We Understand Law Firms

With more than 40 years of combined legal industry experience, we understand law firms’ need to produce high-quality video content that is engaging, informative and intentional in advancing strategic goals.

By artfully combining our video production, copywriting, animation and editing services, we have the knowledge and skillset needed to tell your story and drive your success.

40 years of combined legal marketing and video production experience

Experience in all types of production, from corporate and website videos to TV commercials and indie films

Nationwide Team
of affiliated film crew, editors and animators

Meet the Team

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Rob Kates, Executive Producer

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Leslie Valenza, Content Director

Leslie Valenza is a content and communications professional with 20 years of legal marketing experience. As content director at Kates Media, Leslie develops strategic messaging and creative concepts to produce client videos that are impactful and purposeful.

Through her content consultancy, Leslie also advises law firms on content strategy and writes a range of marketing materials, including practice descriptions, attorney bios, award submissions, articles, brochure copy, and video scripts.

During her nearly decade-long stint at an Am Law 100 firm, Leslie collaborated with firm leaders to elevate the firm’s brand in key markets and industries. As manager of media relations, she secured nationwide media coverage, coached thought leaders on interview tactics and messaging, wrote winning award submissions, produced videos, and advised on social media strategy. Her agency experience includes years at a Washington, D.C.-based crisis communications firm, where she managed national media campaigns involving the 9/11 Commission Report, a high-profile missing person case, a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against a New York Times bestselling author, and a range of Am Law 200 law firms.

Leslie is past editor of the Legal Marketing Association’s Mid-Atlantic Region newsletter. She is proud to have served the American Cancer Society, Raise A Child, and the Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival, for which she led the organization’s first East Coast event in Richmond, Virginia.

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