Anjana Devi·Oct 2When the Witness on the Stand Is Actually the Whole CompanyThere is a kind of deposition where the person answering questions is almost beside the point. Ask them their own opinion and it barely…
Anjana Devi·Sep 25You Rarely Get to Depose a Witness Twice. Here Is How to Make the Second One Count.Most witnesses sit for a deposition once. A second deposition of the same witness is not something you can simply schedule; in most cases…
SHABILA THOMAS·Sep 23Many Injuries, One Patient: Why Multi-System Claims Need More Than One TimelineThe short answer
Anjana Devi·Sep 23Page-Line or Narrative? The Deposition Summary Question That’s Really About the JobWhen someone asks for a deposition summary, the first useful question back is almost never “how long?” It’s “in what format?” And the two…
Anjana Devi·Sep 15Before You Send That Deposition Transcript Out, Check These Five FilesThe testimony lives in the transcript. The context a summarizer needs usually doesn’t.
Anjana Devi·Sep 14Volume 2 Just Arrived. What Happens to the Deposition Summary?When a witness’s testimony runs past one session, the summary shouldn’t split in two by default.
Anjana Devi·Sep 13The Deposition Testimony Your Life Care Planner Keeps Asking ForEvery future care item is stronger when a witness said it under oath. Here’s how to find that testimony fast.
Anjana Devi·Sep 10Techniques to summarize an interpreter-involved depositionWhen the Testimony Comes Through an Interpreter, the Record Is Already One Step Removed
Anjana Devi·Sep 9How to summarize a zoom depositionA Video Deposition Gives You Two Records. Most Summaries Only Use One.
Anjana Devi·Sep 8The One Deposition Summary You Cannot Afford to Make One-SidedThere is a quiet temptation in summarizing the plaintiff’s own deposition, and it is the same instinct that makes you good at the rest of…