On Thursday evening, February 19, 2026, Partner Douglas R. Halstrom co-presented a CLE for the New York County Lawyers Association entitled, “How to Conduct a Deposition – An Interactive Program”. This important annual learning opportunity was available both via webinar, and as an in-person program at NYCLA headquarters in New York City.
The pre-trial deposition stage is a critical point in any litigation. Indeed, many personal injury and commercial cases are either won or lost during the deposition phase, making this a must-attend for all attorneys!
NYCLA's panel of experts provided practical guidance, while also teaching basic deposition skills, techniques for handling commonly encountered problems, how to use depositions at trial, how to seek rulings from a trial judge, and the use of virtual depositions.
Demonstrations of how to conduct depositions in both commercial and personal injury cases were reenacted as well.
COURSE DETAILS
Specific issues addressed in this CLE included:
• How to control a witness
• Dealing with evasive witnesses
• How to discover and authenticate documents for trial
• What objections can be raised
• When to prevent a witness from answering
• What to do when your witness volunteers information
• How to cut your losses in light of unexpectedly damaging testimony
• How to use depositions at trial to impeach witnesses, introduce testimony of absentee witnesses, and more
• Virtual depositions
• Whether to conduct a virtual deposition … or insist on a live deposition
CLE CREDITS
Attendees earned 3 NY Credits: 3 Skills; Transitional and Non-transitional
The New York County Lawyers Association was founded in 1908 as one of the first major bar associations in the country that admitted members without regard to race, ethnicity, religion or gender. Since its inception, it has pioneered some of the most far‐reaching and tangible reforms in American jurisprudence, and has continuously played an active role in legal developments and public policy.