What Experts Should Expect at Deposition
Deposition work demands preparation, precise scope, careful listening, transparent assumptions, and the discipline to avoid overstating a conclusion.
Preparation starts with your own work
Revisit the materials reviewed, chronology, calculations, assumptions, prior drafts, and the limits of each conclusion. Know what you did not review and why.
Listen before answering
Answer the question asked, ask for clarification when needed, avoid guessing, and distinguish memory from records. Precision is more useful than speed or performance.
Protect independence, not a side
Do not stretch beyond scope to defend counsel or repair a weak theory. A careful correction, qualification, or acknowledgment of uncertainty is compatible with strong expert work.
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