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What Happens in Your Deposition Will Likely Affect the Outcome of Your Case You have good reason to be nervous about appearing for your deposition. No matter how much the opposing attorney may try to put you at ease, your deposition may be the [...]

The real legal world is rarely as tense an active as courtroom dramas would have you believe. For example, your attorney is bound by the law when objecting to questions: he may only interrupt if the question is irrelevant or improper. If the [...]

Effective D.C. Video Depositions Require Stars, Scripts, and Edits You’ve used video cameras to depose witnesses in the past, but only in cases where the witness would be unavailable for trial. But now that video is becoming the preferred [...]

You may have hired a few different court reporters for depositions, thinking each one was about the same as the last. Maybe one or two really stood out for you: they turned transcripts around faster, or were willing to stay longer than you [...]

Differences in Court Reporting for Hearings vs. Trials in D.C. When you’re running your own small firm, you know how important it is to keep costs low. You usually don’t have a problem outsourcing your court transcription, but you’ve got a [...]

This Isn’t YouTube: Preparing and Choosing Clients for a Video Deposition Many people have spent more time than they would like to admit watching funny videos on YouTube. The sending and sharing of email clips is a testament to the [...]

Look Past Basic Skills When Choosing the Right Court Reporter for Your Firm When you’re staring at a list of potential court reporting firms, it can be tempting to make a decision based on a single factor. Maybe one is closest to your office, [...]

Finding a Good Court Reporting Company Serving Virginia and Washington, D.C. Can Be Tricky, But Not Impossible You’ve outsourced your court reporting for a while now, with mixed results. You think it might be worth it to deal with someone local [...]

Learn These Four Legal Terms (and What They Mean) Before the Day of Your Deposition Your attorney has gone over the deposition process with you several times, and while you’re not exactly confident, you understand the basic concept of what’s [...]

You’ve been a little uneasy since you received the notice that your deposition has been scheduled. You called your attorney to notify him of the subpoena, and he’s meeting with you to help you prepare for the various questions you will be asked [...]

Your counsel has given you plenty of good advice on preparing for your legal deposition. You know that you must be polite and respectful, avoid interruptions, and speak clearly on the details of your story. But now that you have prepared your [...]

Woman-Owned Businesses Are Taking Off in the District of Columbia You probably remember the old days of business: dinners with clients, endless phone conversations, and meetings with partners and higher-ups that could make or break the company. [...]

Casamo & Associates just provided digital trial support to Hong Kong tycoon Eric Hotung in a recent defamation case.  Click the link at the bottom for the full article:   A U.S. Verdict in a Hong Kong Tycoon Fight For many [...]

Virginia Supreme Court Examining Attorney/Client Privilege A case pending before the Virginia Supreme Court is calling into question the conviction of Mario Turner for the shooting of high school football player, Darnell Robinson in 2009.  At [...]

Law School Transparency has unveiled a comprehensive databasedetailing a broad range of information designed to guide prospective law students about what they might be getting into — including school-by-school statistics about post-graduation [...]

Deferring to the security concerns of jail officials, a divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that strip searches of individuals arrested for minor offenses do not violate their privacy rights under the Constitution. Read More About [...]

The Justice Department is defending the government's refusal to discuss—or even acknowledge the existence of—any cooperative research and development agreement between Google and the National Security Agency. The Washington based advocacy [...]

A pack of bills that would strengthen Virginia’s DUI laws are sailing through the state’s House of Delegates after they were unanimously voted out of the Courts of Justice Committee on Friday. Del. David B. Albo, R-Fairfax, chairman of the [...]

If you’re sending an email newsletter but feel like it’s not getting much attention….or perhaps not even getting read at all, it may be time to change your approach. The purpose of email marketing is to build relationships, not just occupy [...]

Jurors are being warned to keep their smart phones out of the process.  Read this article and get more details about what is going on in Washington courtrooms (and what just may be going on in courtrooms near you.)  Here, too,  is what they are [...]