Deposition Basics: The Gimmick Grab-bag

A few years ago, Southwest Airlines decided to let its flight attendants liven up the pre-flight safety lecture by injecting it with sassy comedy. Suddenly, camera-phone videos of these wacky performances were popping up all over the internet (like here, here, and here), and a few Southwest flight attendants enjoyed their 15 minutes. It was […]

Deposition Basics: Telling the Truth

In a previous post (about Responding to a Subpoena), I promised that a future blog entry would cover some basic advice on how to behave at a deposition. Well, the future is now (Where is my hoverboard??), or at least part of it is. It turns out that subject could fill a book, so I’ve […]

Anger Manager At Law

Recently, I attended a symposium for attorneys who practice in small firms or as sole practitioners. A “symposium,” it turns out, is a lot like a “conference,” except that the PowerPoint presentations don’t have any text. (I’m kidding, but I wish I weren’t. With only a couple exceptions, everyone who did a PowerPoint presentation embraced […]