Adverse Witness Depositions: Advanced Techniques in Exhaustion, Boxing-In, and Summarizing

Ms. Bernabei has been litigating employment discrimination, civil rights, and whistleblower cases for over thirty years. She is a founding partner of Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC, where she handles claims of civil rights violations, and discrimination cases across the country. Although the practice focuses on cases in state and federal court in the Mid-Atlantic region, she has also litigated cases in New York, California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and Arizona.

Mr. Cochran is a Partner in the Litigation Practice of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP and Co-Leader of the White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Practice. During the 45 years he has been practicing law in Atlanta, Mr. Cochran has represented many individuals and businesses on a wide variety of complex matters. He has tried dozens of jury trials in many areas of the law (both civil and criminal, federal and state), bench trials (in federal and state courts), administrative and regulatory hearings (before both federal and state agencies and boards), and medical peer review hearings at hospitals. Mr. Cochran's unique experience allows him to handle parallel civil, administrative and criminal proceedings, which are common in today’s legal environment. In 2005, he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. Mr. Cochran is consistently listed as being one of the “Top 10 Attorneys” in Georgia by Super Lawyers. He is listed in Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, under Business Litigation. Mr. Cochran is also listed annually in the publication The Best Lawyers in America® (Criminal Law) and in Atlanta Magazine’s compilation of the Best Lawyers in Atlanta (Criminal Law).

Mr. Gordon has been representing businesses and individuals in all aspects of dispute avoidance and resolution since 1989. Some examples of the matters Mr. Gordon has handled include acting as lead litigation counsel for a major foreign bank sued for billions of dollars in connection with the bankruptcy of a large telecom company, successfully fending off a $100 million lender liability case against one of the five largest U.S. banks, and obtaining a $48 million judgment against a large California real estate developer. He is a frequent speaker and writer on a variety of topics related to litigation and is the former Co-Chair of the Commercial Disputes Practice Group at a global, AmLaw 100 law firm.