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December 08, 2010
Depositions: There's a reason they call it Discovery.
Drawing a bead: Badness needs to get out in the open.
Man up. Learn not to cringe. Savor the evils, the brutalities, the pain. At depositions, remember to "get The Badness in your case out in the open". Hostile witnesses. Non-hostile witnesses. See a 2008 article by Chicago trial lawyer Stewart Weltman that we love and apparently cannot live without: "The Two Most Important Questions to Ask During A Discovery Deposition-Part I". Excerpt:
There is a reason why it is called discovery. Invite the other side's witnesses to tell you everything they possibly can about why your side should lose.
Revel in these "bad" answers---don't cringe. Make sure that you carefully dissect every part or premise of a "bad" answer.
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Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at December 8, 2010 11:59 PM