Our Team
The Opus 2 team has been drawn from the most experienced reporting and management staff in the industry. Our founder, Graham Smith-Bernal, is acknowledged as the father of realtime reporting in the UK, and the team offers not far short of a hundred years’ collective experience.
Graham Smith-Bernal
grahamsmithbernal@opus2international.com+44 (0)20 3008 5902
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Graham trained as a court reporter and quickly realised that lawyers needed highly accurate realtime transcription and an easy means by which to mark, annotate and digest it. He set up his own court reporting company to provide the transcript and created the LiveNote program to allow annotations in realtime. His company (Smith Bernal) went on to become the world's largest international court reporting company and LiveNote is the most widely used transcript management program.
Douglas McQuaid
douglasmcquaid@opus2international.com+44 (0)20 3008 5908
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Douglas has worked in the legal technology industry for some 20 years, specifically in courtrooms for the last decade. When with Smith Bernal he set up and managed complex installations such as the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, the Hutton Inquiry, the UN War Crimes trials and many criminal and civil trials. For the past two years he has been Regional Director in the UK for FTR.
Steve Fleming
stevefleming@opus2international.com+44 (0)20 3008 5901
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Steve Fleming comes to us from the WPP Group, where he managed their head office IT communications services. Prior to that, he provided LiveNote user and reporter support in the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore for four years. He also implemented digital recording technologies to the Old Bailey. He brings a wealth of technical knowledge and experience to the team as well as a proficiency in dealing with high-profile clients.
Clare Foley
cfoley@opus2international.comDirect: 510-734-6199
Mobile: 415-254-9938
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Clare comes to us with over 17 years’ experience in litigation services, including six years at the helm of Graham Smith-Bernal’s former US-based court reporting company, which served as the service division of LiveNote software. Putting the customer first is Clare’s unswerving philosophy, which is directly in keeping with our Opus 2 culture. Although Clare is originally from the UK, she lives in the US, where she works exclusively on International assignments assuring the needs of our clients are met. She liaises directly with our teams in all locations worldwide to ensure that the clients’ deposition experience, our end product and service level meet US standards and exceed our clients expectations.
Lisa Connor
lisaconnor@opus2international.com+44 (0)20 3008 5903
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Prior to joining Opus 2 Lisa was working for a prestigious international property agency as a senior sales negotiator, dealing with elite property and high profile clientele. Lisa has joined Opus 2 as a senior account manager and reporter liaison.
Alex Smith
asmith@opus2international.com011-44-20-3008 5906
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Alex started out at Smith Bernal International where he began his career in technical support. Two years later he moved into the health and leisure arena where he built up an extensive portfolio of clients as a personal trainer. Alex progressed quickly into Membership Sales for a five star health club and then established himself as Corporate Account Manager. Alex has now gone back to his roots and rejoins the legal service industry where he manages all of Opus 2 International's US deposition work.
Billy Kelly
bkelly@opus2international.com+44 (0)20 3008 5907
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Billy joins us from a major law firm where he spent three years supporting the IT infrastructure of their global offices. Before this he completed a degree in Internet Systems BSc and worked as a LiveNote support consultant in his placement year and beyond whilst completing his studies. Billy helps us deliver a personal technical service and has the added advantage of experiencing the court reporting process from the side of both client and provider.
Priscilla Fung
pfung@opus2international.com+44 (0)20 3008 5904
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Priscilla has worked with a range of corporations in various sectors, from regional marketing for a leading global hospitality company to working as a financial analyst for the UK's leading provider of professional rehabilitation case management to the insurance industry. Priscilla brings to the team a wealth of organisational talent and proficient client management
Many thanks to you and your team for providing a flexible service throughout the recent trial, following many extensions and room changes! We appreciated the great service you provided.
Addleshaw Goddard
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Why Livenote?
LiveNote is the award-winning reporting and litigation software, developed by Opus 2 founder Graham Smith Bernal. In 2003 LiveNote became the world's most widely used litigation software product.
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