MD110 How To Excel at Your Expert Witness Deposition

Class Date/Time

Wednesday, May 25, 2022
10:00am - 6:00pm Eastern US

Registration Includes

• One registrant log-in to the live session on May 25, 2022
• Electronic student materials*

*All course materials included with your registration are PDF Download Only items made available to students prior to the start of the class and are not for resale or distribution. All downloadable materials are accessible via your education dashboard (login required). Once eMaterials have been posted for download, the class is no longer refundable.

Registration Discount

To register for both MD110 How to Excel at Your Expert Witness Deposition and MD109 How to Write a Bulletproof Expert Witness Report and save $50, please click here. 

Class Format

This class is being presented live over the internet and will be taught by a live instructor.  Students will meet virtually with the instructor for the entire session and will engage in discussions and exercises.  The class includes a total of 1 session. 

Class Schedule

Class Times are Eastern US

10:00am - 11:30am
Deposition Law and Procedure
Understanding Opposing Counsel’s Strategies and Goals 

11:30am - 11:45am
Break

11:45am - 1:00pm
How to Improve Your Active Listening Skills
How to Leave Yourself Wiggle Room

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Lunch

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Deposition Strategies for Expert Witnesses
Core Areas of Inquiry

4:00pm - 4:15pm
Break

4:15pm - 6:00pm
Core Areas of Inquiry (cont.)
Video Depositions
Expert Witness Deposition Preparation Protocol
Questions and Takeaways

Continuing Education

This class provides 8.4 hours of ASA CE Instructional Hours.

The course has not been approved in any state for real property continuing education hours.

Course Description

This training is designed to help expert witnesses markedly improve their deposition skills, and show experts how to: 

• Demonstrate improved active listening skills
• Deliver powerful, bullet point responses
• Answer questions truthfully while leaving yourself some flexibility
• Employ numerous proven strategies to excel at deposition
• Recognize and defeat opposing counsel’s tactics
• Excel at answering trick questions
• Articulately answer questions regarding your qualifications, fees, biases, opinions, methodology, and report
• Effectively deal with skeletons in your closet
• Better handle abusive questioning
• Prepare an individualized protocol to excel at expert witness depositions

Learning Level 

Fundamental 

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

• Prepare appraisals in full compliance with the current Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice
• Utilize the new definitions in USPAP in appraisal preparation
• Recognize how the changes in USPAP will affect appraisal reporting
• and Identify many of the current problems faced by personal property appraisers and how to use USPAP to solve and/or better handle them

Continuing Education and Contact Hours

8.4 instruction hours

The course has not been approved in any state for real property continuing education hours. 

eMaterials

All course materials included with your registration are PDF Download Only items made available to students prior to the start of the class and are not for resale or distribution. All downloadable materials are accessible via your education dashboard (login required). Once eMaterials have been posted for download, the class is no longer refundable.

Accessing eMaterials

eMaterials are provided electronically in PDF format and posted to the class within the Education Dashboard for all registrants to securely access prior to the start of the class. Attendees should come to class prepared with an electronic or printed copy of all eMaterials to use as a reference. OnDemand course registrants receive access to materials immediately following registration.

PDF course materials are presented in color, are bookmarked, and comment enabled. When opting to print downloaded materials, it is recommended that personal print settings be adjusted to print in black and white (or grayscale) and consider printing double-sided on recycled paper.

Certificate of Completion 

Please allow 5-10 business day following successful completion of the course or final exam to receive a formal status notification and access to a certificate of completion. The certificate will be available to view and/or download from within the class listed in your Education Dashboard.

Financial Assistance

ASA’s Educational Foundation recognizes students who choose to invest their time in appraisal studies by providing assistance to students demonstrating a financial need. Please visit the Educational Foundation's webpage for more information and to download an application.