Your supervising attorney represents a Defendant in a state district court lawsuit and wishes to take the oral deposition of the Plaintiff.

1. 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.

2. According to the TRCP (not Federal Rules), how much notice must be given to a party prior to the taking of the deposition?

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

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