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"Discovery: Who to Depose--and How to Get Ready"

This post was written by JD Hull:

"It's supposed to be hard. That's what makes baseball great.

--Tom Hanks, or someone, in a movie.

Even when things go well, litigation is expensive and disruptive in unexpected ways. Seasoned GCs are not impressed that your client has a "good" or even "strong" case on law and facts. They are not likely to think your claim or defense is cool. Frankly, he, or she, wanted, "no case". Nothing personal--but the client didn't really want to hire you--or anyone.

So sorry. The client is not that happy for you.

So how do you make each of the first few depositions a fact-finding and case-building but highly efficient triumph? Success. But success also meaning not 'feeding the monster'..."

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Source: What About Clients? 1 July 2010. © 2005-2010 John Daniel Hull, reproduced with permission of the author.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on July 08, 2010 (boomark / email).