Taking 30(b)(6) Corporate Representative Depositions in Personal Injury Cases
Drafting a Thorough Notice, Tying Down the Witness With Key Questions, Objecting and Filing Related Motions
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will prepare personal injury trial lawyers to depose corporate representatives in accordance with Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and its state law equivalents. The webinar will discuss best practices for meeting the 30(b)(6) notice requirements, effectively questioning the corporate representative, dealing with difficult representatives, and raising and defending objections.
Outline
- Law of 30(b)(6) depositions
- Logistics: who, how many, where, when, how long
- What is in the notice: permissible areas of inquiry
- Duties of the responding party
- Binding effect of testimony
- Scope of inquiry
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- What are some best practices for crafting a deposition notice that adequately identifies the scope of the 30(b)(6) deposition?
- How should personal injury attorneys respond when the corporate defendant designates an inappropriate deponent?
- What tactics are useful when questioning the corporate representative and raising and defending objections during the deposition?
- What are some best practices for dealing with difficult deponents?
Faculty
Marc Howard
Attorney
Pope & Howard
Mr. Howard is a trial lawyer with over 30 years’ experience handling complex personal injury and wrongful death... | Read More
Mr. Howard is a trial lawyer with over 30 years’ experience handling complex personal injury and wrongful death cases. He has obtained some of the top trial verdicts in Georgia, been named as a Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyer six times, and is listed as one of the Best Lawyers in America by U.S. News. Mr. Howard has been inducted into the American Board of Trial Advocates, an invitation-only national organization of the most experienced and respected trial lawyers in each state. He also has served on the Executive Committee of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the Board of Governors for the State Bar of Georgia, the Board of Directors for the Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, and as the president of the Sandy Springs Bar Association. Mr. Howard received his Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1993. He was then admitted to both the Georgia and Virginia Bar in 1993. Mr. Howard spent almost a decade representing airlines and airports, trucking companies, contractors, and insurance companies. Since then, he has turned to individuals, families, and businesses in need of representation for harms caused by the wrongful conduct of others, including aviation, nursing home, medical malpractice, and auto and truck wrecks. Before attending law school, as a congressional legislative assistant, Mr. Howard worked with members of Congress on the Transportation Committee, including the Highways and Transit and Aviation Subcommittees, of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Leighton Moore
Attorney
The Moore Law Firm
Mr. Moore is a fourth-generation Georgia lawyer. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University and... | Read More
Mr. Moore is a fourth-generation Georgia lawyer. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University and a master’s degree from Emory University. He then attended Harvard University Law School, graduating magna cum laude and finishing in the top ten percent of his class. While at Harvard, Mr. Moore served as a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Government and a faculty research assistant in constitutional law. After law school, he was privileged to serve as a law clerk to the late Honorable Richard Sheppard Arnold of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Leighton returned home to Atlanta, where he has spent more than two decades litigating high-stakes cases – first at major national law firms, and then at his own firm, where he practices in the areas of civil rights, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and civil appeals.
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