Our Depositions Services offer:

• One or two camera depositions
• All cameras and media show date and time
  in all frames.
• Individual lavaliere (lapel) microphones and/or omindirectional microphones for each participant
• Your choice of VHS Tape, mini-DV tape, and/or DVD.
• Delivery of finished tapes/dvd in 24 hours
• Complete log of events including time code index, camera start/stop, objections and on/off record points.
• Certificate of authenticity & chain of custody documentation
• Complimentary copy of audio and/or video provided to the stenographer
• Travel and setup time are not billed to the client

Taking depositions has been one of the methods that attorneys have used for decades, during the discovery phase of a case, to secure information that will speed the litigating process.  Now, with the advent of videography during the deposition, the attorney can show to the triers of fact the facial expressions, the mannerisms, the hesitations and the many telling features of the deponent in a way that a typed written transcription of the testimony cannot show.  By having the videographer utilize their post-production editing from the original recording of the testimony, it can save many hours of irrelevant testimony that would otherwise have been presented during a trial.  More importantly, the video documentaries that are now produced on a regular basis to be used in court are being effectively used during mediation, arbitration or during other pre-trial attempts to settle cases out of court.

All video evidence of testimony under oath is controlled by the court approved rules in our nation’s Federal, State, Appellate and District courts.  It is important for the attorney to know just what will or will not be admissible in a court of law.  As you already know, what ultimately will be admitted during a trial is up to the discretion of the Judge in any specific court.  The American Guild of Court Videographers (AGCV), the nation’s largest organization of professional videographers who specialize in legal video, will only accept “professional” videographers into its membership.  These professionals are trained in all aspects of legal videography.  The AGCV specializes in training and certifying its members in knowing and using the appropriate rules in producing video evidence for the courts.  The professional videographers trained by the AGCV have become more than just legal videographers, they have become expert consultants to the legal profession in producing visual evidence for the courts that is effective, compelling and convincing.