A well-executed deposition is one of your most powerful litigation tools. It stands at the heart of your discovery efforts. Outstanding deposition practice produces outstanding results for both you and your clients, and obtaining key expert witness testimony adds yet another layer of complexity. This essential instruction will take you beyond the basics to a new level of proficiency. Order today!

1. Preparing Your Expert Witness for Deposition
2. Preparing For the Deposition of the Opposing Expert Witness
3. Ethical Considerations in Depositions
4. Deposing the Opposing Expert Witness
5. Defending Your Expert's Testimony
6. Using Expert Depositions at Trial
7. Putting Your Skills to Work: Mock Examination of Expert Witnesses

1. PREPARING YOUR EXPERT WITNESS FOR DEPOSITION
   9:00 - 9:45, Neil J. Harrington
   1. Covering "What to Expect"
   2. Reviewing Expected Questions
   3. Information Your Expert Will Need at the Deposition
   4. Federal Rules and Their Impact on Expert Testimony
2. PREPARING FOR THE DEPOSITION OF THE OPPOSING EXPERT WITNESS
   9:45 - 10:45, Stephen I. Leshner
   1. Determining Your Goals for the Deposition
   2. Careful Examination About Background Information
   3. Establishing Credentials and Credibility - Gathering Information for Daubert Challenges
   4. Recall and Conversations
   5. Going After Admissions During Deposition
   6. Exhibits During Deposition
   7. Making and Dealing With Objections
   8. Specialized Challenges for Deposing Scientific, Technical or Other Specialized Experts
3. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN DEPOSITIONS
   11:00 - 12:00, Neil J. Harrington
   1. Confidentiality and Privileged Communications With Experts
   2. Work Product Doctrine
   3. Fees and the Expert Opinion
   4. Avoiding Conflicts of Interest
4. DEPOSING THE OPPOSING EXPERT WITNESS
   1:00 - 1:45, Stephen I. Leshner
   1. Getting What You Need From the Deposition
   2. Getting and Reviewing the Expert's File
   3. Daubert Examination
   4. Tips for Deposing the Difficult Witness
   5. Setting Up the Expert for Trial Cross-Examination
   6. Laying the Groundwork for Impeachment at Trial
   7. Using Opposing Expert Depositions in Court Proceedings
5. DEFENDING YOUR EXPERT'S TESTIMONY
   1:45 - 2:45, William F. Auther
   1. Handling Objections
   2. Guarding the Expert From Overzealous Counsel
   3. Instructions Not to Answer
6. USING EXPERT DEPOSITIONS AT TRIAL
   3:00 - 3:50, William F. Auther
   1. Special Considerations for Using Video Depositions
   2. Refreshing Witness Recollection
   3. Impeachment and Admissions
   4. Introducing Part of a Deposition at Trial
   5. The Deposition as Substantive Evidence
7. PUTTING YOUR SKILLS TO WORK: MOCK EXAMINATION OF EXPERT WITNESSES
   3:50 - 4:30, William F. Auther

WILLIAM F. AUTHER is a trial lawyer with Bowman and Brooke LLP, in the firm's product liability and business litigation practice areas. He has served in various leadership roles within the firm, including service on the firm's Management and Technology Committees. Helping businesses defend their technology is one of Mr. Auther's strengths. His client work focuses predominantly on complex business litigation including the defense of product liability claims, dealer/vendor disputes, contract disputes, and financial litigation. His clients cross the entire spectrum of industries from transportation, chemical, pharmaceutical, mechanical, high tech start-ups, banking and finance. As select examples, Mr. Auther's representations include: trial counsel, in both first and second chair roles, on multi-million dollar exposure cases resulting in defense verdicts; defending manufacturers in consumer fraud class actions; managing national portfolios of cases; reducing case counts to lowest levels in years; and successfully representing parties in multi-million dollar contract disputes.

NEIL J. HARRINGTON is a sole practitioner with the Law Office of Neil J. Harrington, where his practice is focused primarily on personal injury defense and civil litigation. After earning his A.B. degree from Dartmouth College, Mr. Harrington attended St. Mary's University and Arizona State University, graduating with a J.D. degree. He is a member of the State Bar of Arizona.

STEPHEN I. LESHNER is a sole practitioner with Stephen I. Leshner, P.C., where he practices in the areas of plaintiffs' personal injury, medical malpractice and products liability. He has been certified as a Specialist in Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation by the State Bar of Arizona Board of Legal Specialization since 1991. He has been named a Southwest "Super Lawyer" in 2008, 2009 and 2010. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, a past president of the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, an associate of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a life member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and a sustaining member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ/ATLA).

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