Nolo's Deposition Handbook: The Essential Guide for Anyone Facing or Conducting a Deposition

by Paul Bergman J.D., Albert Moore Attorney

Overview

Take the fear and mystery out of your deposition

Nolo’s Deposition Handbook is a must-read for anyone taking, defending, or facing a deposition. You’ll find all the information and instructions you need, whether or not a lawyer is representing you.

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. Best of all, you’ll learn the three “golden rules” for answering questions, and the trick questions lawyers often use to influence testimony.

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, and legal assistants, and
• anyone participating in a deposition conducted over the Internet.

The 8th edition is updated to include information on electronic discovery and the latest statutes, court cases, and federal rules, and provides information on how to set up and conduct a deposition remotely, using a computer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781413329872
Publisher:	NOLO
Publication date:	08/30/2022
Edition description:	Eight Edition
Pages:	440
Sales rank:	240,846
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Paul Bergman is a professor of law at the UCLA School of Law and a recipient of two UniversityDistinguished Teaching Awards. His books include Nolo’s Deposition Handbook (with Moore, Nolo); Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies (Andrews & McMeel); Trial Advocacy: Inferences, Arguments, Techniques (with Moore and Binder, West Publishing Co.); Trial Advocacy in a Nutshell (West Publishing Co.); Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case (with Berman, Nolo); Depositions in a Nutshell (with Moore, Binder, and Light, West Publishing); Lawyers as Counselors: A Client-Centered Approach (with Binder, Tremblay, and Weinstein, West Publishing); and Cracking the Case Method (Vandeplas Publishing). He has also published numerous articles in law journals.

Albert Moore, a member of the California State Bar since 1978, is a  professor of law emeritus at the UCLA School of Law and the co-author of Trial Advocacy: Inferences, Arguments and Trial Techniques (West Publishing).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Your Deposition Companion Part One: You Are a Deponent 1. An Overview of Deposition Procedures 2. Using Depositions in a Lawsuit 3. Preparing to Give Deposition Testimony 4. Responding to Questions 5. Beginning a Deposition: “The Usual Admonitions” 6. Background Questions 7. Questions You Can Refuse to Answer 8. Expert Witness Deponents Part Two: Taking and Defending Depositions 9. The Lay of the Discovery Landscape 10. Defending a Deposition 11. Taking a Deposition: Deposing a Hostile Witness 12. Taking a Deposition: Responding to a Defending Attorney’s Roadblocks 13. Taking a Deposition: Deposing a Friendly Witness 14. Visually Recorded Depositions Glossary Appendix A: Excerpts From the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) Appendix B: State Discovery and Deposition Rules Appendix C: Sample Forms Index

Editorial Reviews

The nation’s largest publisher of self-help legal books and software.” The Wall Street Journal

“Nolo helps lay people perform legal tasks without the aid—or fees—of lawyers.” USA Today

"In the first part, Bergman and Moore provide information primarily for someone who is being deposed, that is, being questioned under oath at a deposition as part of the pre-trial stage of a civil law case. The second part explains how to take a deposition or defend a party or witness on your side who is being deposed. Among the topics are preparing to give deposition testimony, beginning a deposition: the usual admonitions, questions you can refuse to answer, taking a deposition: deposing a hostile witness, and visually recorded depositions." Eithne O'Leyne, Editor Ringgold, Inc. ProtoView

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