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Facebook Etiquette for Court Reporters

by | Apr 4, 2013

Facebook is an amazing social media tool, and it can be both professionally useful and personally engaging. However, it is extremely important that court reporters give serious consideration to how and when they make use of Facebook, as it can either enhance or possibly destroy a reporter’s career.

What is most important to remember: If you want to use Facebook to connect with friends, family and colleagues, you’ll want to segregate each of these groups into different lists, allowing you to send posts intended only for each or multiple groups, depending on the content of the post.

If you want to use Facebook as a marketing tool for your business, you’ll want to set up a Facebook Page, not a Profile, as Facebook Pages are designated for business use, and Facebook Profiles are for personal use.

There are several Do’s and Don’ts associated with Facebook posts, comments, pictures and likes, as it pertains to business use. For instance, if you just returned home from a nightmare deposition or trial, under no circumstances is it ever appropriate to comment about an attorney, judge, witness, juror, or law firm employee. Even if you have your privacy settings set to be read only by “friends,” you have no idea who your friends are connected to, or who may be reading your status updates on their timelines

Do not ever upload photos of yourself that may compromise your reputation. Be sure to configure your settings such that others may not tag you in a photo without your permission.

Do not “like” groups or posts on your timeline that may call into question your character or professionalism. Before doing so, consider this: would any of my friends or colleagues be offended by what I’m posting or liking online?

Do not use your Facebook status to post your whereabouts, your breakfast, lunch and dinner choices, or your daily complaints. Too much information, particularly personal, can be annoying and may be seen as unprofessional. Remember, choosing to post such updates is okay so long as your connections are all on a friendly basis and do not cross over into the professional realm.

Do not post that you’re “stuck in traffic again” or “stuck on the subway again.” Again, unnecessary and irrelevant. Who really needs to know this information? And the attorney who is waiting for you to get there now knows that you were more concerned about telling the world you were stuck in traffic than the fact that you’re late for his deposition!

For court reporters, Facebook is all about portraying yourself in a positive light. You want reporting firms, law firms, and colleagues alike to respect you as a person and a professional, and that means being mindful of everything you post, like, and share with everyone, be they friend, family or colleague.

To re-cap:

1.  Separate friends and family from professional colleagues so that you’re forced to choose a list to whom you are sending your update.
2.  Never, under any circumstances, post a status update that in any way relates to a professional assignment .
3.  Never post a comment or picture related to a colleague without their permission.
4.  Do not use your personal page to promote your business; create a Facebook page specifically for your business.
5.  Keep your posts relevant and interesting. Consider first: will my connections really care about this?

Scheduling and Taking Depositions: Tips for Paralegals and Lawyers

by | Feb 28, 2013

Before the Deposition

  • Determine the venue after verifying that the lighting, seating, heating and air conditioning allow for good ventilation and visual conditions, and that photocopying and internet connections are available.
  • Include the court reporting, videography and interpreter firms in the Deposition Notice.
  • Verify with the court reporting, videography and interpreting firms that the Notice was received and the deposition calendared.
  • Work with the court reporting firm’s Scheduling Department to arrange for:
    • Any changes in time or venue
    • Transcript delivery, i.e., regular or expedited
    • Realtime connections, local or remote
    • A rough transcript, if needed
    • Videography services
    • Equipment rental, i.e., laptops, iPads, tablets, projection equipment or screens
  • If the case is technical, provide a case-specific list of terms to the reporting firm so that the reporter may program those terms into his/her stenotype job dictionary.

At the Deposition

  • Introduce yourself to the reporter and videographer and provide your business card.
  • If you have exhibits to be introduced, consider providing them to the court reporter to be pre-marked before going on the record.
  • Do not sit on the same side of the table as the witness, as it causes the witness to turn his/her back to the reporter.
  • Remind the witness that “uh-huh’s” or “huh-uh’s” should be avoided, as they do not appear in the transcript as clearly positive or negative responses.

Before Leaving the Deposition Room

  • Ask the court reporter if he/she has all of the spellings he/she needs.
  • Verify the delivery timetable for the final transcript and synchronized video.
  • Clarify who will be retaining the exhibits.
  • If an order form is available, use it to ensure that your needs are met.
  • If possible, give the court reporter a few minutes to briefly clean up the rough transcript before disconnecting the realtime feed.

Planet Depos has realtime certified court reporters, as well as highly skilled, trained videographers capable of providing you with top-tier reporting and videography services for all of your court reporting needs across America and around the World. Contact us as 888.433.3767 or schedulenow@planetdepos.com.

What is Planet Viewer?

by | Feb 14, 2013

Planet Viewer is a complimentary software platform that includes a synchronized text-to-video transcript available to all Planet Depos clients who order a video deposition. The software is easy to use, requiring just a few clicks to create a video clip. Video clips are amazingly useful for use in mediation or a settlement video, for sharing technical testimony with your litigation team and experts, and for impeaching a witness in trial.

Creating a video clip with Planet Viewer:
1. Open the video.
2. Highlight the text.
3. Select CLIP from the top left-hand corner.
4. Click ENTER.

The newly created clip may then be exported into (a) Sanction, (b) PowerPoint, (c) Summation, (d) West Livenote or (e)inData TrialDirector.   It may also be saved as an MPEG 1 or WMV file to the destination you choose:  Cloud, DVD, SD card, flash drive, iPad or iPod.

The versatility of the video format allows counsel to determine how the jury will view the testimony.  You have the option of playing the video deposition with the captions (recommended only if the witness is difficult to understand, as otherwise it can be distracting for the jury) or you can turn the captions off and play the video full screen.

All Planet Depos videos are recorded utilizing broadcast quality equipment with Lavalier microphones and Shure mixers in order to create an accurate record with a clear audio track.

The ability to attach exhibits and input hyperlinks in Planet Viewer are powerful tools that Planet Depos’ highly skilled technicians are available to provide upon request.

Creating snapshots couldn’t be easier. Begin by opening the video file, clicking on EDIT in the top left-hand corner, selecting SNAPSHOT from the drop-down menu, and saving the snapshot.

Annotating a synchronized text-to-video transcript is just as easy. Simply right-click on the text to be annotated, input the category of the annotation, and click ENTER. Annotations may be identified by color or title and are searchable by clicking on the page and line number list on the left of the screen.

Deleting annotations is a quick two-click process – just place the cursor on the annotation to be removed and click on DELETE ANNOTATION in the EDIT drop-down menu.

Finding keywords and specific content in Planet Viewer is also a quick two-step process. Simply type in the word(s) to be located in the FIND window at the bottom left-hand corner of the transcript and click ENTER.  To jump to the next match, click ENTER once again.

To highlight text, click on the chalk highlighting tool next to the SEARCH window and drag your cursor through the content. You may search for highlighted text at any time by clicking on ALL HIGHLIGHTS in the top right-hand corner of your screen. Planet Viewer displays all of the highlighted text, as shown above.

Planet Viewer is an extremely powerful tool for creating clips, marking and annotating text, and creating trial presentations within Sanction, PowerPoint, Summation, West Livenote and inData TrialDirector.

Court Reporter Appreciation Week

by | Feb 5, 2013

The National Court Reporters Association has designated February 6-13, 2013, as Court Reporter Appreciation Week. In our October 8, 2012, blog post, “Appreciating a Court Reporter’s Skill Sets,” we explained how court reporters use their steno machines to create a language, and how that stenographic language is then translated by computer software. What most people don’t realize is how much time is involved in the transcription process beyond the conference or courtroom.

On average, court reporters spend one to two hours of transcription, proofreading, printing, binding and billing time for every hour they spend reporting or “writing” the proceedings. That’s because the reporter’s software can translate only those words that have been previously programmed into his or her personally customized “dictionary.”

For most assignments, court reporters are not provided with comprehensive word lists in advance of proceedings, which may – slightly or significantly — increase the time it takes to transcribe the testimony. Since court reporters spend most of the day reporting, they generally spend their evenings and weekends transcribing. Ken Howell, (pictured at right), an official court reporter in Lawrence County, South Dakota, worked around the clock for nearly five months, reporting and transcribing a 4,325-page transcript.

Many court reporters hire “scopists” and/or proofreaders to complete the transcription, allowing the reporter to cover other assignments. In addition to paying the fees associated with scoping and proofreading, court reporters also assume other cost-of-doing business expenses, such as the purchase and maintenance of the steno machine, software with periodic updates, a personal computer and/or laptop, not to mention a printer, toner, and transcript binders.

The Future of Court Reporting

by | Feb 1, 2013

Since the advent of reel-to-reel tape recording, court reporters have been listening to naysayers advise them that they’d better retrain for another occupation, as technology will be replacing them.  Although that may be the case in some courtrooms, court reporters are in such high demand worldwide that they can literally pick and choose where they’d like to live, the type of work they’d like to do, as well as how busy they want to be.  And that’s because court reporters don’t work just in the legal setting anymore – they perform closed captioning, as well as communication access realtime translation, or CART, for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in the classroom, for judges, jurors, and counsel in litigation, at conventions, as well as in the workplace. Court reporters also provide CART/captioning for live theatre performances.

There is such a tremendous need for realtime reporters that on June 31, 2008, Congress passed the Higher Education Opportunity Act, which included the Training for Real-Time Writers Act, providing for funding for realtime reporting programs.  The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association estimates that there are over 28 million people in America who are hard of hearing, and that number rises daily as American veterans return from military service.

It is because of improvements to technology that court reporters now have so many opportunities, and for those attorneys and judges whose court reporters provide instant translation in depositions and in the courtroom, they will tell you that no audio system could ever do the job of their reporter.

The Evolution of Stenography

by | Jan 24, 2013

The word “stenography” comes from the Greek words “steno,” meaning “narrow,” and “graphie,” meaning “writing,” and refers to abbreviated versions of writing the spoken word. Stenography dates back to the Parthenon and the mid-4th Century BC, and has been in use worldwide for hundreds of years. In 1877, Miles Bartholemew invented the first machine for writing shorthand, and in 1879 patented it. Between 1877 and the early 1970s, court reporters were required to either transcribe their stenographic writing from the paper tape they’d created on their shorthand machines or dictate it for typists.

The court reporting profession was transformed in the 1970s when the first computer-aided transcription system was invented, enabling reporters to stenographically record the written word simultaneously to a paper platen and a magnetic tape, which was then “read” by a mini-computer, which then translated the reporter’s machine shorthand into English. This process alleviated the need for the reporter to type or dictate his or her notes and greatly streamlined the transcription process.

In the 1980s, the court reporting profession underwent yet another transformation, as computerized court stenography became the technology used to provide closed captions for television broadcasts, thus propelling court reporters into an entirely new field.

In 1992, realtime captioning became a readily available tool for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, as the first easily transported court reporting machine and computer were developed to provide Computer-Aided Realtime Translation, or CART, now referred to as Communication Access Realtime Translation. This mobile setup enabled court reporters to provide realtime translation of the spoken word in most all venues, including the courtroom, deposition suites, classrooms, seminars, workshops, sports stadiums, and conventions.

Today’s realtime court reporter is one who is expertly trained in “writing” an accurate and complete verbatim translation of the spoken word within any setting.

Appreciating a Court Reporter’s Skill Sets

by | Oct 8, 2012

Court reporters must “write” (stroke) between 225 and 280 words a minute on a court reporting machine in order to become certified by the state in which they practice or to receive a nationally recognized certification by the National Court Reporters Association.

Although each state has its own certification criteria, most of them mirror the criteria established by the National Court Reporters Association. There is a lot of discussion among court reporters these days about the lawyers and witnesses speaking faster and faster. So how do reporters get it all down?

Stenographic court reporters are taught machine shorthand; that is, they learn how to write on a stenotype machine, which is a uniquely designed machine with keys representing certain letters of the alphabet. You might be surprised to learn that  not all letters of the alphabet are represented by a key on the machine; the reporter must press down two or more keys simultaneously to represent those letters or “sounds.”  The best way to understand how the stenotype machine works is to compare it to a piano. If one key is depressed, you have a note; if multiple keys are depressed, you have a chord.

Learning to write on a stenotype machine is like learning an entirely new “language” and alphabet. Court reporters write what they hear phonetically, depressing multiple keys simultaneously to represent the sounds, syllables or words they hear. The stenotype machine is connected to a laptop computer which contains a steno-English  “dictionary,” which is software customized by the court reporter to their writing “theory.”  It should be noted that a court reporter’s writing is individually unique.

No two reporters write exactly alike.  Words that are not in the court reporter’s dictionary will be translated phonetically or will appear in stenotype language on the court reporter’s laptop or the attorneys’ laptops receiving the realtime feed from the court reporter.

The stenotype keyboard is divided into four distinct areas: The number bar located across the top of the keyboard; the left and right side of the machine, each with an upper and lower bank; and the vowels, which are located at the bottom center of the machine. The left side of the machine, upper and lower banks, represent the consonants used to begin words or syllables; and the right side of the machine, upper and lower banks, represent the consonants used at the end of words or syllables. Left fingers are placed in the middle of the two banks on the left; right fingers are placed in the middle of the two banks on the right, and each thumb controls two vowels on either side.

A court reporter will depress a combination of keys on the left and/or right side of the machine in order to create the sound of a single consonant. As with the consonants, the court reporter will also depress a combination of vowel keys to represent different sounds, such as long and short vowels.  Due to the intricacies of the machine and the skill itself, if a reporter misses even a single key or depresses an incorrect key, an entirely different consonant or vowel may be translated by the dictionary, resulting in an incorrect “translation” of the intended word. To illustrate how this works, the word “world” is written by depressing the W-O-R-L-D keys simultaneously, with the left ring finger depressing the W key; the left thumb depressing the O key, the right index finger depressing the R key; the right ring finger depressing the L key and the right pinky finger depressing the D key. The three-letter word “net” is a bit more complicated, since there is no N represented on the left side of the keyboard.  N on the left side of the keyboard is represented by simultaneously depressing the T-P-H letter combination. Therefore, in order to write the word “net,” the reporter must depress the following keys at the same time: T-P-H-E-T. If the reporter doesn’t press down hard enough on the initial T, or if the reporter does not depress the T key at all, or if the reporter depresses the S key instead, it will cause a mistranslate (wrong word) or an untranslate (no dictionary match). For example, “met” instead of “net” or S-P-H-E-T will appear on the realtime feed since the dictionary will likely be unable to translate the word into English.

To complicate matters further, the reporter must hear and understand the word and depress the correct keys within a split second (or less) of hearing it.  It’s a sort of mental gymnastics that the reporter must do with every word spoken – hearing, understanding, writing, and anticipating the translation. Court reporters cannot become Certified Realtime Reporters (CRRs) unless their  translation rate meets a minimum 96 percent accuracy rate for a 5-minute dictation. Certified Realtime Reporters have achieved this level of expertise through nothing short of perfecting their writing and refining their software.

Court reporters must also have exemplary English skills, an expansive vocabulary, a strong work ethic, and the ability to focus for hours on end. Court reporters serve a vital role in the judicial process. In fact, the State of Wisconsin dedicates an entire week to appreciating its court reporters.

Planet Depos would like to take this opportunity to thank its court reporters for their ongoing commitment to improving their skills and providing accurate verbatim transcripts for our valued clients.

Trial Presentation Software that Works

by | Sep 20, 2012

Trying to determine which trial presentation software to purchase and utilize in the beginning to create and present hi-tech cases for judges, juries, mediators, and arbitrators can be a daunting task, because they all seem to offer similar capabilities. While some may offer more bells and whistles, others may be less feature-intense and more user-friendly. Here is a short synopsis of some of the features available in Sanction, Trial Director, Visionary Pro 8.5 and PowerPoint to assist you in determining which legal software presentation package will work best for you. In Ted Brooks’ Sanction 3 software review blog, he discussed these features of this LexisNexis software: Sanction 3

  • Graphics tools for annotating exhibits
  • Rotate and annotate PDF’s
  • Multi-page document display available in thumbnail format
  • Videotape clip tool with colored issue codes
  • Easy video clip text redaction
  • Database management in grid-view format
  • Collapsible side-bar
  • Context-sensitive ribbon menus
  • Carousel feature allowing for adding and rotating exhibits
  • Single or dual screen presentation module
  • On-line synchronization service
  • Microsoft Access databases enable easy portability
  • Integrates with several industry-recognized third-party applications

Trial Director, created by inData, now owned by Ipro, offers these key features in its trial presentation software: Trial Director

  • Grid-view for building, editing, sorting and managing large databases
  • Coding in databases using tabs
  • Simple video clip creation via: page: line, start: end or text selection with the clip wizard and segment editor
  • Fast, precise clip editing.
  • Visual display waveform editor
  • Document explorer for searching exhibits with either an exhibit number or barcode
  • Dual screen mirror mode feature for working in one document/screen while displaying results on the other screen
  • Flash Animation for moving presentations

Visionary 8 Pro enumerates its features on its site: Visionary Pro 8.5

  • Issue builders
  • Full text search
  • Configurable document database for easy coding, indexing and searching
  • Video-text synching for scripted presentations
  • Easy removal of text and video
  • Auto-syncer voice recognition audio-video synchronizing tool
  • QuickSync for synching, uploading or sending transcripts and video/audio
  • Scan for generating and organizing TIFF and JPEG documents
  • Transcript Utility tool standardizes and imports transcripts into Visionary Auto-Syncer
  • Viewer for synchronized audio-video transcripts and for hyperlinking exhibits and documents
  • Search, find and present on the fly
  • More than one million documents per case capacity
  • Export presentation as an .html file
  • Bates numbering
  • Desktop optical character recognition (OCR)
  • Export to PowerPoint
  • Play .mdb files
  • Track deadlines via Quick Sync

DK Global, the makers of the TrialTouch app for the iPad, offer the following insights into its features: TrialTouch

  • iPad platform
  • Easy touch-screen technology
  • Colored tabs for separating documents to organize files.
  • Search document database for file by name or description
  • Upload videos and any relevant trial exhibits directly to the iPad.
  • Print exhibits via WiFi.
  • Present, redact, highlight, and zoom documents at trial,
  • Project video reenactments, animations, and photographs
  • Assign exhibits to witnesses.
  • Organize exhibits with the ‘exhibit binder’ feature
  • Manage multiple trials at once
  • Upload and download content wirelessly
  • Navigate through entire case
  • Synch from anywhere via cloud servers
  • Optimize illustrations, videos and medical animations
  • Quick-browse exhibit locater
  • Download documents, photos, x-rays, depositions, briefs anywhere there is a 3G or WiFi connection

PowerPoint

Ted Brooks, renowned trial consultant, speaker and law technology writer, discussed a side-by-side comparison of the top legal software packages that he presented to the National Court Reporters Association in Atlanta, and indicated that “Any of them will do the job far better than attempting to present evidence using something like hard copies of your exhibits with an ELMO (electronic document camera) or PowerPoint. When they were compared on three screens at the same time, TrialDirector was clearly ahead of the pack – at least for now.” He also suggested that “it is not a good idea for an attorney to attempt to run a trial presentation program while trying to focus on examining a witness and connecting with a jury.” When you have decided which legal software package to purchase, Planet Depos’ trial consultants can help you learn how to work within that platform, build the case you envision through impactful, memorable presentations, and assist you in court with the technological aspects of your presentations, enabling you to focus wholly and completely on connecting with the judges, jurors, mediators and arbitrators.

What Trial Presentation Consultants Can Do For You

by | Sep 18, 2012

Planet Depos’ professional, dynamic, highly experienced trial presentation consultants create impactful presentations that leave a lasting impression on the judge, jury, arbitration panel or medical review board that will be determining the outcome of your case. Rich Kirchen of the “Milwaukee Business Journal” points out how “Taking Technology on the Road to Win Cases” has enabled Rick Gass, 69, to “sway the jury his client’s way” and keep clients knocking on his door. Thanks to Gass’ ability to integrate state-of-the-art technology into the way he communicates with juries, “His services are in greater demand nationwide today than ever before in his career.”

In Christopher Contois’ blog post “Ten Steps to Creating a Winning Trial Presentation,” he explains the intricacies of putting together winning presentations with today’s trial software, and suggests beginning with getting organized. Once you and your litigation team outline the key messages you’d like to convey, Planet Depos’ trial consultants will assemble documents, video clips and images into powerful opening statements and closing arguments utilizing:

The slides, as highlighted by Microsoft PowerPoint in their article, “Winning at Trial with a Dynamic PowerPoint Presentation” are one of the many types of presentations that our trial consultants can build. Christopher Egan, in his article “Technology in Trial – Using Technology to Persuade Four Generations,” suggests telling your story with technology by creating exhibits with highlighting, ones that incorporate arrows and use magnification to call attention to specifics. He also suggests incorporating timelines and synchronized text-to-video transcript clips both as evidence and as an integral part of your closing argument.

William B. Smith and R.J. Waldsmith, in their article “Winning the Close Case and Increasing Your Damages with Technology” wrote “Technology helps overcome juror bias. An effective presentation highlights the favorable evidence, which reduces the risk that traditional juror biases will affect the result. A juror who may not initially support your case is more likely to change his or her mind based on visual information rather than verbal information” because “visual presentation allows you to break down these biases with clear messages and repetition” and “A multimedia presentation allows you to switch from a photo to a video to an anatomic model and back to another photo in a few clicks on a computer mouse,” where the old flip chart and printed exhibits are cumbersome and outdated. With the expertise of the Planet Depos’ trial consultants, “There is no need to stop everything to turn on a video tape player or to let a projector warm up.” Smith and Waldsmith indicate, “When done properly, it is virtually seamless,” and that is what our trial consultants will do for you, create seamless presentations that jurors expect and desire.

Once we create the visual presentation for you, we can also assist in presenting your case throughout the duration of the trial, or we can simply provide the necessary equipment for you to use in advancing your case. We have the laptops, flat-screen monitors, ELMOs and iPads you need to display documents and video clips, as well as all the speakers, switches and cables necessary to move quickly between video evidence, slideshows, photographs, diagrams, and transcript excerpts, as highlighted here in TrialDirector.

Even if you have your own equipment, consider renting backup equipment from us to prevent a possible hardware or software disaster that may destroy the jury’s focus and concentration.

Preparation is key, which is why our trial consultants can work with you and your team on the complexities of navigating from one type of audio-visual display to the other.

Don’t be afraid to leap into state-of-the-art trial presentation. Planet Depos is here to make the transition an easy one and provide more information than ever before in a manner that helps the judge, jury, arbitrators or medical review board feel more like the “active participants” that William B. Smith and R.J. Waldsmith suggest they prefer being, and that wins cases in this technologically savvy world.

What is a Trial Presentation Consultant?

by | Sep 13, 2012

Trial Presentation Consultants are members of Planet Depos’ highly trained and experienced technical team. They are skilled at working with law firms and their staff to develop powerful presentations for viewing by judges, juries, arbitrators, mediators, and medical review boards. For law firms big and small, a trial presentation consultant can be a lifesaver because he/she will meet with you, storyboard the presentation you have in mind, retrieve or create a digital copy of the documents, audiotapes, and videotapes, and seamlessly put together presentations that tell a powerful story and win cases.

Making presentations unforgettable is the key to winning cases. Christopher Egan wrote in “Technology in Trial – Using Technology to Persuade Four Generations” “Research shows that frequent use of technology has shaped . . .” Millennials and Generation X’ers “. . . into visual learners that prefer efficient communication styles.”

In his article, “Visual Impact: Making Your Case Evidence Shine with Legal Technology,” well-known legal technology consultant Timothy Piganelli points out that 65% of the population tend to remember things they have both heard and seen within 72 hours of both hearing and seeing it, while only 10% remember what they’ve heard in that same time period.

Christopher Egan writes how counsel now have “four different generations to consider when preparing for trial: Matures – Born 1928-1945; Baby Boomers – Born 1946-1964; Generation X – Born 1965-1980; and Millennials – Born 1981-1993.” Egan went on in his paper to indicate that:

  • “Technology can help trial attorneys communicate with all four of these generations.
  • “Technology improves the efficiency and effectiveness of courtroom presentations. The digital format alone allows attorneys to move quickly between exhibits. More importantly, trial software allows attorneys to present evidence in new ways.
  • “Exhibits can be highlighted, drawn on, magnified and compared during trial.
  • “Absent witnesses can be presented via deposition video synched with transcript text.
  • “Complicated transactions and concepts can be illustrated with graphs and charts.”

Egan discussed that “While these techniques can help attorneys communicate more effectively with all generations, these techniques are critical for Generation X and Millennials. These generations have incorporated technology into every aspect of their lives. Technology affects the way these groups learn and communicate.”

Court Technology’s Trial Presentation blog, “Anatomy of an Award-Winning Trial Exhibit” drives home how very powerful trial presentations win cases in this series.

Well-respected trial consultant Ted Brooks shared a recent experience with trial counsel utilizing technology for the first time and winning a $5.5 million verdict.

Planet Depos’ experienced trial consultants will work with you and your staff to create powerful presentations utilizing: Sanction, Trial Director, Visionary or Power Point. Our team of seasoned professionals can import your documents, digitize and synchronize your transcripts with the videos, and create video clips for effective opening statements, closing arguments, jury instructions and exhibits. Our specialists will work with your team closely to understand all of the intricacies of your case and will create engaging visual presentations that will help you convey your message in a compelling way.

Whether you need just equipment rental (laptops, projectors, large screens, an ELMO or an iPad) or the assistance of an experienced trial consultant in the courtroom from start to finish, or anything in between, you can rely on your trusted partners at Planet Depos to help you every step of the way.

Utilizing an experienced trial consultant provides law firms a distinct advantage: Someone on their team who likely has more trial experience than many of the lawyers in the case. Mark Wilson’s blog “Multimedia: An Unforgettable Trial Presentation” stresses the importance of preparation and the ability to instantly and seamlessly access and present evidence utilizing state-of-the-art trial technology.

Christopher Contois’ blog post “Ten Steps to Creating a Winning Trial Presentation” explains the intricacies of putting together winning presentations with today’s trial software presenters and will provide you with the information you will want to have in hand or in mind when meeting with Planet Depos’ Trial Presentation Consultants or preparing your own presentation.

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