Law Office Management
Feb. 24, 2023
Don’t forget your tie for depositions
If attorneys want to be taken seriously by clients, principals, and witnesses, and want to exude the type of credibility that might guide the public perception and satisfy the individuals or corporations that pay the attorney’s bills, a modicum of adherence to the same dress code that courts require might be a salutary idea.
Garth M. Drozin
Law Offices of John C. YePhone: (213) 427-2826
Email: gdrozin@johnyelaw.com
Southwestern University SOL; Los Angeles CA
When in trial or other courtroom appearances, attorneys know to dress professionally lest they be sanctioned by the court. More than non-lawyer viewers, attorneys always get a kick out of the wardrobe malfunction scenes in My Cousin Vinny – in which a new, out-of-town lawyer dares to enter a rural Alabama courtroom in inappropriate, casual attire – leading to contempt findings.
A deposition is not a trial or cou...
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