Performance Skills for Lawyers (9/13/24)

Supercharge your performance and public speaking skills with this fun and interactive workshop taught by Stanford, University of Chicago, and Berkeley law school lecturer, entertainment lawyer, accomplished stage performer, and Founder/CEO of Vox Vera, LLC, Paul Marchegiani. Through a series of practical and repeatable physical exercises, you’ll learn groundbreaking tips used by the world’s greatest speakers and performers to consistently connect with others, deliver a message, and inhabit any space with presence. We’ll uncover ways to break free from overthinking during a presentation, enabling you to bring these skills to the courtroom, the boardroom, and the negotiating table, and take your practice to the next level.  

Speaker: 
Paul Marchegiani, Founder/CEO, VOX VERA, LLC

About Paul

Paul Marchegiani (pronounced “mar-keh-JAHnee”) is a Los Angeles-based entertainment lawyer and Founder/CEO of Vox Vera. Prior to launching Vox Vera, Paul worked for over 15 years in Hollywood as a studio executive and dealmaker at Warner Bros., NBCUniversal, Miramax, and Amazon Studios, leading business and legal affairs teams, advising top producers, showrunners, and studio heads, and negotiating rights and talent deals for film and television stars, writers, directors, and producers. Paul began his legal career as a litigator at Orrick and Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco after receiving his JD from UC Berkeley and a BA (History) and BMus (Voice & Opera) from Northwestern University.

Paul is an experienced stage performer with credits ranging from classical (including a combined 10 seasons with the LA Opera, SF Symphony Chorus, and Chicago Symphony Chorus), to jazz, theatre, and improvisation (with over 15 years of combined study with Groundlings, UCB, Impro Theatre, and Studio ACT. Paul has studied acting at Northwestern, Juilliard's Summer Drama Intensive, and ACT, and is the only U.S. lawyer and senior business executive to hold a teaching certification from world-renowned voice, presence, and Shakespeare coach Patsy Rodenburg.

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live.