casemark/deposition-transcript-analyzer
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Analyzes deposition transcripts to extract litigation work product including executive summaries, testimony indexes, admission compilations, impeachment maps, credibility assessments, motion/trial designations, and follow-up checklists. Use when reviewing a deposition for case strategy, summary judgment prep, trial prep, or post-deposition analysis. Triggers: deposition analysis, transcript review, testimony index, admissions, impeachment, trial designations.
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SKILL.md
- name:
- deposition-transcript-analyzer
- language:
- en
- description:
- >-
- judgment prep, trial prep, or post-deposition analysis. Triggers:
- deposition
Deposition Transcript Analyzer
Extracts and organizes deposition testimony into structured work product for motions, trial, and case strategy.
Prerequisites
- Completed deposition transcript (full text or upload)
- Witness identity and role (party/third-party, represented side)
- Claims and defenses at issue
- Prior statements or documents for impeachment comparison (optional)
Quick Start
Collect prerequisites, then run phases 1–7 sequentially. For time-limited review, run Phase 1 only and flag key admissions and impeachment points inline.
Workflow
Phase 1 — Executive Summary
Produce a structured summary covering:
- Header: Witness name, role, date, page count, examining counsel
- Witness profile: Demeanor (cooperative/hostile/evasive/credible), preparation level (well-prepared/poorly prepared/over-coached)
- Key takeaways: Top 3 most significant testimony points
- Helpful vs. harmful testimony: Side-by-side with page citations
- Credibility: Assessment with likely jury appeal
- Follow-up needed: Documents to obtain, witnesses to depose, discovery requests, legal research
Phase 2 — Testimony Index
Table: Page:Line | Topic | Summary | Importance (High/Med/Low) | Use (Liability/Damages/Impeachment)
Organize by: chronology, key events, witness knowledge, documents discussed, admissions, denials, credibility issues, damages, expert-related.
Phase 3 — Admission Compilation
Classify each admission by type:
| Type | Meaning | |------|---------| | Direct | Witness explicitly concedes a fact | | Implied | Testimony logically supports your position | | Adoptive | Witness adopts document content or another's statement | | Party binding | Party-witness statement binding under FRE 801(d)(2) |
For each admission record: factual proposition, citation (page:line), exact quote, significance to claim element. Group by liability, damages, and credibility.
Phase 4 — Impeachment Index
Table: Issue | Depo Testimony | Contradicting Source | Citation | Use At (SJ/Trial)
Categories:
- Internal inconsistencies — contradictions within same deposition (cite both page refs)
- Prior inconsistent statements — conflicts with prior depo, interrogatories, declarations (FRE 613)
- Document contradictions — testimony vs. exhibit content
- Implausibility — memory gaps on events witness organized or owned
- Bias/interest — financial stake, relationship, animosity
Phase 5 — Motion & Trial Designations
Summary judgment (FRCP 56): Table with Motion Topic | Page:Line | Summary | Support/Oppose SJ
Trial (FRCP 32): Table with Purpose | Page:Line | Content Summary | Est. Time
Counter-designations: For each expected opposing designation, identify context pages that qualify or contradict (FRE 106 completeness).
Phase 6 — Credibility Assessment
Table: Factor | Rating | Transcript Examples (p. refs)
Factors: Consistency, Responsiveness (direct/evasive/argumentative), Memory (good/selective/poor), Bias indicators, Document support.
Note jury appeal: likeability, believability, witness strengths and weaknesses.
Phase 7 — Follow-Up Checklist
Table: Action | Basis in Transcript | Priority (High/Med/Low)
Action types: subpoena documents, depose identified witnesses, RFAs to lock admissions, legal research on issues raised.
Pitfalls
- Always cite page:line — no paraphrasing without citation
- Distinguish party-witness admissions (FRE 801(d)(2) non-hearsay) from third-party testimony
- Flag errata-sheet changes — original testimony may still be usable for impeachment
- Video depositions — bracket demeanor observations as
[OBSERVATION]to distinguish from transcript text - Counter-designations must provide context without distorting meaning (FRE 106)
- FRCP 32 admissibility — confirm witness unavailability or adverse-party status before designating
- Check local rules for designation/counter-designation exchange deadlines
Key Authorities
- FRCP 32 — Using depositions in court proceedings
- FRCP 56 — Summary judgment (deposition use)
- FRE 801(d)(2) — Party-opponent admissions (non-hearsay)
- FRE 613 — Prior inconsistent statements (impeachment)
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