DQ Chapter 9: Scheduling a Deposition

Your supervising attorney represents a Defendant in a state district court lawsuit and wishes to take the oral deposition of the Plaintiff.Describe in detail the steps you would take to set up such a deposition. Be sure to include in your answer items such as determining agreeable dates for the deposition, the location of the deposition,a court reporter for the deposition and then noticing the deposition.

According to the TRCP, how much notice must be given to a party prior to the taking of the deposition?

If insufficient notice was given, what actions could the party being deposed take to protect itself from a deposition that was improperly noticed?