Surviving a deposition without surrendering your legal leverage The deposition room usually smells of stale air and cheap office coffee. I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence. They wanted to be liked. They wanted to explain. They ended…
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I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence. They felt an overwhelming need to fill the void of the room with noise. They started explaining why they thought the money was gone instead of letting the defense attorney flounder.…
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I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence. We were seated in a mahogany paneled conference room that smelled of ozone from the nearby copier and the sharp mint of the defense counsel’s breath. My client felt the need…
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I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence. They were asked a standard background question. Instead of answering and stopping, they volunteered a detail about a weekend trip they claimed they were too injured to take. Within an hour,…
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I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence. They felt the need to fill the room with words. They thought they could explain their way out of a bad fact. Instead, they gave the opposing counsel a thread, and…
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The specific evidence that shuts down a lying witness in family court Sit down and listen. Your case is likely on the verge of collapse because you believe the truth has its own voice. It does not. I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they…
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I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence. My client claimed a back injury so severe they could not walk to their mailbox. The defense attorney, a man who smelled of expensive cigarettes and indifference, did not ask about…
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I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence. It was a cold Tuesday morning. The air in the conference room was thick with the scent of strong black coffee and the clinical smell of laser-printed legal briefs. My client,…
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I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence. They felt the urge to fill the vacuum of the room. By the time they finished explaining why they spent six thousand dollars on a credit card their spouse did not…
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The brutal reality of the recorded record I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence. They felt the need to fill the void. They wanted to be liked. In a litigation environment, wanting to be liked is a terminal…
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