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Defending the Boss: Preparing CEOs, Directors and Other Senior Executives to Testify in Depositions


Level: Intermediate
Runtime: 121 minutes
Recorded Date: January 27, 2024
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Agenda

• Lawyer Preparation
        - Master the law
        - Master the facts
        - Identify key players
• Witness Preparation
        -Preliminaries
        - Substance
        - Procedure
        - Practice

Runtime: 2 hours
Recorded: January 27, 2024

For NY - Difficulty level: For both newly admitted & experienced attorneys
For NY - Difficulty Level: Both newly admitted and experienced attorneys

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Having spent more than twenty-five years as a law firm and in-house litigator and now as a client, Zach McGee provides critical advice for litigators of all levels who are preparing their clients to testify in depositions in civil cases, with a special focus on the unique issues you tend to face when preparing CEOs, directors and other senior executives.  This program also reviews the many benefits of using a deposition prep video program with your clients to help prepare them to testify.

This program was recorded on January 27, 2024.

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Zachary S. McGee

Senior Vice President, Business Affairs
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Zach McGee is Senior Vice President, Business Affairs, for Sony Pictures Entertainment in Culver City where he leads worldwide business affairs for Sony’s home entertainment division. Before moving to Sony, Mr. McGee was the Senior Vice President, Head of Business & Legal Affairs at Miramax, a leading independent film and television studio.

Before joining Miramax, Mr. McGee was a Vice President, Legal Affairs, with NBC Universal, Inc. Prior to moving in-house, Mr. McGee was an associate with Davis Polk. He clerked for the Honorable Michael B. Mukasey, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Mr. McGee is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and he received his Masters of Business Administration from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

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