Good Morning Everyone.......It's Thirsty Thursday

[Eli]

So you tell your clients that are being deposed to be forthcoming with all information... no one word answers? yeah right

I tell them to answer the question that's being asked. As shocking as it may seem...sometimes we just want the deponent to say "yes" or "no". We don't want a narrative.

Typically, by the time an attorney is taking a deposition they have already done most of the discovery. There is very little new information. I usually just want to get the deponent to say damaging things on the record...I already know the answers bc they responded to written discovery.

For example, I took the depo of the most pompous geologist once. Guy thought he was god...I deposed him for 2 days and got him to admit all the repairs and findings were his "expert" opinion and not any of the other experts...he was elated that some chick finally acknowledged his work...then I disqualified all his findings bc he wasn't a civil engineer...I'm such a Bunch****...I still remember the look on his face when he realized what happened. I knew going in exactly what I was doing...nothing he said surprised me.

If you were my client and I just got you out of paying a minimum of $7million you'd love me too!


Edit: I didn't put the **** behind the word Bunch apparently the C-word is forbidden