A Comprehensive Look at Rule 30(b)(6) from Both Sides of the Table: Tactical Selection, High-Stakes Preparation, and the Ethical Risks of Witness Handling

This session covers defensive strategies for responding to voluminous Rule 30(b)(6) deposition notices, including triaging topics, meeting and conferring, and filing protective orders. Attendees will learn the preparation standards required to satisfy the rule and strategies for lightening the load on corporate representatives.

This session explores the decision-making process for taking and defending corporate designee depositions, including selecting witnesses with ideal characteristics. Topics include preparing designees to testify on corporate knowledge, presenting them effectively, and handling post-deposition issues.

This session examines plaintiff-side strategies for using Rule 30(b)(6) depositions to hold corporations accountable. Attendees will learn timing considerations, how to craft effective deposition notices, and techniques for handling unprepared representatives.

This session focuses on shaping corporate representative testimony through effective objections and theme development. Attendees will learn how to work with witnesses to tell the complete corporate story while going on the offensive during defense.

This session provides a psychological framework for understanding and eliminating witness anxiety through systematic desensitization and gradual exposure techniques. Attendees will learn role-playing strategies, body language management using mirrors, and reinforcement techniques to improve witness performance.

This session examines the ethical line between proper witness preparation and improper coaching under Rules 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, and 8.4. Through hypotheticals, attendees will explore the difference between shaping testimony versus spinning it, and influencing the story versus the storytelling.