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Taking & Defending Depositions: From How to...to Expert Tips
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Approved for CLE credit in:
AK,AZ,CA,ME,MO,ND,NJ,NY,WV
Depositions provide a valuable opportunity to take discovery necessary for your case, to test potential theories of your case and to gain valuable testimony to use for summary judgment and potentially at trial. They also offer the other side the very same opportunity. This program, by bringing together leading practitioners, will examine all aspects of taking and defending depositions through the use of lecture, demonstrations, roundtable discussion and open questioning. We will discuss why we take them, what we can get out of depositions, and the logistics of a deposition so that you are at comfort when you enter the room. We will discuss how to marshal your facts and formulate a strategy to craft a helpful outline to take a deposition. We will examine how to formulate questions to maximize the information you receive at a deposition and get the testimony you seek. We will also discuss how to prepare a witness to be deposed and how to defend a witness at a deposition. Finally, we will have a round table discussion of unique issues that arise at depositions, expert tips for taking and defending depositions and a chance for you to pose your questions to the panelists.
This program was recorded on May 20th, 2009.
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Experienced attorneys only (non-transitional)
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TimothyCameron
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Andrew Weaver
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Jeffrey A.Rosenthal
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Molly M.Lens
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Roger A.Cooper
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Avram E. Luft
Counsel
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Avram E. Luft is counsel based in the New York office. Mr. Luft's practice focuses on litigation and arbitration. Mr. Luft has litigated securities class actions, domestic and international disputes over commercial agreements, and disputes involving mergers and acquisitions, securities, auditing negligence and fraud, bankruptcy, and patents and intellectual property. In addition, Mr. Luft has represented multiple clients through amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court and represented clients before regulatory agencies for issues involving accounting and auditing fraud. Mr. Luft joined the firm in 2004 and became counsel in 2008. He received his J.D. degree from New York University School of Law in 1999, where he was a McKay Scholar, and an undergraduate degree with honors from Oberlin College in 1995. Mr. Luft practiced law from 1999 to 2004 at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. Mr. Luft is a member of the Bar of New York and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Ninth Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Mr. Luft is an instructor for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and a member of the Litigation Committee of the New York City Bar Association.
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