New York County Lawyers' Association

Anatomy of a Deposition

Program Chair:  Ronald C. Burke

Thursday, February 7, 2008 -  6:00 - 9:00 PM 

Member Price:     $125

Non-Member Price:     $165

 

Intended Audience:

Litigation attorneys seeking to develop or sharpen their deposition skills.

Location: 14 Vesey Street- 2nd Floor Auditorium

Course ID: C020708

Number of Sessions: 1

Credits: 3 MCLE Credits

3 MCLE Credits: 3 Skills; Transitional and Non-Transitional

Course Description:

The most critical point in litigation is the pre-trial deposition stage where many personal injury and commercial cases are virtually won or lost. This program takes a practical approach to teaching the basic deposition skills, techniques for handling commonly encountered problems and using depositions at trial.

Some of the techniques that will be taught include: •What the witness should and should not review;•How to control the witness;•How to pin down the evasive witness, elicit admissions and lock in testimony;•How to discover and authenticate documents for use at trial;•What objections may properly be asserted;•What to do when your witness volunteers information;•When to prevent a witness from answering;•How to cut your losses from unexpectedly damaging testimony;•How to use depositions at trial to impeach witnesses, introduce testimony of an   absent witness and put exhibits into evidence.

You can't afford to miss this hands-on, skill-building program.

Faculty:

Ronald C. Burke, Kelner & Kelner

John Halebian, Lovell Stewart Halebian LLP

Jay G. Safer, Lord Bissell Brook, LLP

Douglas Halstrom, L'Abbate, Balkan, Calavita & Contini, LLP

Program Chair:

Ronald C. Burke, Kelner & Kelner

Early Registration (on or before 1/15)  

Member: $125          Non-Member: $165

Registration Fee  (1/16-1/17)                

Member: $150         Non-Member: $190

Refreshments will be served. 

Ronald C. Burke

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