Legal Video Services

 

Legal Video Services

Videoing a deposition can play an important role in your case. Written transcripts are wonderful, but, there are things that escape the written word. Body language, facial expressions, and hand gestures can add diminution to the witness’ statement.

Why video a deposition?

  • Provides An Accurate Account
    A video deposition provides an accurate account of a witness’s testimony. If a witness provides a videotaped deposition and becomes incapacitated before they can testify at trial, their deposition can be used as an accurate account of their testimony.

  • Impeach A Witness
    A video deposition works well if a witness decides to change their testimony. If a witnesses testifies differently in trial, the video deposition can be played back and used to impeach the witness’s testimony.

  • Distance
    A video deposition is used to record the testimony of a witness who lives too far away from court to appear. Individuals who live out of state or who are in the military may need to have their statement recorded and sent back to the jurisdiction where the trial is being held.

  • Evaluate A Witness
    An attorney may request a video deposition to determine how the witness will appear to a jury. If the witness gets frustrated or upset easily, it may be easier for them to testify through a videotaped deposition.

  • Intimidation
    Attorneys who like to use intimidation tactics will request a video deposition for the simple fact that they can put the witness “on the spot” with bright lights shining and isolation in a small room.

  • Easy to Replay
    A videotaped deposition can be replayed again and again both in trial and when the jury is in deliberation. There’s no need to read from paper transcripts if a video can easily be queued up to the spot that’s needed.

  • Keep The Other Side Honest
    A video deposition records everything that happens during the interview. Some attorneys request a video deposition so they can prevent the opposing legal team from trying to confuse or frustrate the witness.

 

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