Deposition College 2026
Category: On Demand
Member Price: $228
Non-Member Price: $285
Areas of Law: Civil, Young Lawyers Division
| NJ CLE: | NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 6.7 hours of total CLE credit (Full Credits Available: NJ Civil Trial Attorney Credit: 6.7, NJ General: 6.7). |
| NY CLE (t&nt): | NY Professional Practice Transitional: 6.5 |
| PA CLE: | PA Substantive Credit: 5.5 New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program. |
Featured Speaker
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.
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. No other pretrial discovery process rivals the deposition for its ability to alter the course of civil litigation. Through depositions, litigators discover case-critical information, avoid surprises at trial, obtain documents, preserve testimony, pin the opposing party down to a particular version of the facts, and narrow the contested issues for trial. The results can even induce the opposing parties to settle.
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