Any California trial litigation attorney can tell you, whether he or
she practices in Indian Wells, Palm Springs or Palm Desert, San Diego,
California, Orange County, CA, La Jolla, Del Mar, Laguna Beach, Newport
Beach, Corona del Mar, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Santa Ana, Irvine,
Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga,
Temecula, Riverside, San Bernardino, the Coachella Valley, CA, La
Quinta, Indio, Yucca Valley, or Joshua Tree, depositions can make or
break your case. A good defense attorney can make even the calmest
deponent nervous. And then there are some deponents who can drive a
litigation lawyer nuts.
Many times, clients want to know how to answer deposition questions. First of all, I tell my clients to answer truthfully. Then I advise clients not to watch how politicians answer questions. This is what can happen if a client ignores that advice.
"You said to the policeman investigating the scene of the accident that you weren't wearing a seat belt yet today you state that you were wearing one," the defense attorney stated to my client.
My client smiled sweetly at the news commentator, just like Sarah Palin did to Charles Gibson in her first television interview.
"Would you care to explain this discrepancy?" the attorney asked. The attorney had introduced himself as Charles Johnson.
"Well, Charlie, I believe everyone should wear seat belts when they are in a car.
"Okay, but can you explain why you told the police officer at the scene that you weren't wearing a seat belt?"
My client smiled sweetly again, giving the attorney her best impression of a political candidate.
"Charles, I believe in a woman's choice, however I feel even more strongly about the sanctity of life."
"You're not going to answer the question, is that what you're saying?" the attorney asked, looking over his own eyeglasses.
"Well, I really think that there are much bigger issues to discuss," the client answered, putting the attorney on the defensive.
"Don't you think it's important for us to know if what you say now is different from what you said earlier?"
My client looked directly at the attorney. "Charlie, I believe what is important here is that your client ran a red light."
"Lets move on to the fact that you claim you never had a back injury before this accident.. How do you reconcile that with your treatment for back pain prior to this accident?"
"Charlie, as you know, you can have a visit to a doctor without it being for an injury. I have to say this type of questioning borders on being sexist."
"Did you or didn't you have treatment for a back condition prior to this accident?" the attorney said, raising his voice.
"It's not what you go to for a doctor, it's what the doctor does for you, Charles, and when you realize that women are different from men, you'll learn that women doctors do things
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Many times, clients want to know how to answer deposition questions. First of all, I tell my clients to answer truthfully. Then I advise clients not to watch how politicians answer questions. This is what can happen if a client ignores that advice.
"You said to the policeman investigating the scene of the accident that you weren't wearing a seat belt yet today you state that you were wearing one," the defense attorney stated to my client.
My client smiled sweetly at the news commentator, just like Sarah Palin did to Charles Gibson in her first television interview.
"Would you care to explain this discrepancy?" the attorney asked. The attorney had introduced himself as Charles Johnson.
"Well, Charlie, I believe everyone should wear seat belts when they are in a car.
"Okay, but can you explain why you told the police officer at the scene that you weren't wearing a seat belt?"
My client smiled sweetly again, giving the attorney her best impression of a political candidate.
"Charles, I believe in a woman's choice, however I feel even more strongly about the sanctity of life."
"You're not going to answer the question, is that what you're saying?" the attorney asked, looking over his own eyeglasses.
"Well, I really think that there are much bigger issues to discuss," the client answered, putting the attorney on the defensive.
"Don't you think it's important for us to know if what you say now is different from what you said earlier?"
My client looked directly at the attorney. "Charlie, I believe what is important here is that your client ran a red light."
"Lets move on to the fact that you claim you never had a back injury before this accident.. How do you reconcile that with your treatment for back pain prior to this accident?"
"Charlie, as you know, you can have a visit to a doctor without it being for an injury. I have to say this type of questioning borders on being sexist."
"Did you or didn't you have treatment for a back condition prior to this accident?" the attorney said, raising his voice.
"It's not what you go to for a doctor, it's what the doctor does for you, Charles, and when you realize that women are different from men, you'll learn that women doctors do things
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