In 2017, anyone with a smartphone can record and publish video content, creating a world full of potential videographers. Unfortunately for trial attorneys, this ubiquity hasn’t yet worked its way into video depositions. It may, however, be coming shortly down the pipeline.
Video depositions are used to depose witnesses who would otherwise be unable to appear in court, and recording them requires a court reporter and licensed legal video specialist, both of whom work on an hourly basis. Ken Kalb, founder of video deposition company StoryCloud Inc., had his first experience with this process a little over a year ago, and it absolutely soured him to the system.
