What problem does it solve?
It builds a deposition outline from case theory and witness-linked records so an attorney can prepare targeted questions, lock in favorable facts, and plan precise impeachment with accurate quotes and pinpoint cites.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Witness-driven outline building: Organizes background, good facts, bad facts, impeachment material, and a pivot-fact question sequence tailored to witness posture (adverse, friendly, neutral, or corporate representative).
- Records-first fidelity: Enforces verbatim quotation discipline and cite accuracy (including splitting pinpoints when needed) to prevent impeachment from collapsing due to misquotes or incomplete transcript support.
- Jurisdiction-aware authority and guardrails: Includes a deposition-rules step (e.g., FRCP 30 or state/local analogs) with research-source tagging and uncertainty handling rather than silently guessing.
- eDiscovery document pull and topic construction: Pulls relevant documents (authored by, sent to/from, or mentioning the witness) from the connected eDiscovery platform and structures topics around the case theory.
- Destination and privilege safety: Prompts for privilege-circle decisions when output destination is outside protected distribution to avoid waiving work-product protection.
Quick Start
Use deposition-prep to build a deposition outline for witness Jane Smith for a specific matter slug that has been intaken, using the connected eDiscovery records and the configured litigation-legal case theory context.
