Hey Reader,

I had a system for report cards in high school.

Step #1: hide it.

Step #2: wait til Sunday at 9pm to get my parent’s sign it.

I was a solid C student.

(Until I got to college and found my academic love language: theater.)

But when Steve handed me a report card this week…
I didn’t want to shove it in my backpack.

We wrote a deposition for an attorney we work with and started reading through the transcript.

Halfway through, Steve stopped reading and started counting.

Not objections—the admissions.

Here's what he found:

🔥 The deponent gave the admissions we were looking for in roughly 80% of the key exchanges.

🔥 They avoided answering about 5% of the time.*

🔥 A second witness in the same case followed the same pattern, coming in higher at 88% admissions landed!

That’s the kind of report card I’ll happily share.

You might think great depositions happen because you’re quick on your feet…

We don't.

They're the result of the work that happens before you walk into the room.

Jordan Klepper from The Daily Show recently described his interviews the same way...

His conversations look spontaneous. They’re not.

There's a team behind him that spends hours identifying weak spots, testing ideas, and thinking through where the conversation might go.

Then he walks into the interview… and listens.

That's exactly how we approach depositions.

Steve and I spend hours building the roadmap so you don't have to spend the deposition wondering what comes next.

Your job becomes:

• Listening instead of forcing.
• Following up on what the witness gives you.
• Building the record your case needs.

Because your value isn't in spending twelve hours behind your desk.

Your value is in being completely present when the witness starts talking.

Our preparation gives you the freedom to do that.

If you've ever wondered why our deposition method works, this clip explains the philosophy behind it better than we ever could.

Jordan is talking about comedy.
But this is our deposition strategy.

Your report-card-loving trial consultants,

P.S. Even the 5% evasion was still gold.* The witness gave admissions the attorney can use in opening statement and throughout trial.