Who offers and presents a deposition?

• A. The judge
• B. The side requested it (trial counsel or defense counsel)
• C. The client
• D. The opposing party

Answer: (B)

Depositions are a discovery tool run by the party who believes the testimony will help their case. The side that requested the deposition controls how it’s conducted and, when time comes to use it at trial, they present it—usually by offering the transcript or reading the testimony into the record—subject to the usual evidentiary rules. The judge only presides over the deposition, administers the oath, and rules on objections and admissibility; the judge does not offer or present the deposition themselves. The witness (the client) is the one being deposed, not the presenter, and the opposing party may cross-examine during the deposition, but the presentation at trial comes from the party who arranged it. So the best answer is the side that requested it (trial counsel or defense counsel).