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Depositions in Trucking Litigation: Winning Plaintiff Strategies and Bulletproof Defense Tactics

Master plaintiff and defense deposition strategies for trucking litigation, from witness preparation to corporate representative tactics and regulatory compliance.

2025-09-29 14:00:00

Program Details

2025-09-29 14:00:00

Program Details

2025-09-29 14:00:00

Over 1,000+ webinars

2025-09-29 14:00:00

Course Overview

Mastering Trucking Litigation Deposition Strategies

2025-09-29 14:00:00

Participants will learn proven deposition techniques for both plaintiff and defense sides in trucking cases. These strategies enable attorneys to control discovery, prepare witnesses effectively, and maximize case outcomes.

Format

CLE Credit

2h CLE Credits

Level

Intermediate

Length

2

Key topics that will be covered

01
Discovery Sequencing
Control the method, manner, and sequence of discovery to shape your case story.
02
Witness Preparation
Meet with witnesses multiple times and push them hard before deposition day.
03
Corporate Depositions
Corporate representative testimony binds the company, making thorough preparation critical.
04
Video Evidence
Videotape every deposition for focus groups, expert review, and trial use.
05
CDL Manual Strategy
Use CDL manual principles strategically, though the manual itself is not law.
06
Reverse Reptile
Turn safety principles against plaintiffs when liability is disputed in the case.

Program schedule

clock 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST

Deposing Trucking Company Personnel: Winning Plaintiff-Side Tactics

This session equips plaintiff attorneys with strategic deposition techniques for questioning trucking company witnesses, from drivers to executives. Learn how to uncover violations in hours of service, expose training inadequacies, probe safety practices, identify maintenance failures, investigate FMCSA compliance gaps, and reveal company-wide oversight failures.

Joe ErvinJoe Ervin
Grant LawsonGrant Lawson
Kevin FoleyKevin Foley
clock 3:10 pm - 4:10 pm EST

Defending the Company: Effective Deposition Techniques

Defense counsel will learn comprehensive strategies for preparing trucking company witnesses to handle aggressive plaintiff depositions. This session covers framing driver conduct within compliance frameworks, demonstrating reasonable safety policies, defending maintenance practices, highlighting internal controls, and reinforcing leadership’s commitment to safety culture.

Joe ErvinJoe Ervin
Grant LawsonGrant Lawson
Kevin FoleyKevin Foley
Joe Ervin

Joe Ervin

The Law Firm for Truck Safety, LLP

Grant Lawson

Grant Lawson

The Law Firm for Truck Safety, LLP

Kevin Foley

Kevin Foley

Reminger Co

Joe Ervin

Joe Ervin

The Law Firm for Truck Safety, LLP

Joe Ervin is a Partner at The Law Firm for Truck Safety who limits his practice exclusively to cases involving commercial motor vehicle crashes and wrongful death. He holds a valid class ‘A’ commercial driver’s license with endorsements for double/triple trailers and tankers.

Education & Credentials

2013 graduate of Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming. One of the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Recognition & Leadership

Rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell. Received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice's (AAJ) Trucking Litigation Group for his commitment to improving highway safety.

Professional Involvement

Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee. Active member of AAJ's Trucking Litigation Group. Holds a position on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.

Experience

Successfully tried numerous cases against motor carriers and truck leasing companies. Fellow attorneys frequently retain Joe as a consultant and co-counsel on complex commercial truck cases. Served on the faculty of the American Association for Justice Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases in both 2015 and 2024.
Grant Lawson

Grant Lawson

The Law Firm for Truck Safety, LLP

Grant Lawson is the Managing Partner of the Wyoming and Colorado offices of The Law Firm for Truck Safety, LLP. Over more than 19 years of practice, he has represented victims of catastrophic collisions and secured hundreds of seven- and eight-figure settlements in trucking, product liability, and oilfield cases. He began his career working alongside trial lawyer Gerry Spence and has taught at the Trial Lawyers College for the past decade. A frequent national presenter on trucking litigation and telematics evidence, he also works at the federal and state levels on legislation to improve highway safety.

Education & Credentials

Grant earned his J.D. from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 2007 and his B.A. from the University of Wyoming in 2002, and he is a 2010 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College. He is Board Certified in Truck Accident Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (2023) and completed the Commercial Driver Training certification program through Legacy Corporation. He is admitted to practice in Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming, as well as in multiple federal district courts.

Recognition & Leadership

Grant has been named to U.S. News Best Lawyers in America from 2020 through 2025, earning the Lawyer of the Year distinction in 2021 and 2023. He was selected to the Top 40 Under 40 by The National Trial Lawyers in 2013 and 2016, holds an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and carries a 10.0 AVVO rating in Wrongful Death claims. He is a Past President of the Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association (2021–2022).

Professional Involvement

Grant serves on the Board of Regents of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys and was Co-Chair of its New Trucking Lawyers Division (2023–2024). Within the American Association for Justice, he has been a Trucking Litigation Group member since 2015, is Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Transportation Accountability Committee (2024–present) and is Past Chair of the Motor Vehicle Collision and Premises Liability Section (2021–2022). He has served on the faculty of the Trial Lawyers College since 2016, sits on the Wyoming Bar Association Civil Jury Instruction Committee, belongs to the Colorado Trial Lawyers Trucking Litigation Group, and is involved with the Institute for Safer Trucking and the Truck Safety Coalition.

Experience

Over more than 19 years, Grant has represented the wrongfully injured and killed in trucking, oilfield, crane, industrial, workplace, and products liability cases, securing hundreds of seven- and eight-figure settlements. He presents nationally on vehicle data evidence, including “Obtaining, Understanding & Using Telematics” for the Florida Association for Justice (February 2024) and “Understanding & Using Telematics in Real Cases” for the American Association for Justice (2023), and has been featured in 9NEWS/KUSA reporting on trucking litigation, including the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on freight broker liability (May 2026).
Kevin Foley

Kevin Foley

Reminger Co

Kevin Foley practices in Reminger Co. LPA’s Columbus Office and serves as co-chair of the firm’s Trucking and Commercial Transportation practice group. His practice focuses on trucking liability, premises liability, real estate, construction and general insurance.

Recognition & Leadership

Recognized by Best Lawyers in America for Transportation Law. Rated AV® Preeminent™ for 'Very Highly Rated in Both Legal Ability and Ethical Standards' by Martindale Hubbell Peer Review.

Professional Involvement

Adjunct Professor in Trial Advocacy at Capital University Law School. Member of the Ohio Supreme Court Lawyer to Lawyer Mentoring Program. Member of numerous legal organizations.

Experience

Served as a staff attorney to Ohio Supreme Court Justice Herbert Brown before joining Reminger. Frequently lectures to insurance carriers and companies regarding litigation, trial preparation and management of catastrophic losses. Member of Reminger's catastrophic response team providing immediate response to clients in the transportation and manufacturing industry.
Joe Ervin

Joe Ervin

The Law Firm for Truck Safety, LLP

Joe Ervin is a Partner at The Law Firm for Truck Safety who limits his practice exclusively to cases involving commercial motor vehicle crashes and wrongful death. He holds a valid class ‘A’ commercial driver’s license with endorsements for double/triple trailers and tankers.

Education & Credentials

2013 graduate of Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming. One of the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Recognition & Leadership

Rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell. Received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice's (AAJ) Trucking Litigation Group for his commitment to improving highway safety.

Professional Involvement

Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee. Active member of AAJ's Trucking Litigation Group. Holds a position on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.

Experience

Successfully tried numerous cases against motor carriers and truck leasing companies. Fellow attorneys frequently retain Joe as a consultant and co-counsel on complex commercial truck cases. Served on the faculty of the American Association for Justice Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases in both 2015 and 2024.
Grant Lawson

Grant Lawson

The Law Firm for Truck Safety, LLP

Grant Lawson is the Managing Partner of the Wyoming and Colorado offices of The Law Firm for Truck Safety, LLP. Over more than 19 years of practice, he has represented victims of catastrophic collisions and secured hundreds of seven- and eight-figure settlements in trucking, product liability, and oilfield cases. He began his career working alongside trial lawyer Gerry Spence and has taught at the Trial Lawyers College for the past decade. A frequent national presenter on trucking litigation and telematics evidence, he also works at the federal and state levels on legislation to improve highway safety.

Education & Credentials

Grant earned his J.D. from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 2007 and his B.A. from the University of Wyoming in 2002, and he is a 2010 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College. He is Board Certified in Truck Accident Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (2023) and completed the Commercial Driver Training certification program through Legacy Corporation. He is admitted to practice in Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming, as well as in multiple federal district courts.

Recognition & Leadership

Grant has been named to U.S. News Best Lawyers in America from 2020 through 2025, earning the Lawyer of the Year distinction in 2021 and 2023. He was selected to the Top 40 Under 40 by The National Trial Lawyers in 2013 and 2016, holds an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and carries a 10.0 AVVO rating in Wrongful Death claims. He is a Past President of the Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association (2021–2022).

Professional Involvement

Grant serves on the Board of Regents of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys and was Co-Chair of its New Trucking Lawyers Division (2023–2024). Within the American Association for Justice, he has been a Trucking Litigation Group member since 2015, is Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Transportation Accountability Committee (2024–present) and is Past Chair of the Motor Vehicle Collision and Premises Liability Section (2021–2022). He has served on the faculty of the Trial Lawyers College since 2016, sits on the Wyoming Bar Association Civil Jury Instruction Committee, belongs to the Colorado Trial Lawyers Trucking Litigation Group, and is involved with the Institute for Safer Trucking and the Truck Safety Coalition.

Experience

Over more than 19 years, Grant has represented the wrongfully injured and killed in trucking, oilfield, crane, industrial, workplace, and products liability cases, securing hundreds of seven- and eight-figure settlements. He presents nationally on vehicle data evidence, including “Obtaining, Understanding & Using Telematics” for the Florida Association for Justice (February 2024) and “Understanding & Using Telematics in Real Cases” for the American Association for Justice (2023), and has been featured in 9NEWS/KUSA reporting on trucking litigation, including the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on freight broker liability (May 2026).
Kevin Foley

Kevin Foley

Reminger Co

Kevin Foley practices in Reminger Co. LPA’s Columbus Office and serves as co-chair of the firm’s Trucking and Commercial Transportation practice group. His practice focuses on trucking liability, premises liability, real estate, construction and general insurance.

Recognition & Leadership

Recognized by Best Lawyers in America for Transportation Law. Rated AV® Preeminent™ for 'Very Highly Rated in Both Legal Ability and Ethical Standards' by Martindale Hubbell Peer Review.

Professional Involvement

Adjunct Professor in Trial Advocacy at Capital University Law School. Member of the Ohio Supreme Court Lawyer to Lawyer Mentoring Program. Member of numerous legal organizations.

Experience

Served as a staff attorney to Ohio Supreme Court Justice Herbert Brown before joining Reminger. Frequently lectures to insurance carriers and companies regarding litigation, trial preparation and management of catastrophic losses. Member of Reminger's catastrophic response team providing immediate response to clients in the transportation and manufacturing industry.

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