Five Signs Your Depositions are Stuck in 2005

If your deposition prep still looks like it did twenty years ago, it might be time for an upgrade. The world has gone digital, but many law firms are still prepping for and running depos the same way they did twenty years ago. Here are five signs your deposition process is stuck in 2005.

You’re still printing and building exhibit binders.

If you’re spending hours printing, labeling, and hole-punching exhibits, there’s an easier way. Exhibit prep now takes minutes, not hours, and doesn’t require last-minute freak outs, paper cuts, or twelve trips to the copier.

You say “What exhibit are we on?” more than once per depo.

That phrase shows up in more transcripts than it should. ExhibitSuite automatically marks and tracks every exhibit, so you always know exactly where you are during questioning.

You email exhibits one by one after every deposition.

If you’re still dragging and dropping files into email threads, stop. With digital exhibit management tools, marked copies are automatically sent to all parties when the deposition ends.

You rely on your paralegal to find Exhibit 14 mid-questioning.

Nothing kills the flow faster than “Hang on while I find it.” A digital binder lets attorneys pull up any exhibit instantly without flipping through pages or whispering for help.

You think “going paperless” means scanning more paper.

Paperless does not mean printing, scanning, and saving it all again as PDFs. ExhibitSuite is an exhibit management and exhibit presentation software, working entirely within a digital system, that organizes, marks, and presents your exhibits from start to finish.

If a few of these sound familiar, you’re not alone. Great law firms everywhere have been too busy practicing law to notice how much time old processes steal from them. ExhibitSuite was built to fix that. It lets attorneys and paralegals prep, stamp, and present exhibits digitally in just a few clicks.

Your clients deserve a modern, forward-thinking lawyer. See how ExhibitSuite can bring your deposition process into the present at www.exhibitsuite.com