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HE SAN FERNANDO Valley Bar Association recently kicked off an Affi nity Partnership program to provide comprehensive marketing opportunities for legal support companies to reach out to SFVBA members. The new Program is a win-win-win opportunity for members, the partners and the Bar Association: members receive discounts on much-needed legal services and will be able to attend networking events and partner-sponsored seminars for free; the Bar has a new revenue source to enable the Association to provide new services, as well as already popular member benefi ts like Fastcase, subsidized continuing legal education and an expanded Valley Lawyer; and the affi nity partners have access to an all-inclusive marketing plan–that includes Valley Lawyer, mailings, seminars, events–to reach SFVBA’s 2,000 members throughout the year. The San Fernando Valley Bar Association is pleased to announce that Atkinson-Baker is the SFVBA’s Offi cial Court Reporter Partner and exclusive Platinum Sponsor. Founded in 1987, Glendale-based Atkinson-Baker is dedicated to providing the most effi cient and comprehensive service for all court reporting needs nationwide. Atkinson-Baker is a family- and woman-owned company that has expanded steadily over the past two decades to become one of the largest, privately owned court reporting agencies in the country. In 2012, Atkinson-Baker made Inc.’s list of 5000 fastest growing companies for the sixth time. “We utilize our experience in the court reporting industry, our skill and the latest technology to achieve

the highest quality litigation support and provide the fi nest court reporters nationwide,” says Atkinson-Baker Client Services Director Andrea Gale. Atkinson-Baker offers fast transcript turnaround time; free online repository of all completed deposition transcripts and exhibits; a searchable CD in the back of each transcript; and the Mobile Transcript app for transcripts formatted for smart phones and iPads. As part of the partnership,

Atkinson-Baker will be offering exclusive discounts and services

to SFVBA members. The rate sheet for

Los Angeles County is available on the SFVBA website and at the Bar’s offi ces. “With the Los Angeles Superior Court no longer providing court reporters for civil trials, I believed it was very important for the Bar Association

to partner with a court reporting service as our fi rst affi nity sponsor,” said Immediate Past President Alan J. Sedley, who was infl uential in bringing Atkinson-Baker aboard. “With today’s court reporting industry being as competitive as it is, there were a number of fi rms that were interested,” continued Sedley. “Executive Director Liz Post and I felt it was important to partner with a Valley-based court reporting fi rm which our members already knew and trusted. Atkinson-Baker was our fi rst choice.” The Bar is meeting with other potential partners about offering SFVBA members a variety of legal services. The Bar-wide sponsorships start at $3,000 for the entry-level Bronze Sponsorship, up to $25,000 for the exclusive Platinum Sponsorship. Interested vendors and members should contact Liz Post or Alan Sedley to obtain the details of the sponsorship packages.

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Executive Director’s Desk

SFVBA Partners with Atkinson-Baker

epost@sfvba.org

ELIZABETH POSTExecutive Director

The San Fernando Valley Bar Association is

pleased to announce that Atkinson-Baker is the SFVBA’s Official

Court Reporter Partner and exclusive Platinum

Sponsor.”