Understand how to prepare and reflect your legal team and client’s needs when tasked with writing a deposition summary.
Deposition summaries are one of the most powerful litigation tools in your trial arsenal; however, they are often an afterthought, leading the litigation team to spend needless hours searching for important testimony and documents. Deposition summaries can become the backbone for successful motion practice, preparing for upcoming depositions and direct and cross examinations of witnesses at trial.
This program is for legal staff who wish to hone their skills on preparing the most effective deposition summaries, what needs to be done prior to preparing the summaries, the various methods of summarizing, options for outsourcing, software program types available, and how deposition summaries are integral to the entire litigation process, from discovery to motion practice and at trial.
Agenda
Background Work
- Reviewing the Issues and Documents Relevant to Case
- Creating the Timeline
- Benefits and Drawbacks of Case Management Software
Deposition Summary and Its Purpose
- Defining Depositions
- Working as a Team
- Outsourcing V. In-House Summaries
- Determine Whether You Need a Particular Professional to Review (I.E., Medical, Financial, Construction)
- Using E-Discovery Platforms and Transcript Management Tools
Best Practices for Deposition Summaries
- Various Types of Summaries
- Organization
- Writing Tips
How Deposition Summaries Are Integral to Trial Preparation
- Pulling Direct Questions and Answers
- Pulling Into a Trial Program, Its Benefits and Drawbacks
- Establishing Foundation for Getting Deposition Testimony Into Evidence
Speakers
Dennis I. Wilenchik, Esq.,
Wilenchik & Bartness, P.C.- Managing partner at Wilenchik & Bartness, P.C., Phoenix, Arizona, established in 1991
- Focused on trial work for more than 40 years and has tried hundreds of cases, both civil and criminal, for many high-profile individuals and politicians
- Practice focuses on civil litigation with an emphasis on real estate and business
- Nationally certified civil trial advocate for over 15 years with the National Board of Trial Advocacy and is a member of various American Bar Association committees, including the Trial Practice and Evidence Committees
- Spoken at numerous seminars over the years on trials and evidence, e-discovery, admissibility of email and internet evidence, the 2015 changes to the rules of civil procedure and their impact on electronically stored information
- Been rated as a Superlawyer by Thomson-Reuters, is Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™, a member of AZ Finest Lawyers, a Lawyer of Distinction, and has been voted Best Trial Lawyer in Arizona Foothills Magazine three years in a row
- Licensed to practice before all state and federal courts in Arizona and in Texas, the state of New York, the United States Supreme Court, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Licensed to practice in Arizona, Texas, New York, and the District of Columbia
- B.A. degree, magna cum laude, Brooklyn College of the City University, New York; J.D. degree, South Texas College of Law
- Can be contacted at 602-606-2810, diw@wb-law.com, or admin@wb-law.com
Who Should Attend
This live webinar is designed for paralegals and other legal assistants.
