ACT of COMMUNICATION^® has been featured in multiple newspapers, magazines, and periodicals covering the breadth of their legal and theater knowledge. Below are feature press releases and media coverage about ACT of COMMUNICATION^® services and its founders, Katherine James and Alan Blumenfeld.

 
Press Releases

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  Culver City, CA – June 19, 2014

ACT OF COMMUNICATION^® Launches Witness Preparation Via Video Conferencing

ACT OF COMMUNICATION^®, one of the nation’s premier witness preparation firms, once again clears a path for the legal industry into the digital age by deploying interactive platforms such as Skype, Google Hangout and other widely available video conferencing tools to turn the industry’s theories on the topic of witness preparation upside down.
 

• Culver City, CA – March 20, 2014

ACT OF COMMUNICATION^® Launches a new version of its innovative CLE programs in trial consultancy.

ACT OF COMMUNICATION^®, leader in trial consulting and legal advocacy is pleased to announce the release of the latest version of its highly accredited CLE program WHAT CAN LAWYERS LEARN FROM ACTORS™ THE ART OF ADVOCACY IN THE 21ST CENTURY^sm.
 

• Culver City, CA – March 5, 2012

@ACTLAW Hits Twitter Milestone, Surpasses 5,000 Followers

ACT of COMMUNICATION^®, Leaders in Trial and Legal Advocacy Surpasses Follower Base of Many Legal Organizations and Grows Its Social Media by Leaps and Bounds
 

• Culver City, CA – November 11, 2011

ACT OF COMMUNICATION^® Unveils New Website

ACT of COMMUNICATION^®, leader in trial and legal advocacy, announced today the launching of the company’s new website.
 

• Los Angeles, CA – May 11, 2010

ACT of COMMUNICATION^® Brings Together Law School Students and Alumni in an Innovative Interactive Program

Leaders in trial and legal advocacy, ACT of COMMUNICATION^®, has developed a cutting edge trial skills training program that allows law students and law professionals to directly work and learn together under the auspices of their alumni associations.
 

• Los Angeles, CA – March 9, 2010

ACT of COMMUNICATION^® Launches Online School for Attorneys and Paralegals to Receive CLE Credits Anywhere, Anytime

Attorneys and trial paralegals in need of continuing legal education credits have a new resource.
 

• Los Angeles, CA – February 12, 2008

ACT of COMMUNICATION^® Launches Test Yourself-Test Your Case Workshop in Rancho Las Palmas, California

ACT of COMMUNICATION^®, the premier trial consulting firm, launches the third of its three series CLE workshops located in California for attorneys throughout the U.S.
 

• Los Angeles, CA – November 1, 2007

ACT of COMMUNICATION^® Launches Witness Preparation and Voir Dire Workshop in Santa Barbara, California

ACT of COMMUNICATION^®, the premier trial consulting firm, launches the second of its four series CLE workshops located in California for attorneys throughout the U.S.

 

• Los Angeles, CA – September 17, 2007

ACT of COMMUNICATION^® Launches Trial Skills Workshop Series Satisfying CLE Requirements Including Ethics

ACT of COMMUNICATION^®, the premier trial consulting firm, launches a full series of four CLE workshops located in California for attorneys throughout the U.S.
 

• Culver City, CA – August 21, 2007

ACT of COMMUNICATION^® “What Can Lawyers Learn from Actors™” DVD Trial Skills Workshop Series Now Available Online

ACT of COMMUNICATION^®, the premier trial consulting firm, launches a full series of four DVDs for trial attorneys, developed from their famed Trial Skills Workshops, “What Can Lawyers Learn from Actors™.”
 

• Culver City, CA – July 16, 2007

ACT of COMMUNICATION^® Kicks Off the 30th Anniversary Season in Artistic Style

ACT of COMMUNICATION^®, the leading premier trial consulting firm kicked off its 30th anniversary season with a celebration at Café Des Artistes.

 

Media

• Emotion In The Courtroom – December 7, 2015

  How To Reach, Persuade and Activate Jurors with Katherine James

  
   

• The Expert Institute – November 9, 2015

  12 Tips to Prepare Your Expert Witness For Trial

   

• Los Angeles Daily Journal – January, 2013

  Effective storytelling brings faster, better settlements

   

• Los Angeles Daily Journal – January, 2012

  Speaking as One: Confronting the Trials of Bad Accents

   

• LawyersUSA Magazine – January, 2010

  Acting lessons for lawyers

   

• Plaintiff Magazine – June, 2008
  

  The courtroom as theater: Is the courtroom just another stage?

   

• The Fresno Bee – November, 2007

  Schuster kept her cool on the stand impact of her testimony on jurors is unknown as trial resumes this week.

   

• Lawyers Weekly USA – July, 2004

  Actors Help Trial Lawyers Find Their Range

   

• California Lawyer – January, 1999

  The Art of Story

   

• Barrister, American Bar Association – Spring 1994

  Acting Up In Court

   

• Entrepreneur – January, 1994

  The Firm

   

• San Diego Union-Tribune – June 9, 1993

 

• Good Morning America – July, 1992

 

• California Lawyer – July, 1991

  Courtroom Theatrics

   

• Los Angeles Times Magazine – Spring, 1990

 

• Los Angeles Daily Journal – July, 1990

 

• Los Angeles Magazine – Spring, 1990

 

• CNN – March, 1989

 

• CBS – March, 1989

 

• Time Magazine – August, 1988

  They’re Playing Up to the Jury

   

• Los Angeles Daily Journal – January 19, 1988

 

• Los Angeles Times – May 7, 1987 & March 10, 1983

 

• The Recorder – July 11, 1984

 

• Los Angeles Herald Examiner – June 3, 1984

 

• National Law Journal – May 9, 1983

 

 
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