TranscriptPad is the easiest and most effective way to annotate depositions — but not just for attorneys. Edward Gannon, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services Principal at Kaufman Rossin in Miami, Florida, regularly uses TranscriptPad as an expert witness in collaboration with his law firm clients, and with his own team.
HOW HAS TRANSCRIPTPAD IMPACTED YOUR WORK?
"The number one reason why I use TranscriptPad is efficiency. Even if the attorney I am working with doesn't have an iPad, TranscriptPad is a part of my workflow. TranscriptPad is a very powerful transcript digestion and annotation tool that I use in the office and on the go on my iPad. Because of its ease of use and portability, I now read, highlight, and create reports in about 50% less time as compared to before. In the Pre-TranscriptPad days, I would mark up paper transcripts or scroll through PDFs, copying and pasting relevant sections into my expert reports. The time savings translates directly to my clients' bills — which makes them happy; it also frees me up to take on more projects, which makes me happy."
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON HOW COLLABORATION IS MORE EFFICIENT?
"Collaboration with attorneys that own TranscriptPad always goes well, but it went especially well in a recent matter. The attorney had several transcripts to give me to review, but all of them needed to be edited beforehand for strategy purposes as I formed my opinion. Just a few months ago it would have taken hours of his or his staff's time to properly redact all those transcripts for my benefit, but he used TranscriptPad and sent it to me in a fraction of the time. In addition, collaboration in TranscriptPad works within my team. We work faster and communicate better about the hundreds of transcripts we are regularly reviewing."
YOU'RE A BIG FAN OF THE REPORTS IN TRANSCRIPTPAD - WHY?
"Even though I love the search tool and the ability to annotate, excerpt, etc., perhaps the greatest function of TranscriptPad is with the reports. Matters with many long transcripts are made manageable using TranscriptPad reports. My senior staff reviews transcripts for specific issues and sends the reports to me for further evaluation. It is so easy to create and share reports on a marked-up transcript, or even the entire transcript, and our team can accurately and thoroughly get through hundreds of pages in very little time as compared to before."