Deposition Tactics Used By Certified Court Reporters in Georgia

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Deposition Tactics Used By Certified Court
Reporters in Georgia
ByElizabeth Gallo Court Reporting, LLC
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• The foundation of cracking any court case depends
  on depositions that can be gathered. Sometimes it
  becomes tricky for court reporters to take the
  testimony of witnesses and the other times it is
  merely a cakewalk. Either way, the job of a
  certified court reporter is to officially record
  the testimonies so that they can be presented in
  the court later. These experts are adept at their
  job and are skilled with tactics to help get
  valuable testimonies in the soonest manner
  possible. What are those skills? Read on, to find
  out for yourself.

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1. Go Gentle With The Witnesses

• It is a common thing for witnesses to avoid
  depositions. Either they elude, or they uprightly
  deny giving depositions whenever required. One
  reason for such behavior reflects on lack of
  trust on the court reporters. Therefore the key
  here is to go gentle with the witnesses. A court
  reporter makes the witness comfortable before
  starting with asking questions about the
  incidence.

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2. Emphasis On The Objections

• A good court reporter is not the one that takes
  depositions in a realistic form. The main focus
  of the reporters is to take the deposition
  without holding back any objections. The
  reporter asks the witness to object any theory or
  facts, then and there. This, in turn, ensures
  that a witness does not argue or object to the
  court decision, no matter what.

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3. The End Hour Is The Best Hour

• Most of the court reporters wont tell this
  secret to you. If a deposition gets started by
  noon, the ending hour would be around 4 in the
  evening. The court reporters in Georgia wait
  until the evening to hit the important questions.
  The idea behind this lies in the fact that
  witnesses often get exhausted by this time. And,
  in order to bring the conversation to an end,
  they end up confessing things they were holding
  back.

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4. Filming The Deposition Themselves

• The best of best court reporters prefer filming
  the depositions themselves. The key is to not
  rely on anyone but you. The attention to detail
  is an art excelled by a certified and
  knowledgeable court reporter. The deposition can
  be further used for studying the body language of
  the witnesses, getting feedbacks, and using it
  for presenting in the court later.

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5. The Art Of Maintaining Silence

• This one tactic works most of the times. The
  witnesses are not always prepared to answer every
  question thrown at them. And, sometimes they know
  exactly how to dodge a question. But, what they
  do not know is as to how to handle the silence. A
  court reporter agency understands that! They try
  to maintain silence before putting on a new
  question. When a witness gets uncomfortable with
  the silence, they go with saying what they
  werent till now.

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6. Deploying A Checklist

• In crucial depositions, where the case is
  complicated a court reporter would have to cover
  a lot of questions. To make sure nothing gets
  left out a checklist could save the day. In
  case, a witness drops a clue or spills a new
  theory the court reporter would have to deviate
  from the set of questions to find the underlying
  cause of the new lead. That is why having a
  checklist handy is important when returning to
  mainstream questions is needed.

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Conclusion

• These six tactics certified court reporters are
  good at. Gone are the times when the job of a
  court reporter was restricted to typing.
  Nowadays, court reporters have become a major
  link in cracking any case no matter how complex
  it may seem.

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