American Guild of Court Videographers
Member’s Code Of Ethics
IThe AGCV certified legal videographer (hereinafter referred to as “member”) is, in fact,
acting as an officer of the court when taking testimony under oath (depositions) and
shall conduct themselves in a professional, honest, fair and unbiased manner.
II
Member shall act an impartial witness when taking testimony under oath and not profit
or gain from any deposition video apart from the fee agreed upon with their client
to produce it or to produce authorized duplications of it.
III
Member shall not produce a legal video document that the member believes
is false, deceptive or fraudulent.
IV
Member shall adhere to the court approved rules of law regarding the video recording
of testimony under oath over the dictates or expectations of any person or entity.
V
Member shall act as a disinterested third party and not provide unauthorized advice
or services during or after the video recording of a deposition.
VI
Member shall provide a certificate of authenticity with every original video recorded
which was taken during a deposition.
VII
Member will maintain a file of every deposition taken for a minimum of 5 years
or when authorized in writing to destroy same by the client.
VIII
Member shall respect the privacy of each party to a suit and not divulge or use
personal or proprietary information disclosed during the execution of a
deposition video recording to any other party.
IX
Member will record each deponent without deliberately or inadvertently producing
any negative or positive bias of the deponent.
X
Member will keep current on all laws, rules, statutes, practices and requirements
of video recording testimony under oath.
