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When I started at my litigation firm, I got started about 3 months in. 3 years feels like a long time.
I'm in insurance defence. About 5 months after starting. Did a mediation within 2 months.
Insurance defense. I took my first deposition after 4mos of practicing. Albeit, it was a very VERY small case. Working at a satellite office of a midsize firm.
In big law, you’re lucky to do it before you’re a senior. Not unheard of to do it around year 3, but not common.
I was a 3rd year in biglaw. Only on small dollar matters. I was the first in my class year, there are 5th years at my firm who haven’t because of timing issues. You have to be on a matter with a deposition they are willing to let a junior take.
Same, I’d second chaired about half a dozen before they let me take my first. After the fourth one or so it just became a question of finding the right matter to let me try and it fortunately came quickly for me. Others are kept waiting much longer. I got lucky that the cases I was on were in deposition discovery with a lot of witnesses.
I started at a litigation firm. I think I did my first deposition a month in and my first trial a month or so later.
In Big Law it’s so variable and almost entirely dependent on your partner(s). My first years take a deposition in the first few months and examine a witness at trial in their first year. Making that happen takes work and political capital from your partner(s), but it was done for me and I do it for my people. If your firm doesn’t give you the chance to examine very early in your career, you should absolutely question whether you’re in the right place.
I started taking depositions my first year after I had defended a number of depositions. I think it depends on who you work for and what side you’re on. I was at a plaintiff’s mid size firm. It was a busy firm with lots of litigating to be done. I started on lower level litigation cases and as I proved myself I was given higher value cases. Time to ask for more responsibility so you can expand your existing skill set. Sell yourself to your boss.
Try to get one this year. Ask for a low-pressure fact person where you’re mainly laying business record foundation for docs. Then don’t fuck it up and you’ll get more.
Second or third is normal, but there are outliers and it’s practice-specific.
Depends on the practice type. I started taking weekly deps in mass tort cases from day 1 as a first year at a litigation firm. Three years does seem pretty long to not be taking any.
First year….but I’ve heard of people at large firms going 5 years without taking any (or ever even going to court).