The Deposition Mastery Index · By My Depo Prep
How elite is your
deposition practice?
Nine questions. Four minutes. A precise read on where your deposition technique and witness preparation sit relative to the top decile of personal injury attorneys.
No account required. Your answers feed the inaugural My Depo Prep Deposition Practice Index — the first national benchmark on how personal injury attorneys actually prep for depositions.
Fewer than 1 in 30 tort cases reach a verdict
Roughly 97% of tort cases settle or resolve before a jury or bench verdict, which means the deposition transcript is the document that ends most cases.
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Nuclear verdicts over $10M jumped 52% in 2024
The average nuclear verdict now exceeds $51M, with verdicts above $100M up 81.5% year over year — the spread between a good deposition and a bad one is now eight figures.
Institute for Legal Reform
AI is projected to save lawyers 12 hours a week by 2029
Thomson Reuters estimates AI will recover roughly $100,000 in billable time per attorney per year — but only for firms that adopt before their opposing counsel does.
Thomson Reuters Institute
The My Depo Prep Deposition Practice Index methodology, published quarterly.