Deposition summaries save counsel hours of rereading. The best results come from clear instructions at the start.
Choose the format
- Page-line summary: a running summary keyed to page and line, useful for preparing cross-examination.
- Topical summary: testimony organized by subject, useful for motions and trial outlines.
- Narrative summary: a short readable overview, useful for clients, mediators and case reviews.
What to send
- The certified transcript, ideally as a searchable file with page and line numbers.
- Exhibits referenced in the testimony.
- The case caption and a short note on the claims and defenses.
- The issues you care about most, so they are flagged and cross-referenced.
- Any errata sheet, so corrections are reflected.
Set the deadline and length
Tell us when you need it and roughly how long you want it. A two-hundred-page transcript can become a three-page narrative or a thirty-page page-line summary; both are valid, for different purposes.
Review and revise
Summaries are delivered for the supervising attorney's review and revised to counsel's instructions. Every entry cites page and line, so any point can be checked against the transcript.
Litigation support is performed at the direction of a licensed attorney. We do not give legal advice.
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