Notice of Rule 30(b)(6) Deposition
(Federal)

Summary

This template is a Rule 30(b)(6) notice of deposition that may be used in a federal district court case to take the deposition of a corporate, government, or other similar entity, by having the entity designate a person or persons to speak on its behalf. It contains drafting notes and optional and alternate clauses. The notice must define the topics for the deposition with reasonable particularity and may request that the entity produce documents. Note that under a recent amendment to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6), the noticing party and the entity deponent must confer in good faith about the matters for examination before or promptly after service of the notice. Further, a subpoena must advise a nonparty organization deponent of its duty to confer with the noticing party and to designate each person who will testify. This amendment enables participants to handle concerns as to the scope of examination in advance, and to clarify ambiguous examination topics. This template assumes that the plaintiff is the deposing party, but the defendant may also take a 30(b)(6) deposition of an entity witness. In either case, the deponent may be a non-party entity as well. See Wagstaffe Prac. Guide: Fed. Civ. Proc. Before Trial § 36-IV[A][5][d]. For a full listing of key content covering depositions in federal court litigation, see Deposition Resource Kit (Federal). For a full listing of key content covering fundamental civil litigation tasks throughout a federal court litigation lifecycle, see Civil Litigation Fundamentals Resource Kit (Federal). For more on Rule 30(b)(6) depositions, see Depositions: Preparing for and Taking Rule 30(b)(6) Deposition of an Entity (Federal) and Depositions: Rule 30(b)(6) Deposition Questions Checklist (Federal).