Remote Depositions Made Easy: A Legalweek Chat with Remote Legal

To close out our Live from Legalweek Q&A series, we’re joined by Brandon Greenblatt, CEO of Remote Legal, for a conversation on the evolving world of remote depositions and the future of testimony capture.

As we recently announced, Nextpoint and Remote Legal are teaming up to deliver a modern, secure, and seamless deposition experience – built for the modern litigator. In this final Q&A, Nextpoint’s Brett Burney chats with Brandon about the power of digital testimony, how Remote Legal is rethinking traditional deposition workflows, and what trends were making waves on the show floor this year.

At a Glance

• One-stop-shop Deposition Services: Remote Legal provides its own secure video platform, reporter, and consolidated pricing for a seamless user experience.
• Testimony Built for Trial: Brandon advocates treating every deposition like it’s headed to court – making visuals, transcripts, and recordings instantly usable for settlement or trial.
• Modern Collaboration, Real Results: A quick look at how Nextpoint and Remote Legal are working together to level up deposition workflows.

About the Speakers

Brandon Greenblatt

Brandon Greenblatt is the CEO of Remote Legal. He is a former practicing attorney, having worked for Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson in New York City. Seeing the inefficiencies of the legal system led him to establish Remote Legal's mission to leverage smart technology to help attorneys streamline workflows and conduct more effective depositions. He earned his Juris Doctorate from the Cardozo School of Law and Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University. Brandon is actively involved in the Cardozo Alumni Association and enjoys educating young attorneys about modern best practices to keep the profession moving forward.

Brett Burney

Brett is Nextpoint Law Group's VP of eDiscovery Consulting and a widely recognized authority on the complex ediscovery issues litigators currently face. In addition to consulting with corporations and law firms on their data management and legal technology issues, Brett is a journalist, podcaster, speaker, and author. Before founding his ediscovery consulting practice, Brett supported lawyers at an AmLaw 200 firm, where he worked with litigation teams in building electronic document databases, counseling on ediscovery issues, and managing the technical responsibilities of presenting evidence at trial.

Brett:

I am here with Brandon Greenblatt from Remote Legal. We’re excited, talking to several folks around the show floor here at Legalweek. Brandon, why don’t you just explain a little bit about Remote Legal? I don’t know exactly how long you’ve had the company, but there’s some pretty exciting stuff you’re working on.

Brandon:

So Remote Legal is a technology-enabled court reporting service. We’ve recognized the need post-pandemic to really streamline what attorneys can take from a deposition. Historically, attorneys have relied upon a paper transcript to be created by their stenographic court reporter. And of course, since everything went remote, including depositions after the pandemic, we figured out a way to allow attorneys to get way more out of their testimony. They can capture videos of the witness, get automated transcripts that are synchronized to those videos, use digitized exhibits that can all be consolidated into one, easy-to-find, easy-to-use record of the proceeding. It allows them to take more depositions, get more valuable testimony, and ultimately build up more of what is an incredibly valuable evidentiary asset for many of our clients.

Brett:

It sounds like you’re kind of a one stop shop for a lot of these folks. You’re the one that’s kind of managing a lot of different pieces and parts that can go wrong. I don’t have to worry about maybe learning how to run zoom or set up everything. You guys can take care of it all.

Brandon:

Yeah, so we use our own proprietary video conferencing solution. We provide the court reporter as well. One of the things that our clients have found to be really valuable is you really just pay one hourly fee for however much time you spend on the record. That’s not a litany of line items and different services. It all comes singularly packaged. So we really believe that the future of testimony capture is going to be done remotely. We think the power of the testimony that you can capture can be way stronger in this day and age. It’s not just a paper transcript that you read to a jury. You can show, not tell, and that’s a big takeaway. We really feel that you should treat every deposition like you’re going to trial, but if you’re able to find a settlement in the interim, you should have the work product available to you immediately to do so.

Brett:

So you guys have been to Legalweek before, probably some other conferences – I think you mentioned ILTACON. So anything that you’re seeing this year that you’re excited about? Talking with customers, what are you guys looking for?

Brandon:

I’ve never seen so much AI in my life. It’s obviously where things are going. We feel that the testimony capture is the birthplace of testimony. And so we feel that doing that online, doing it digitally, will open a gateway to way more features and services that can be done using AI that can enable our clients to practice far more efficiently and have better outcomes for their clients, which is ultimately the name of the game.

Brett:

Yeah, that’s great. If folks want to learn a little bit more, it’s RemoteLegal.com, is that right? Yeah, that’s great.

Brandon:

That is correct. Yeah, you can find all the information on the website. Everything’s up there. Listen, I hope you should be able to learn everything you need by visiting our website. If you’d like to see a demo, you can click on there or email us at info@remotelegal.com.

Brett:

Very good. Thank you for taking a couple of minutes to talk with us, Brandon. Stay safe this week.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

Learn More from the Legal Tech Experts

Watch the full webinar, “Live from Legalweek,” to hear from more legal tech pros in addition to Brandon and Brett. Plus, check out the rest of our Legalweek Q&A series, featuring exclusive interviews from major players in the legal tech space.