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Comment by [deleted] at 27/03/2019 at 22:25 UTC
3333 upvotes, 17 direct replies
“Are you guilty?”
“No”
Comment by dlordjr at 28/03/2019 at 00:40 UTC
1010 upvotes, 2 direct replies
When I was deposed, our lawyers prepped us for hours so we would know what to expect, and they never covered *are you sure*. I coulda blown the whole case if we'd been up against this guy.
Comment by [deleted] at 27/03/2019 at 23:13 UTC
583 upvotes, 2 direct replies
a lawyer who apparently had expertise in areas other than litigation decided to litigate a case
well there's your problem
Comment by brainsapper at 28/03/2019 at 02:09 UTC
159 upvotes, 3 direct replies
...I don't get it. ELI5?
Comment by [deleted] at 27/03/2019 at 23:51 UTC
100 upvotes, 7 direct replies
Would he not have done moots in law school?
Comment by sirhecsivart at 28/03/2019 at 01:03 UTC
94 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Thirty Helens agree that this was a bad idea.
Comment by AtraposJM at 28/03/2019 at 02:08 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This is great. I picture the guy being super confident, slicking his hair back in the morning and doing finger guns in the mirror. Driving a little over the speed limit to work with a kick ass song playing. This is totally going to work.
Comment by silvertommy1 at 28/03/2019 at 01:44 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
i don't understand. what was it about "you sure?"
Comment by driv3likeido at 28/03/2019 at 01:45 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
“Did you kill him?”
“No”
“Dammit, if you’d have said yes, I woulda had you!”
Comment by [deleted] at 28/03/2019 at 02:48 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
“Expertise in areas other than litigation”.
Bird law.
Comment by Loamawayfromloam at 28/03/2019 at 02:51 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
“Did you do it?!”
Comment by mostlygray at 28/03/2019 at 03:01 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
"Admit that you you did such and such!"
"No."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Damn! That was my whole argument."
Depositions are hilarious when the lawyer is un-prepared and hired off of a late night TV ad. I had to deal with a lawsuit from a dude that fell down in our parking lot in the middle of a snow storm. His argument was that we didn't clear the area around his car. Our response was "it's winter." That was the entire depo. It never went to court and there was no settlement. We didn't even try to negotiate. His lawyer, I suppose, told him that he should learn to watch his step. We never heard from him again. I imagine he had to pay up for all the lawyering. Slip and fall guys are irritating.
Comment by volcanicrock at 28/03/2019 at 05:24 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I love that he set an entire deposition to propound a single request for admission.
Comment by TheLastDenizen at 28/03/2019 at 01:56 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Hey, April 6 is my birthday! Not 2004 tho
Comment by LeftLegCemetary at 28/03/2019 at 02:22 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Sounds like a panic attack mixed with a hangover.
Comment by Snidrogen at 28/03/2019 at 02:58 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
“Do my hands look small to you?”
Comment by zekthedeadcow at 28/03/2019 at 02:59 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Legal videographer here... I see "Are you sure?" a lot... but usually in situations where a PI has the party on video doing the thing they say they didn't do. Or a deponent is claiming something ridiculous.
Comment by [deleted] at 28/03/2019 at 04:05 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
That's funny.
I have good luck with silence sometimes after a response to a pivotal question where the witness either fails to answer the question asked, answers in a way you know is untruthful or just does not appear confident.
People hate silence. They will sometimes just start talking again to fill the void and just eventually vomit out something useful.
Comment by rekabis at 30/03/2019 at 17:32 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
First rule of being a lawyer: never ask a question you don’t already know the answer to (and therefore have the evidence to back it up, to demonstrate perjury).
Comment by Idontlikemyboss at 28/03/2019 at 02:38 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Your username and this story suggests you would appreciate this: https://youtu.be/lJsQDPK-vvg
Comment by EzBonds at 28/03/2019 at 03:09 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Sounds like a Trump-Putin conversation
Comment by plutosfar at 28/03/2019 at 04:11 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This legal maneuver to some out swinging with the first question often works wonders. Catches people off guard.
Comment by EvilLegalBeagle at 28/03/2019 at 04:31 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Jesus Christ.
Comment by echoAwooo at 28/03/2019 at 05:03 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
IANAL.
Comment by Knight_Owls at 28/03/2019 at 05:18 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Just gonna drop in to tell you that I love the Kids In The Hall reference username.
