Deposition summaries are being used as a crucial tool to simplify  the “numbingly complex” BP Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf oil spill, according to Nola.com.  Judge Barbier  has requested deposition summaries for each of the fact and expert witnesses in the case in order to get a handle on all of the testimony without having to wade through each and every one of the voluminous and technical deposition transcripts.  This technique can be used with great benefit to even small and simple cases; consider the utility of including a deposition summary of persuasive testimony as an exhibit to a motion in limine to bar an expert, or support for a summary judgment motion.  Instead of appending hundreds of pages of transcript that, in all likelihood, no one will read, by also including a deposition summary as a record of the testimony, the judge will have easy access to your helpful testimony.

Consider using In Brief to summarize your depositions in advance of your next motion.  It could make the difference between winning and losing …