TAVDS - Key Persons
David is our right hand for video depositions. He is a highly experienced legal videographer, editor and audio visual technician capable of mastering any technical challenge your depositon may require.
He operates working all over the world with our high grade equipment, recording and streaming depositions live back to London as well as various locations in USA, from wherever he has flown into at the time.
Also a talented actor and prolific writer, he is a wonderful character to spend your day with. David's professional experience dating back 25 years affords him the highest levels of communication, presentation and resourcefulness.
He has a knack for putting clients at ease with his professionalism in complex or sensitive situations. Time and time again his combination of efficiency and support with our court reporters brings everyone together as a team. This has been a key element for TAVDS to gain repeated contracts and to win a unique place within the field.
Job Titles:
- Business Development Director
David has been in the business of producing video for depositions all over the world since year 2000. He is a perfectionist and insists upon the highest of standards. As the director of the company he oversees almost every assignment if he is not attending personally on major cases.
He believes in finding the balance with technology and without hiding behind it. "It's wonderful to grow your company while availing of the greatest technological advances within our industry, but if we do not continue to communicate with the client verbally, how are they to feel confident about our meeting their needs."
Dylan based in California and is a specialist in sound, with research and patents published in acoustical phonetics. He is in charge of TransAtlantic's future program development. Using his skills in digital signal processing, Dylan is taking us into the future with new legal solutions.
Elena works as PA to the director managing various vital administrative tasks. She also handles scheduling and assists with travel arrangements, which is a full time job in itself.
She is super efficient and will always be there to solve any issues if David isn't available. Elena's role is very important to us all, particularly when we have a lot of cases running in different countries and time zones all at once. She sets up our conferences so attorney's know how to login to participate in depositions virtually.
She even arranges to allow attorneys to be able to work off their own iPad at home, to conference in to watch and participate in a deposition in a remote location in Europe if necessary. Elena is meticulous when it comes to record keeping and is a real asset to our business.
Leon runs our Dublin Office. We have a lot of reporters available in Ireland, along with videographers while some of our business is focused there. Leon manages our corporate relations and partnerships for depositions, arbitrations and other legal services there. He also steps in to help with logistics when the London office has a heavy case load.
He is extremely personable and he and David believe very strongly in making sure the client has a ‘key man‘ available to talk to almost 24 hours a day. "Working internationally, this is vital to meet clients needs with all the work different times zones." Leon's experience lies in strategic business management and with a background in pharmacy and retail, he has successfully grown a chain of pharmacies prior to acquisition.
Matthew Jennings is our E-Discovery Director working out of Dallas, Texas. He has over 20 years of experience across a variety of legal technology and compliance services including forensic data analytics, data management and electronic discovery.
Matthew has provided services to clients in a wide range of industries including life sciences, oil & gas, retail, transportation, financial services and aerospace & defense. He has performed these services in the context of product liability litigation, class action litigation, government / regulatory body investigations, internal investigations, white collar investigations and proactive compliance matters.
Matthew's expertise includes leading forensic data analytics engagements involving the analysis of millions of rows of disparate structured and unstructured data to identify trends, anomalies and relevant facts, cross border electronic discovery engagements with data privacy considerations related to the Chinese State Secrets act, the EU GDPR and other jurisdictional concerns and leading data management projects that involved the building of programs to appropriately segregate and classify data.
Matthew has been a frequent speaker at internal and external events, including Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminars, industry trade groups and company education programs. He is also a contributing author to the Litigation Services Handbook.
Sandeep is in charge of our London office operations. With many years experience in the hospitality and events industry, he comes with a wealth of talent handling clients and our personnel.
His role is to manage our reporters and videographers, taking bookings and organising our scheduling with clients. He is a proficient fellow who keeps our ship in good shape and assures clients are met with the highest standard TAVDS has established.
Nothing goes passed Sandeep as a problem and no matter where your deposition is, you can rely on him to make sure every aspect is arranged to the detail.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Manager Operations
Shaun works at our London office in scheduling and operations. He has a degree in criminal justice and previous experience in customer focused roles. This means he can offer a unique perspective for clients, assuring all their ends are met.
Shaun also brings contemporary knowledge to an ever-evolving field with a tech mindset. He has trained in Trial Presentation and has been offering the same service with the new era of hybrid depositions. He manages the procedure of Instant Exhibit Presentation and ensures that all remote depositions are monitored from our hot seat suite. He has a natural grasp for IT when it comes to organising multi-party depositions or arbitrations conducted all over the world.
In his spare time, Shaun works voluntarily in the Metropolitan Police as a Special Constable. He has a keen sense of justice and passion for the law, which is useful for finding appropriate conditions for our clients to work in.
Shaun is a well presented, highly proficient individual who insists on providing the best service. He is very focused on client relationships, which further ensures the confidence our clients are accustomed to.