deposition testimony. Ch. 4 - Responding to questions. Ch. 5 - Beginning a deposition: "the unusual admonitions". Ch. 6 - Background questions. Ch. 7 - Questions you can refuse to answer. Ch. 8 - Expert witness deponents. Part 2: Taking and defending depositions. Ch. 9 - The lay of the discovery landscape. Ch. 10 - Defending a deposition. Ch. 11 - Taking a deposition: deposing a hostile witness. Ch. 12 - Taking a deposition: responding to a defending attorney's roadblocks. Ch. 13 - Taking a deposition: deposing a friendly witness. Ch. 14 - Visually recorded depositions. Includes table of contents, glossary, appendixes, sample forms and subject index.
Description
"Nolo's Deposition Handbook is a must-read for anyone taking, defending, or facing a deposition. 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. Readers will learn the three "golden rules" for answering questions, and the trick questions lawyers often use to influence testimony. Written in plain English, 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, legal assistants, and anyone involved in a deposition"--