Perspective
Mar. 22, 2011
Should Counsel at Foreign Language Depositions and Trials Be Bilingual?
Trial lawyers who are prepared for foreign-language depositions and trials best serve their clients. By Rebecca M. Aragon of Venable.
What happens when a plaintiff testifies at a deposition in a language that is different not only from the language that the defendant and defendant's counsel speak, but different from that of the plaintiff's own attorney?
Imagine a situation in which the plaintiff speaks Spanish, a language that neither attorney at the deposition speaks. Both attorneys will, of course, rely on an interpreter's translated version of the t...
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