Deposition College 2026
Date: Feb 24, 2026 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Online
Member Price: $187.00
Non-Member Price: $234.00
Section Price: $0.00
Areas of Law: Civil
Earn up to 6.1 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Tracy A. Armstrong, Esq.
- Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer, Woodbridge
Presenters
- Kelly P. Corrubia, Esq.
- Director, New Jersey Defense Association
Hall Booth Smith, P.C., Paramus - Vahbiz P. Karanjia, Esq.
- Panel Chair, District VIII Fee Arbitration Committee
Epstein Ostrove LLC, Edison - Ross Suter, Esq.
- Senior VP, Litigation Solutions, Magna Legal Services, Philadelphia
- Rey O. Villanueva, Esq.
- Golden Rothschild Spagnola Lundell Boylan & Garubo, PC, Bridgewater
- David L. Wikstrom, Esq.
- Certified By the Supreme Court of New Jersey As a Civil Trial Attorney
Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins, P.C.Certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, is a Partner in Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins, P.C. in Springfield, New Jersey. He concentrates his practice primarily in the representation of clients in legal malpractice, product liability, dramshop, employment discrimination and personal injury litigation.
Admitted to practice in New Jersey and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the United States Supreme Court, Mr. Wikstrom is Past President of the Union County Bar Association, Past Chair of the Essex County Bar Association’s Product Liability Section and has been a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s and the ABA’s Standing Committee on Legal Malpractice Litigation and Insurance. He is a former Trustee of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Past Chair of the Union County Bar Association’s Civil Practice Committee and has served on the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Civil Trial Certification. He has also been a member of the American Board of Trial Advocacy (ABOTA), the American Bar Association, the American and New Jersey Associations for Justice, and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
A Master of the Richard J. Hughes American Inns of Court, Mr. Wikstrom regularly lectures on legal ethics and legal malpractice for ICLE, NJAJ and other organizations. He has been an adjunct professor at Union County College, where he has taught business law.
Mr. Wikstrom received his B.A., with honors, from William Paterson University and his J.D., cum laude, from Quinnipiac School of Law, where he was Symposium Editor of the Quinnipiac Law School Law Review and the recipient of several additional honors. He interned for the Honorable Alan H. Nevas, United States District Court, District of Connecticut.
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Come to this exciting and interactive seminar on depositions skills!
The art of taking a deposition is a critical skill for every trial attorney, no matter what kind of litigation you handle. Being an expert at depositions requires additional skills than trial techniques. And with the number of trials decreasing, taking a killer deposition matters more now than ever.
An experienced panel of New Jersey Litigators will provide tips and strategies to sharpen your performance at depositions. There will be plenty of demonstrations and examples to show how the strategies and theories play out.
You will learn questioning techniques, the strategy and skill of objections, use of exhibits, managing evasive or hostile witnesses, and more.
Spend the day gaining practical skills across practice areas to enhance your depositions. Register today!
Program Agenda:
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9:00 | Introduction - Tracy A. Armstrong, Esq.
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9:05 | Preparation for a deposition (including of a corporate designee) and organizing the file - Vahbiz P. Karanjia, Esq.
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9:45 | Preparing your client, differences between taking and defending depositions (liability issues and damage issues) - Kelly P. Corrubia, Esq.
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10:20 | Break
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10:30 | Exhibits (the need for foundation) and objections - Rey O. Villanueva, Esq.
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11:15 | Use of Zoom vs. in-person depositions (including for out of state and/or out of country witnesses) rules, when, why, what happens if you don’t agree and to video or not to video the deposition - David L. Wikstrom, Esq. and Magna Legal Services
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12:30 | Lunch
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1:00 | Why and the do’s and don’ts of depositions - Tracy A. Armstrong, Esq.
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1:35 | De bene esse depositions/expert depositions - Rey O. Villanueva, Esq. and Kelly P. Corrubia, Esq.
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2:20 | Break
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2:30 | Use of depositions for motions and trial (including “reading-in” depositions at trial-why, when, and how?) - David L. Wikstrom, Esq. and Magna Legal Services
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3:00 | Use of AI during deposition, use of AI in preparation of deposition - Magna Legal Services and Panel
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3:30 | Adjourn
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