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Partner Douglas R. Halstrom to co-present New York County Lawyers Association CLE entitled, “How to Conduct a Deposition – An Interactive Program”, on February 27, 2025

02.27.25

Partner Douglas R. Halstrom will be co-presenting a CLE for the NYCLA entitled, “How to Conduct a Deposition – An Interactive Program”.

This program will take place virtually via webinar on Thursday, February 27, 2025, from 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM.

Attendees will earn the following CLE credits: 3 NY Credits: 2 Skills; 1 Ethics; Transitional and Non-Transitional; 3 NJ Credits: 2 General; 1 Ethics.

COURSE DETAILS

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.

Our panel of experts provides practical guidance, while 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 virtual depositions.

Demonstrations of how to conduct depositions in commercial and personal injury cases are also reenacted.

Some of the specific issues addressed include:

  • 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.

GENERAL INFORMATION

To register, visit the NYCLA website here. Registration closes 30 minutes before the program.

The New York County Lawyers Association (www.nycla.org) 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.

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