September 19, 2025 - Everyone knows the baseline rule: an attorney cannot, and should not, coach a witness on the record during a deposition or influence the witness to change testimony. A deposition ...

Experienced litigators often describe successful trial preparation as a process that begins with identifying desired outcome, followed by “reverse engineering” the constituent parts of the desired ...

Kate Rosenow (L) and Nathan Cox (R) of Bell Nunnally. Courtesy photos . As trials become increasingly rare, depositions have become the primary (and sometimes only) battleground involving both ...

The job of defending a witness during a deposition, particularly a remote deposition, can be challenging. Civil litigants have a right to consult with their attorney, though not at any time of their ...