10,000 Depositions Later Podcast

From Jim Garrity, the country’s leading deposition expert, comes this podcast for hardcore litigators. The subject? Taking and defending depositions.Each episode is a one-topic, mini field guide, meant to educate and inform trial lawyers looking for world-class deposition strategies and tactics. Garrity includes a general discussion of the topic, specific insights and guidance, questions to ponder, and case citations to support his observations. They’re jam-packed with immediately useful advice and guidance.Garrity has appeared as lead trial counsel in more than two thousand federal and state civil cases. His personal deposition experience now far exceeds the 10,000 mentioned in the title. (For business reasons, his publisher did not want him to update the title number.) He’s been up against the best litigators at hundreds of firms, from the nation’s largest to sole practitioners, and there’s literally no tactic, trick, variation or strategy he hasn’t seen hundreds of times. Indeed,

10,000 Depositions Later Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Jim Garrity, with 179 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Jim Garrity hosts 10,000 Depositions Later Podcast, a business show with 179 episodes published.

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  Episode #172

  Episode 172: Second-Order Knowledge Examinations

  May 8, 202616 minS0

  <p>In this episode, Jim talks about the value of "second-order" examinations - asking deponents not only what they know, but what others know (and what others know that still others know, which is a form of third-order knowledge). It's an incredibly valuable tool for ensuring you fully understand the actors, documents, and events in your cases. Garrity explains why witnesses will talk more freely about what others know than about what they themselves know, and wraps up with practice tips for litigators who are either taking - or defending against - second-order knowledge examinations.</p><p>As always, thanks...

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  Episode #171

  Episode 171: Examination Techniques, Part 4 - The Reid Technique

  Apr 24, 202614 minS0

  <p>In this final episode of our cross-examination series, Jim Garrity turns to the Reid Technique, the interrogation system developed in the 1940s for American law enforcement. Though the method has drawn serious criticism and been linked to false confessions, many of its individual components quietly appear in depositions, administrative hearings, and arbitrations every day, often deployed by lawyers who have never heard the name John Reid.</p><p>We break the technique into three "movements" civil litigators will recognize: the non-accusatory, warm opening that triggers reciprocity; confrontation and theme development, where a sympathetic narrative conceals a damaging concession; and...

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  Episode #170

  Episode 170 - Examination Techniques, Part 3: The Reptile Method

  Apr 9, 202620 minS0

  <p>In this third installment of our series on examination techniques, Jim Garrity dives into the so-called Reptile Method, developed by jury consultant David Ball and plaintiff’s attorney Don Keenan, and explained in their 2009 book Reptile: The 2009 Manual of the Plaintiff’s Revolution. It's long been a controversial approach because, some say, it's a disguised version of Golden Rule arguments that are generally forbidden in most jurisdictions. But whether you’re on the plaintiff side looking to deploy it or the defense side looking to neutralize it, you need to understand how the three-stage sequence works, and where it’s vulner...

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  Episode #169

  Episode 169: Examination Techniques, Part 2: Irving Younger's Ten Commandments of Cross-Examination

  Mar 31, 202612 minS0

  <p>In this second episode in a series on different cross-examination methods, Jim Garrity spotlights Irving Younger's famed Ten Commandments of Cross-Examination. It's one of the earliest formal systems for conducting an effective cross. As Jim explains, there isn't a single "best way" to question or cross-examine witnesses. The path to world-class examination styles is being aware of the different approaches, understanding them, experimenting with them, and even possibly combining elements from several to develop your own style.</p>

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  Episode #168

  Episode 168: Examination Techniques, Part 1: The Pozner-Dodd Technique

  Mar 2, 202615 minS0

  <p>In this episode, and over the next few, Jim Garrity analyzes some of the better-known techniques or methods of conducting deposition cross-examinations. He begins with the Pozner-Dodd method, based on the book Cross-Examination: Science and Techniques, by Larry Pozner and Roger J. Dodd. As Jim explains, there isn't a single "best way" to question or cross-examine witnesses. The path to world-class examination styles is being aware of the different approaches, understanding them, experimenting with each, and even possibly combining elements from several to develop your own style.</p><p>SHOW NOTES:</p><p>Pozner, Larry and Dodd, Roger J...

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