I am very pleased to announce that our own Holly Dormeyer has assumed the position of General Manager effective November 1. In her new position, Holly will oversee all of the Company’s business operations in addition to her ongoing role as a member of our national sales team where she has worked since 2010. Please join me in congratulating Holly on her new position.Read More »

We are pleased to announce that we have released an update to the breakthrough "Deposition Testimony: 5 Simple Rules" on-line deposition prep video program.  The updated program is on-line and available for viewing by you and your clients effective immediately.  Here is a description of the update: Rule No. 1 Always Tell the Truth We reorganized the program to make this advice -- which was present in the prior version but not set out as a separate rule -- the first rule of deposition testimony. Rule No. 2 Don't Volunteer, Rule No. 3 Don't Speculate and Rule No. 4 Read the Documents We renumbered these rules ...Read More »

New Media Legal is taking our show on the road to Tucson, Arizona for the 2011 Arizona State Bar Convention at the Westin La Paloma resort June 15-17.  National Sales EVP Jeff L. Williams and Phoenix-based National Sales representative Holly Dormeyer will be on hand to answer questions about our products and services.  For more information about the 2011 Arizona State Bar Convention, please click here or e-mail us at contact@newmedialegal.com.Read More »

I'll be presenting a program entitled "Using the Latest Technology in Preparing Your Clients to Testify in Depositions" sponsored by the Utah State Bar in Salt Lake City on June 8.  I'm very pleased to be co-presenting with Eric Johnson, a Utah Family Law attorney and founding attorney of Utah Family Law, LC.  Eric is the author of "Utah Family Law," Vol. 2 of West Publishing's Utah Practice Series.  Here's a description of the program: Over the past twenty years the Internet has changed almost everything about the way we live, but most litigators still don’t take full advantage of these ...Read More »

The San Bernardino County Bar Association includes over 1,000 members in Southern California's Inland Empire, the High Desert, and worldwide. Click here to visit the San Bernardino County Bar Association website. Read More »

When I wasn't presenting today at the Film, Television and New Media Law Conference here in Hollywood, I was taking in presentations by my colleagues on the faculty, particularly the presentation dealing with the latest developments in technology and how those developments affect the legal industry.  Jimmy Nguyen's presentation entitled "State of Evolving Media 2010: 10 Top Trends for 2010"-- Jimmy is a partner at Wildman Harrold and an expert in new media law -- was very interesting and I thought I would share two of Jimmy's insights (mixed with my own) with you. 1.  Everything is moving to the cloud. ...Read More »

What happens when best practices for eliminating bias and promoting diversity in the legal profession run up against real-world challenges of managing law firms and in-house law departments today?  Attempting an answer to that tricky question is the focus of this stimulating program on the elimination of bias in the legal profession. Jennifer Ilenstine and Zach McGee, who collectively have decades of experience practicing in both law firm and in-house settings, lead this compelling discussion detailing efforts that have been made to eliminate bias in the legal profession, the results of those efforts as we leave the first decade of the ...Read More »

The Internet has changed almost everything about the way we live over the past twenty years but most litigators still don’t take full advantage of these technological breakthroughs in their law practices.  This program will show you how to leverage the latest technology when you are taking and defending depositions to help you do what you do better, faster and cheaper. For taking depositions, this program will show you how to use an electronic case notebook (West’s Case Notebook®) to have all of your key documents – pleadings, transcripts, discovery – and your case chronology – key players, facts and issues ...Read More »

Are you making the most effective use of the latest technology before, during and after a deposition to enhance your fundamental skills necessary for effectively taking and defending depositions?  This program will help you build (or brush up on) your fundamentals while showing you how easy it is to use realtime transcription and deposition prep video technology to help you achieve better results for your clients when you are taking or defending depositions. Experienced litigators Damian Capozzola and Zach McGee will cover the following topics: • “The Golden Rules” of witness preparation; • Using a witness preparation video to fully prepare your clients ...Read More »

I've been asked by CLE International to present at their seventh annual Film, Television and New Media Law Conference to be held at the Roosevelt Hotel here in Hollywood on January 27-28, 2011. I'm honored to be presenting with Jerry Braun, a highly-distinguished litigator, arbitrator and mediator, and a founding partner of Farella Braun & Martel LLP, on the topic of "Detecting and Preventing Substance Abuse and Other Current Legal Ethics Issues for Entertainment Attorneys." For information about the conference, please click here: http://www.cle.com/upcoming/PDFs/LAXFLT11.pdf I'll be posting updates and key take-aways live from the conference on January 28 so be ...Read More »