Why do people, esp not the witness, bother with suits still in depos?

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My firm makes me.


… even though I’m a transactional associate.

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Only slightly related but I hope we never do in person depos ever again

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I know virtual depos are horrible but so is being told to fly across the country on a couple of day’s notice lol

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Hopefully someday people will look back and laugh that we used to fly across the country just to ask questions to someone.

If you’re taking the depo, do you still wear a suit?

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Yup, and same for second chairing

In many areas of the country they don’t. But depending on where the case is located, I’d still always have the witness wear a suit (or whatever they’d wear to something formal).

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Look good feel good

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I once second chaired a depo and decided to wear just a button down collared shirt. I was the only one in the room without a suit jacket, other than the court reporter and video person. Now I always wear a jacket no matter what.

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