Episode 53 - Core Essentials: Preparing Your Clients for Deposition, Part 2 (Helping Them Unlearn Misconceptions)

In this episode, Jim Garrity stresses the importance of beginning your first deposition-specific meeting by understanding what your clients THINK about depositions. What do they think they're for? How long do they think it will take? What do they think the opposing lawyers will do with the transcript? Do they know how judges and juries use them? Your clients will always arrive with at least some beliefs - from films, from TV shows, and from friends and family. It's critical to assess their perceptions about depositions, so you know what to clear up on the way to building a powerful, invincible witness.