Deposition College 2025
Date: Feb 25, 2025 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Online
Member Price: $187.00
Non-Member Price: $234.00
Section Price: $0.00
Areas of Law: Civil
Earn up to 6.9 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Michael S. Raff, Esq.
- Raff & Raff, LLP, Paterson
Presenters
- Tracy A. Armstrong, Esq.
- Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A., Woodbridge
- Kelly P. Corrubia, Esq.
- Director, New Jersey Defense Association
Hall Booth Smith, P.C., Paramus - Brandon Greenblatt, Esq.
- Chief Executive Officer, Remote Legal, New York City
- Vahbiz P. Karanjia, Esq.
- Epstein Ostrove LLC, Edison
- Cory Rothbort, Esq.
- Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman, LLC, Roseland
- Lawrence M. Simon, Esq.
- Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins, Springfield
Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA Certified Attorneys Section
Deposition skills are critically important for every trial attorney in all litigation practice areas. They directly influence the ability to gather information, assess the strength of the case and shape the direction of litigation. Regardless of your trial practice focus, there are tips and strategies you can apply in the deposition room to ensure that the deposition is effective.
Reserve your seat today for a program that will enable you to take more effective depositions.
Through lecture and demonstration, our panel of experienced New Jersey litigators will share their tips and techniques to help build your case at the deposition stage. Immerse yourself in a day of building deposition skills with your peers and some of New Jersey’s finest.
Program Agenda:
- 9:00 | Welcome - Michael S. Raff, Esq.
- 9:05 | Organizing your file for deposition - Vahbiz P. Karanjia, Esq.
- 9:30 | Preparing your client for deposition - Vahbiz P. Karanjia, Esq.
- 9:50 | Preparing for taking depositions in an automobile case from defense perspective - Kelly Patricia Corrubia, Esq.
- 10:30 | Break
- 10:40 | Preparing for taking depositions in an automobile case from plaintiff’s perspective – Michael S. Raff, Esq.
- 11:10 | Do’s and don’ts and the “why” of depositions - Tracy A. Armstrong, Esq.
- 11:45 | The corporate-designee deposition - Vahbiz P. Karanjia, Esq.; Cory Rothbort, Esq.
- 12:05 | Objections during depositions – Lawrence Simon, Esq.
- 12:30 | Lunch
- 1:00 | Preparing for and taking expert deps - the discovery deposition of an adversary’s expert - Lawrence Simon, Esq.
- 1:35 | The employment deposition - Tracy A. Armstrong, Esq.
- 2:10 | Conducting remote depositions - Brandon Greenblatt, Esq.; Cory Rothbort, Esq.
- The law and use of video
- Video clipping and editing issues
- Video deps as an art
- Effective techniques and strategies/dos and don’ts
- De Bene Esse Depositions
- 3:20 | Final comments and program wrap up
- 3:30 | Adjourn
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