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September 08, 2009
Depositions: "Stop me before I coach again."
An objection must be stated concisely in a nonargumentative and nonsuggestive manner.
--from Rule 30(c)(2), Fed. R. Civ. P.
Defending lawyers who testify are very bad people. And let he or she without sin cast the first stapler. In defending in a deposition, giving speeches and coaching your witness on the record is "bad" because it may be suggestive of the answer the witness should give. At Evan Shaeffer's Illinois Trial Practice Weblog, see "Depositions: How to Stop Coaching". We could go on and on and on about this--but we'll just be quiet and let you read it. Speaks for itself. Just wanted to get that on the record.
Does this lawyer ever shut up? Must ask Madge and Verna about him at lunch.
Posted by JD Hull at September 8, 2009 11:59 PM