Deborah S. Birnbach - Goodwin Procter LLP
"It was quite memorable to be able to take a third-party witness deposition at the Four Seasons hotel in Newport Beach, California.  Not exactly painful, and in fact, quite amusing in that we felt we had to rent a convertible to blend in and to drive around the Laguna Beach area.  Opposing counsel, however, was the talk of the town as they walked down Laguna Beach and stood out as the "suits."  It was also quite tough to have the deposition end at noon, leaving us with nothing to do but spa and lunch poolside."

Mary B. Murrane - Bingham McCutchen LLP
"Sitting across the table from an opposing counsel outfitted with jeans, cowboy boots and two cups:  one that held his coffee and one that held his chewing tobacco spit.  I kept waiting for him to mix up the cups -- but no such luck."

Jeffrey M. Ernst - Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP
"The most memorable place I have taken a deposition was at the offices of our local counsel in Teaneck, New Jersey.  What made the location memorable was the name of the conference room in which the deposition took place.  The firm had decided to name their conference rooms after the law schools the partners had attended.  I was in the "Rutgers” room."

Jeanne P. Darcey - Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP
"The most memorable place I have ever taken a deposition is in Puerto Rico, through an interpreter.  It was difficult and lengthy, and I recall thinking that there were many more pleasant things to do in Puerto Rico than taking a deposition!"

Christina L. Lewis - Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP
"Perhaps the most uncomfortable deposition occurred when I was practicing in North Carolina (before I moved to Boston).  I took the deposition of a treating physician in his office, which was no larger than a broom closet.  We could not fit enough chairs in the room to accommodate all the parties, so I deposed the physician while sitting on a window sill.  A four hour deposition never seemed so long."