Your Case is Covered from Every Angle
Combining a veteran’s eye for strategy with the latest
technological advancements, the Z-Axis team; an eclectic mix
of lawyers, engineers, scientists, artists, animators and
producers, has a reputation for creating visual communication
tools and graphics in the courtroom that are second-to-none.
Our extensive experience combined with our varied skill sets
allows us to think about your case from many different viewpoints.
It may be cliché, but our people really do make the
difference.
ALAN TREIBITZ - CEO
Mr. Alan Treibitz, is CEO of Z-Axis and one of its founders.
In addition to his management responsibilities, he has been
involved in Z-Axis’ most high-profile cases since the
company’s inception in 1983. Considered to be one of
the leading litigation presentation strategists in the United
States, Mr. Treibitz has advised on more than three hundred
cases during his career. In addition, Mr. Treibitz has been
a pioneer in the development of courtroom presentation technology
and he holds a patent in the field of presentation technology
for a method for controlling multiple remote display devices.
Mr. Treibitz Works with trial teams to develop case strategies
that visually present a compelling argument to the jury. He
consults on a wide variety of high-profile disputes including
intellectual property, antitrust, contractual disputes, insurance
matters and aviation cases.
A few cases of note include the crash of Delta 191 at Dallas-Ft.
Worth, Northwest 255 in Detroit, United 232 in Sioux City,
Honeywell v. Minolta, Eolas v Microsoft, the United States
v Timothy McVeigh and United States v. Terry Nichols, BCBS
and State of Minnesota v Philip Morris et al, the United States
v The Tobacco Industry.
Mr. Treibitz frequently lectures on the strategic design
and use of visual communications tools in court. He has spoken
to the Conference of Chief Justices, the International Bar
Association, the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Cambridge
Institute, the Patent Resources Group and numerous legal organizations
in the United States and the United Kingdom.
STEPHANIE KELSO - President
Stephanie Kelso, President of Z-Axis, has been with the company since 1993. In addition to her management responsibilities, her experience includes developing strategic visual communication for attorneys, corporations and government. She has worked with national law firms over the years in a variety of law areas including aviation, environmental, intellectual property, commercial and tobacco litigation.
Ms Kelso’s background is in visual communication and electronic graphic production. Prior to joining Z-Axis, she worked in business development and in management with the nation’s largest computer graphics hardware and production services company that co-developed PowerPoint with Microsoft. While there, she worked on the initial product launch for PowerPoint for Windows, training account executives in 22 cities.
Ms. Kelso speaks to law firms and associations, such as American Inns of Court, sections of the American Bar Association, Lex Mundi and IASTED International Conference for Law and Technology. She has written articles for publications including: “The Journal of Applied Fire Science”, “The New York Law Journal” and the “Judges Journal”. She has also been interviewed for such publications as “The New York Times”, “Wall Street Journal,” “Computer Graphics World”, “California Lawyer” and “The Rocky Mountain News.”
GARY FREED - Visual Strategy Consultant/Senior Producer
Gary L. Freed is a Senior Producer for Z-Axis and he has been with the company for nearly 25 years. Mr. Freed is experienced in electronics, video systems design, computer graphics engineering and production of computer animation for use in the courtroom. Mr. Freed is responsible for supervising all engineering, technical and scientific aspects of Z-Axis’ internal systems and leading research and development on new presentation technologies for the courtroom.
Mr. Freed uses his engineering and scientific training to interpret technical material and form it into presentations for courtroom use in aviation cases, complex and highly technical intellectual property cases and large multi-party insurance litigation. He has been instrumental in solving technical communication challenges for trial teams that have set precedent in the courtroom and in the industry. The techniques that Mr. Freed invented to visually communicate the events leading up to the crash of Delta 191 have set the standard for courtroom communication. Most recently the forensic analysis he conducted for the World Trade Center litigation was instrumental to the trial team’s case.
Prior to joining Z-Axis, he was employed by Ampex Corporation, a major video equipment manufacturer. While at Ampex, he was a Systems Test Engineer responsible for writing test procedures and designing test equipment for the company’s latest professional videotape recorders. During his tenure at Z-Axis, Mr. Freed has created hundreds of video and animated productions for use in court.
RAYMOND HAUSCHEL - National Accounts Manager
Mr. Hauschel is Vice President of Sales and a managing partner
of Z-Axis. He has been with the company since shortly
after its inception. His in-depth understanding of this
industry is extensive and exceeded by few. He has been
instrumental in building the industry by educating litigators
on the benefits of having a solid strategic visual presentation
to clarify and create compelling arguments for judge and jury.
Mr. Hauschel has worked with law firms nationwide as well
as the Department of Justice. He has managed litigation
projects in nearly all areas of law including intellectual
property, environmental, product liability, tax and commercial,
and aviation as well as personal injury and medical malpractice.
Recently he has been instrumental in developing Z-Axis international
market. Prior to working in litigation support, he worked
with animation for industrial and commercial applications.
Mr. Hauschel’s responsibilities as head of business development includes giving frequent lectures to law firms, corporate legal departments and professional legal associations including the American Inns of Court, the American Bar Association, AIPLA Mid-Winter meeting 2004 (“What Every Lawyer Should Know on How to Conduct a trial in the Digital Decade”, Mock Trial Participant), Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association 2004 (“The Use of Visuals at Markman Hearings” with Judge Susan Ilston).
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