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, President

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.

Gavin Bohne, Secretary

Gavin began his career in the litigation service industry in 2005 as an office admin at a local court reporting agency. Learning the processes of transcript production distribution and filing was his primary role while training to become CLVS certified in 2006. Once certified in addition to transcript production he worked as an in-house legal videographer. Within a few years he inherited the role of an office manager running the day to day operations of the reporting agency. With no further advancement opportunity Gavin left the reporting agency and restarted his career in the Audio-Visual industry. As was the case with his work in the legal services industry Gavin started as an entry-level employee. He quickly learned the skills and education required to advance into becoming a lead AV technician. While operating as an employee of the AV rental company Gavin founded BluuScreen Productions in 2008, a company specializing in legal video services.

In 2014 Gavin began a company called Big Cheese Entertainment doing mobile outdoor movie equipment rentals and service. In 2016 he started U Be The DJ, a party & DJ equipment rental and services company. Finally in 2026 Gavin quit his work as an employee at the AV rental company to open his own AV rental company, Black Beard Audio-Visual. He now runs all four businesses in addition to his role on the executive board as secretary of Advancing Legal Video. He lives in Utah with his incredible wife and adorable pup. On the rare occasion Gavin has free time he enjoys filling it with his friends going snowboarding, snowmobiling, rock crawling Moab, rollerblading and ice skating, canyon twisties on his motorcycle, camping, volunteering for local homeless non-profit organizations, and the occasional FPS video game.

Brett Bova, Vice President

Brett Bova began her career as a legal videographer in 2017 when she launched the first in-house video department for Urlaub Bowen & Associates, Inc., a Chicago-based court reporting firm. As a legal videographer-turned Simon Sinek Certified WHY Coach, Brett brings her WHY – to create space for others so we can each follow our own path boldly and courageously – into Advancing Legal Video, where she’s dedicated to building a community where legal videographers can show up and thrive both within the legal industry and beyond.

A Louisiana native, Brett holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and an Associate of Arts in Criminal Justice from Southeastern Louisiana University. Becoming a legal videographer naturally fit Brett, mixing the legal profession with a communication medium. She’s been involved in the legal profession for the majority of her career, from working as a private investigator to assisting attorneys with property law and closings, and she currently serves as the Vice President of Advancing Legal Video.

Richard Foster, Treasurer

Rich has built his career at the intersection of technology and legal video. He began his professional journey in the U.S. Air Force as an Avionics and Precision Measurement Technician before earning a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. He then joined Oracle as an Application Server Administrator, where he was first introduced to the legal video industry while serving as a witness in a $90 million copyright infringement case.
Inspired by that experience, Rich transitioned into legal videography, beginning as a freelance videographer before joining cVisual Evidence in Southern California. There, he developed expertise in synchronizing video with deposition transcripts, preparing video designations, producing day-in-the-life videos, and managing a wide range of litigation video projects. During this time, he was also among the early innovators in the use of picture-in-picture deposition video.

Rich later returned to freelance practice and relocated to Texas, where he continues to provide legal video services. With a unique blend of technical expertise and decades of industry experience, he remains committed to advancing the quality and effectiveness of legal video in litigation.

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 spent many years in both independent and corporately owned and operated firms. He began his career in 1987 and became a Certified Legal Video Specialist through the NCRA in 1990.

Andy 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 presenter and keynote speaker for the legal community.

Andy resides in Southern California with his wife of nearly 30 years, his three children and two very high-maintenance cats. He has been active in various youth music and church organizations, and his passion for celebrating marital unions has placed him as Master of Ceremonies in over 1500 weddings and events over the span of 30 years. He is a Benefit Auction Specialist and has helped raise millions of dollars for a wide variety of nonprofits, churches and schools, and has been admonished by many court reporters to please slow down during the video read-on!

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.

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.

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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