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Building a Deposition to Weather the Storm


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Depositions are “the factual battleground where the vast majority of litigation actually takes place.”

Hall v. Clifton Precision,

150 F.R.D. 525, 531 (E.D. Penn. 1993)

We all recognize the current and increasing importance of well executed depositions. In this one hour webcast, Dan Small concentrates on the key areas of preparing yourself to succeed when things go as planned, to keep the deposition going according to plan, and to respond appropriately when the plan decides to take a holiday.

Small gives you charts and checklists to help you establish discipline over the proceedings, enabling to you to extract all of the information you seek in the shortest time practical – specific tools for getting an answer; do’s and don’ts for confronting a witness; and techniques he regularly employs to deal with difficult opposing counsel.

 

Included in the discussion are Dan Small’s rules for preparing and defending your witnesses in any deposition. His methods are proven and his teaching style is soundly praised across the country. Watch this program before your next deposition and your outcome will improve!

 

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Daniel I. Small

Holland & Knight LLP
Boston, Massachusetts

Daniel  Small

Holland & McDan Small’s expansive career provides the unique basis for his excellence as a teacher and author. His impressive body of work includes lawyering for the U.S. Department of Justice, work as corporate general counsel for a national healthcare management firm, and private practice with both small and large firms.

Practitioner, Author, Lecturer
He may not have seen it all, but he’s seen a lot of what lawyers do — from varied and meaningful perspectives. In addition, he is a noted author for the American Bar Association (ABA), has served as Lecturer on Law at Harvard University and is a frequent television, radio and newspaper commentator on legal issues.

Dan is a partner at Holland & Knight, LLP in their Boston and Miami offices. He represents witnesses, plaintiffs an defendants in wide-ranging investigations and proceedings and in both civil and criminal litigation (including fraud, regulation, insider trading, revenue recognition and more).

Small is a member of The Florida Bar and the Massachusetts Bar. He is a 1979 graduate of Harvard Law School and a cum laude graduate of Harvard College. He was recently inducted into the honorary society Litigation Counsel of America.
 

Recognized Litigator
Dan is recognized for his work in defending Edwin Edwards, a legendary Louisiana political figure. And he is published in the August 2011 Massachusetts Lawyers Journal and in the January 2012 and May 2012 editions of Compliance and Ethics Professional.