The Effective Deposition by David M. Malone

Techniques and Strategies for Taking and Defending Depositions

A practical, skill-focused guide for litigators that explains how to prepare for, conduct, and leverage depositions to strengthen a case; it covers strategic planning, crafting effective questions, controlling witnesses and counsel, managing exhibits and experts, handling evasions and objections, preserving testimony for trial, and ethical considerations, offering concrete techniques, checklists, and real-world advice to make depositions productive and strategically useful rather than routine.