Robert Musante's CLE Seminars |
| Comments from San Jose area attorneys who attended "Great! Adverse Depositions: Principles and Principal Techniques" and/or "The 25 Credibility Arguments for Deposition and Trial "  Return to Home Page
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"Great! Adverse Depositions: Principles and Principal Techniques" Excellent. Experience is a great teacher, but Musante's
analysis puts this to the next level. Musante is excellent; he possesses
good presentation skills and packs the most knowledge into short vignettes.
Much better than other full-day litigation seminars - there is a very good
litigation map given that gives us the most knowledge in a short time. Great practical content. Musante does a good job, very entertaining. Excellent practical content; excellent instructor. Excellent. Best deposition seminar. Very enjoyable and helpful. Musante
is very lively. Helpful, insightful, thought-provoking. Compared to other training courses,
thisis one of the better ones. Excellent instructor; got right to the basics, gave the building blocks;
gave me focus and a method to analyze my cross-examinations. Daily usefulness. this seminar gives concepts that can be used every
day. Musante is logical, straightforward, uses looping and example to
continually shed brighter light on concepts that had not been taught before.
A+ practical content; A+ instructor. Far, far more valuable than NITA. I highly recommend this seminar. It will tremendously improve the quality
of the depositions I will take from now on. Excellent -- an epiphany -- Musante shook me awake today! Very effective, applicable to my day-to-day practice. Musante is articulate
and thorough. I learned the value of focusing and preparation. I also
learned how to pursue a witness to truly pin down testimony. Excellent! A terrific teacher, Mr. Musante is engaging, entertaining
and knowledgeable. I'm more willing now to use the "hidden fact"
at deposition, ask pointed and leading uncomfortable questions, and repeat
good answers throughout the deposition. Excellent instructor. Very good practical content; gets to the heart
of the most difficult issues. Seminar delivered without a doubt. It's not even in the same universe
as other CLEs, much more to the point and universally applicable. Practical
content was fantastic!! Both entertaining and extremely informative. Instructor
was better than I, and I have an extremely high regard for my own teaching
technique. This seminar must be taught in every law school...after I retire! Excellent. Especially good at emphasizing use of deposition for settlement
and trial purposes. Great video tape examples. I was very impressed with
this course. I will use all of the material in upcoming depositions. Mr. Musante is
excellent. Teaching by example makes the topic more interesting. I will
no longer hesitate to impeach the deponent whereas prior to this seminar
I was under the impression that such questions should be saved for trial.
Also, I will integrate the pieces of prior answers to state the obvious
conclusion. Very useful. Examples were helpful and entertaining. Musante is excellent.
I think I take a quality deposition, but I know I let a lot of "crap"
go by that I will now recognize. Beats all others! Excellent practical content; excellent, almost spellbinding
instructor. Seminar delivered. Excellent practical content; provides structure for
knowledge gained over long experiences, thought through by a good teacher. Higher than the usual quality of CLEs; excellent practical
content; excellent instructor. Much better than other CLEs. The combined use of analytical
tools and graphics was great. [The seminar's set of deposition
rules] similar to mine, but much more systematic. Seminar better than others I've attended. Practical content
contains concepts which can be implemented easily and quickly.
Instructor very active and knowledgeable, puts his ideas across
well. Seminar delivered! I think many attorneys lack this information
and would benefit from this course. Very practical and informative. I feel more confident in approaching a deposition intelligently.
Mr. Musante is delivering good and very useful information; he
is a very effective teacher. Other seminars on depositions covered only battleship grid
-- this one gives a guideline to getting into someone's head.
Practical content was excellent. This is the only class I know
of to quantify and qualify. Very good instructor. Excellent. It gave me insight into setting up cross-examinations. Musante's
enthusiasm is key. Very good. Superior compared to other full-day seminars. I'd begun to
think that depos were not important ... Musante has changed that impression. Incredibly practical. Musante is great. Seminar too short, but very important.
Will force me to focus on the form of the questions I pose, and force
me to listen to deponent's answers more carefully. Lots of good information and core ideas to transfer to multiple areas
of law. Musante is very interesting and informative. Well worth the time and money. I give Musante high marks. Careful, well-prepared,
listens closely to questions asked. Will reinforce good habits and help
to build many more. It was a useful and entertaining overview that provokes thought on the
topic of taking a deposition. Musante "grew" on me ... by the
end of the day, I was convinced. This was a wake-up call to avoid falling
into the habit of only conducting interviews. Excellent practical content; excellent instructor. Tops! Excellent instructor ... I didn't yawn once. |
