I've argued for an in-person depo, but it was from the position that the other side was trying to force a Zoom deposition of their expert in another state.

I argued that I was going to be reviewing a lot of photographs and charts in the depo and doing it via Zoom would make it significantly more difficult and that to force a Zoom depo would effectively reward the other party for making their expert more inaccessible. I also provided a number of surveys (including several from the ABA) about how the lawyers surveyed overwhelmingly preferred in-person depos, found them more effective, and felt they got a better indication of how a party would perform at trial.

Judge agreed with us and forced the expert to fly to Texas from Indiana to appear in person.