Founder & CEO

Paul Marchegiani

FOUNDER & CEO

Paul Marchegiani (“mar-keh-JAH-nee”) is a Los Angeles-based performance coach, former entertainment lawyer and BigLaw litigator, 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, casting directors, and producers. Paul began his legal career as a litigator at Orrick and Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco after receiving his J.D. from U.C. Berkeley and a B.A. (History) and B.Mus. (Voice & Opera) from Northwestern University.

Paul is an experienced stage performer with credits ranging from classical (LA Opera, SF Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Chorus) to jazz, theatre (Ensemble Shakespeare Company), and improvisation (Groundlings, UCB, Impro Theatre, Second City, Studio ACT). Paul has studied acting at Northwestern, Juilliard’s Summer Drama Intensive, and Studio ACT, and is the only U.S. lawyer and senior business executive to hold a P.R.A. teaching certification from the Royal Shakespeare Company's Emeritus Director of Voice, Patsy Rodenburg. 

In addition to his consulting, coaching, and entertainment industry work, Paul is a PLI faculty member, frequently speaks at conferences and organizations nationwide, and develops and teaches popular and highly-rated courses on communication skills and public speaking at top law schools, including Stanford Law School, Berkeley Law, and the University of Chicago Law School.

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Selected Recent Speaking Engagements:

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• Practising Law Institute (PLI) — 2026

• DRI Law Firm Leaders & Managing Partners Conference — 2026

• Association for Talent Development (ATD) International Conference & EXPO — 2026

• Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) — 2025–2026

• Magna Publications — The Teaching Professor Conference — 2026

• Institute for Law Teaching and Learning (ILTL) — 2026

• CalCPA Forensic Accounting Conference — 2026

• Association of American Law Schools (AALS) — 2025

• National Association for Law Placement (NALP) Professional Development Institute — 2025

• Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL) Young Lawyers Division — 2025

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Through Vox Vera, Paul also frequently delivers private programs for Am Law firms, bar associations, law schools, and other organizations nationwide.

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Publications:

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ALM/Law.com (2025)

ABA Syllabus (2025)

The Daily Journal (2024)

The NALP Bulletin (2024)

Affiliations:

• State Bar of California (#230635)

• Patsy Rodenburg Associate (PRA)

• Television Academy (Emmys)

• American Society of Trial Consultants (ASTC)

• American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC)

• American Bar Association (ABA)

• Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA)

• Applied Improvisation Network (AIN)

• Modern Language Association (MLA)

• PD Providers Network

• Practising Law Institute Faculty (PLI)

• Professional Development Consortium (PDC)

• National Association for Law Placement (NALP)