Rant: I miss when depositions were done in person

I remember back in 2019 we would fly out to a conference room and read the room during a deposition. Now I'm staring at 6 boxes of video transcripts from Zoom depositions where half the witnesses had their cameras off. Anyone else feel like you lose too much context without seeing someone's reactions in person?

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joseph_hart1mo ago

Wait, were you actually flying out for every deposition before 2020? The big firms around here only did that for the high-stakes ones, the rest were conference calls with a court reporter present.

andrew_kelly1mo ago

I'd probably have half my witnesses mysteriously lose their WiFi just to avoid me stumbling through questions. Don't you find video depos feel like you're watching a reality show where nobody agreed to be on camera?