Taking depositions has been one of the methods that attorneys have used for decades, during the discovery phase of a case, to secure information that will speed the litigating process.
The benefits of videotaping depositions:
- Presenting a witness who will be unavailable or unwilling to spend the time involved appearing at trial.
- Presenting a witness who is unable to travel to trial.
- Videotaping expert witnesses to testify and help your case.
- The jury can see the demeanor and body language of the witness – showing his/her expressions, authority, nervousness, unreliability, etc. that are not demonstrated by reading the transcript.
- Moving the case toward settlement by demonstrating to your opposition how the witness will visibly appear in court and the damage to their cause of having that person testify at trial.
- Showing your client how the witness will visibly appear and act in court