I have chosen to deal with this by requiring pre-payment at least one week in advance for a four-hour deposition, payable by whichever party is asking to depose me. It is in both my professional services agreement and my fee schedule. More often than not, the firm(s) deposing me try to get all their questions in within the four hours, but if it goes beyond that, I submit an invoice for the additional time. I also insist on reviewing transcripts of my depos and submitting errata pages to the court reporting firm prior to release of the transcript so that I have some leverage in case a depo has gone longer than 4 hours and a firm has not paid the additional time invoice.
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Stella Frank
Vocational, Disability & Career Consultant
sdoercrc@gmail.comStillwater, ME United States
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-01-2023 12:20
From: Mike McCord
Subject: Setting time limits for depositions
I'm finding these days that after about 3 hours of deposition, my brain is toast. I requested that an upcoming deposition be limited to 3 hours, and got push back from opposing counsel citing the Civil Practice Act here in Georgia. There is actually no reference to a relevant issue in the act that I can see. Have others had any experiences with making a similar request?
Many thanks.
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Mike McCord
mike@mccordrehab.com
Atlanta, GA United States
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