For Healthcare Providers Named in a Medical Malpractice or Civil Rights Suit, Preparation for Depositions is Crucial

At Chapman Law Group, we generally meet with our healthcare provider clients at least three times prior to the deposition:

1. 1. 1. The first meeting occurs very early in the process. We will covers your general involvement with the case. We then follow up this meeting with all necessary records to help assist you in becoming intimately familiar with the facts of the case. As discovery progresses, we generally talk several times by phone.
      2. The second meeting happens about 2-3 weeks before your deposition. At this meeting, we go over all of the relevant records and thoroughly discuss your involvement. We also discuss the prior testimony or expected testimony of experts and what the implications may be to your involvement with the case. We also do some role-playing and begin to get you comfortable with the deposition process of being cross-examined under oath. Sometimes we record this interaction via video and use the footage to further assist you in becoming comfortable with the process. The footage is erased immediately following the meeting.
      3. The third meeting generally takes place 1-2 weeks before the deposition. At this meeting, we again go over the record, prior testimony or expected testimony of other treaters or experts, and we continue role-playing. The goal is help you become comfortable with the facts and your involvement, and to ensure you are able to answer difficult questions regarding your involvement. Often parts of the process are recorded on video, reviewed to assist you in the process, then erased following the meeting.

During the deposition, a member of Chapman Law Group will be with you. If the opposing counsel asks inappropriate questions, we will object on your behalf. At times we may instruct you not to answer the question.

It is important to know that Chapman Law Group will be with you at every stage of the process to ensure the questioning is fair, within the boundaries of the law, and that you are given an opportunity to explain your answers.