About ALV

Advancing Legal Video (ALV) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the legal videography profession through education, collaboration, and community-driven innovation. We bring legal videographers together to share knowledge, establish professional standards, develop practical resources, and promote excellence throughout the industry.

Built by legal videographers, for legal videographers, ALV serves as a central hub for networking, mentorship, professional development, and industry advocacy. Through educational content, technical standards, our nationwide videographer directory, and an active community forum, we’re working together to strengthen the profession and shape the future of legal video.

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Our Vision

Advancing Legal Video

By equipping legal video professionals with tools, resources, and mutual support, we’re building a future where legal videography is performed more excellently and thereby greater-appreciated in the legal industry.

We believe legal videographers deserve the tools and support to shape the future of their field.

Our Pillars

What We Stand For

Six key areas define our work and how we support the field:

Raise the Standard

Advocate for consistent quality, ethics, and professionalism.

Support the Community

Offer guidance, tools, and a space for peer collaboration.

Share What Works

Publish best practices, workflows, and real-world strategies.

Bridge Legal & Tech

Help practitioners stay sharp with evolving formats and expectations.

Champion Field Legitimacy

We advocate for legal videography as a respected, specialized craft—not just a technical task—by modeling professionalism and demanding high standards.

Serve the Public Good

Donate time, equipment, or skill to justice-aligned nonprofit work.

Meet the Executive Board

We’re a group of working professionals building the nonprofit we we all deserve; rooted in clarity, fairness, and professional respect.

Tim Falk, Founder

Tim Falk, CLVS has been a legal videographer for 19 years, beginning his career in Alabama before relocating to Colorado. A graduate of Evangel University with a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies, Tim entered legal videography unexpectedly as a part-time opportunity that soon became his full-time profession.

He is the owner of Integrity Video, a Colorado-based legal videography firm with a team of four legal videographers serving independent court reporters and law firms throughout the state. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tim also founded Remotely LLC, a company specializing exclusively in remote deposition recording for clients nationwide.

Tim has served on the Certified Legal Video Specialist (CLVS) Council and is a frequent speaker at court reporting conferences and industry events. He currently serves as President of Advancing Legal Video, a nonprofit professional association dedicated to advancing the legal videography profession through education, standards, and community.

Tim and his wife, Audra, who is also a legal videographer and currently studying to become a stenographer, live in Colorado Springs with their five daughters.

Brett L. Bova, Vice President

To create space for others so that we can each follow our own path boldly and courageously, Brett is dedicated to building a community where legal videographers can show up and thrive as their individual selves, both within the legal industry and beyond. She brings the heat.

Richard Foster, Treasurer

Rich’s first taste in the video deposition setting was actually sitting as a deponent in a $90 million Copyright Infringement case. Shortly after that deposition, he began his legal video career in 2013. He was an early adopter of PiP depositions and continues to provide PiP services both in person and remote.

Gavin Bohne, Secretary

CLVS Certified in 2006, Gavin is the owner and operator of BluuScreen Productions, a company specializing in legal videography in the great state of Utah. He is the Swiss Army knife of skills & talent.

Meet the Board of Directors

We volunteer our time and expertise to support the Executive Board, helping advance ALV’s mission through leadership, collaboration, and service to the legal videography community.

Andy Nation, Director of Events

Andy began his career in 1987 and became a Certified Legal Video Specialist through the NCRA in 1990. He has successfully created in-house legal video divisions for multiple local and national court reporting agencies. He is a seasoned trial technology consultant, a “Hot-seat” trial presenter, and a national award-winning MCLE.

Derek Letellier, Director of Technology & Standards

Derek Letellier is a Chicago-based trial technology professional and former legal videographer with more than a decade of experience supporting depositions, arbitrations, trials, and complex proceedings. He is currently a Trial Support Specialist at Saul Ewing LLP, where his work includes courtroom technology, exhibit presentation/hot seating, deposition playback, impeachment clips, remote proceeding support, war room setup, and live trial support.

Before joining Saul Ewing, Derek was a Senior Legal Videographer and Trial Technician at Paszkiewicz Litigation Services and previously served as co-owner of Lake Cook Reporting, where he founded the company’s video department and helped build its technology and marketing presence. Over his career, he has supported thousands of video-recorded depositions and trials, combining legal video, hot seat presentation, AV troubleshooting, remote witness workflows, and practical technology as part of a jack-of-all-trades support role.

Derek holds a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Southern Illinois University, giving him a strong foundation in video production, storytelling, and emerging communications technology. His experience spans OnCue, Adobe Creative Cloud, TrialPad, synced deposition video solutions, courtroom AV systems, remote proceedings, and modern litigation-support workflows. He is especially interested in helping legal professionals use technology, websites, SEO, video, and client-focused communication to build stronger businesses and better serve their clients.

Derek lives in the Chicago suburbs with his wife Liz, their son Miles, and their extremely outspoken dog Mimi.

Ben Jones, Director of Content & Education

Ben Jones is a Georgia Tech alumnus and the owner of AngelDown Legal Video Services, one of the largest stand-alone legal video firms in the Southeast. He holds multiple national certifications in legal videography and teaches CLE-approved courses in the industry, covering legal video work primarily in Georgia and South Carolina. Ben currently resides in Roswell, GA with his wife, Shannon, and young sons, Bennett, Theo, and Truett. In his free time, he loves to snow-ski, play poker, eat BBQ, support pro-life causes, go to the movies, and watch Georgia Tech football and Atlanta Braves baseball.

John Edmunds IV, Director-At-Large

John has over 10 years of experience in legal videography and remote deposition technology. Before entering the legal industry, he worked as a journalist focused on impactful community reporting. He is the founder of Depo Universe, specializing in reliable, redundant remote deposition recording and “hot-seat” trial services.

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