Videoconference Depositions

309.691.5755

Videoconference Depositions have the advantages of Video Recorded Depositions, with the additional factor that the deponent is usually not be in the same location as the deposing attorney. The only stipulation is that an officer of the court, such as a certified court reporter, be in the physical presence of the deponent to administer the oath to him or her. A Videoconference Deposition is usually conducted between a pair of dedicated videoconference rooms located throughout the country. As members of the American Guild of Court Videographers, CDSC videographers are trained and able to assist you with the videoconference process for your next deposition with a deponent in another location.

The first videographed deposition was taken in 1970 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in answer to a big problem. The use of orthopedic surgeons as expert witnesses required doctors to sit in court, sometimes for days, waiting to be called to testify. This was costly to plaintiffs, frustrating to surgeons, and burdensome to patients needing doctors. The invention and availability of the portable camcorder created the opportunity to take expert testimony at a time convenient to the professional, and produce it as evidence at a time determined by the court. Video recording of depositions saves time, travel, and money, and can afford to deponents too injured or ill to travel the opportunity to testify in court by video. A video recording is significantly superior to a written transcript since it clearly captures overall appearance, facial expression, body language, attitude, confidence or doubt, tone of voice, inflection, emphasis, and hesitation. All of these factors contribute to determining the deponent's apparent degree of credibility.

Today we use forensic videography for many solutions including Depositions, Videoconference Depositions, Courtroom Presentations, Activities of Daily Living Documentaries (aka Day-In-The-Life), Mediation Documentaries (aka Settlement Brochures), Will Ceremony Video Recording, Pre-Construction Videos, Construction Draw Videos, Special Investigation Units Video Recording and Crime Scene or Incident Video Recording.

Depositions and other evidence to be presented in court, being subject to thorough examination, must be prepared correctly to avoid exclusion by a judge. In part to cover specific conditions and circumstances of videotaped evidence, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were introduced in 1980.

The Federal Rules of Evidence (Rules 1001 – 1007) and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Rule 30(B)(4)) define and regulate the use of video evidence in Federal Court. District, State, and County Courts may adopt or modify these rules, or have separate rules of their own. The American Guild of Court Videographers (AGCV) has certified CDSC videographers in all forms of legal video, including depositions and testimony under oath, complying with the Federal Rules of Evidence and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the rules of the court issuing the notice of deposition.

CDSC LEGAL VIDEO is prepared to take your deponents’ video testimony with professional equipment and in compliance with the Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the rules of the court that apply where the deposition is taken.

Please e-mail chuck@cdscvideo.com, fax 309.691.5878, or call 309.691.5755 to schedule your next Videoconference Deposition.

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