skills/depositions/templates/transcript-extract.md

# Deposition transcript extract

## Record identity

- Matter ID:
- Witness:
- Transcript/recording ID:
- Reporter or source:
- Certified, draft, errata, or review status:
- Exhibit crosswalk verified:
- As-of date:

## Takeaways

- What materially changed:
- Strongest admission or useful testimony:
- Strongest answer for the other side:
- Remaining proof, foundation, or credibility gaps:
- Immediate decisions and next actions:

## Extracts

| Extract ID | Type | Proposition or issue | Exact transcript page/line or timestamp | Exhibit/source ID | Status | Follow-up |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | admission, denial, contradiction, new lead, privilege, procedure |  |  |  | obtained, qualified, disputed, unknown, pending |  |

## Rule 30(e) review and errata

- Review requested before completion of the deposition:
- Notice that transcript or recording was available:
- Thirty-day deadline, if the federal baseline applies:
- Governing circuit, state, local, or case-specific treatment checked:

| Change ID | Original answer and page/line | Proposed change | Form or substance | Stated reason | Signed/attached status | Consequence or challenge to research | Owner |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Reconciliation checklist

- [ ] Chronology updated with source-backed events and context.
- [ ] Claim/defense chart and issue/evidence matrix updated.
- [ ] Witness and exhibit trackers updated.
- [ ] New custodians, systems, documents, and deadlines assigned.
- [ ] Objections, privilege issues, errata, and meet-and-confer items recorded.
- [ ] Material changes include owner, due date, and reason.