Managing Depositions in the Digital World

Peter Hare is the Director of Product Marketing at Esquire Deposition Solutions. Peter’s career has focused on the design of legal information management workflow and the development of emerging technology-supported legal support services to help law firms and in-house counsel collect and process information efficiently and securely. In his current position at Esquire, Peter is responsible for driving the development and management of Esquire’s portfolio products. Peter is a graduate of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Avi Stadler is General Counsel of Esquire Deposition Solutions, a national provider of deposition management solutions and court reporting services, based in Atlanta, which he joined in May of 2014. He also serves as the Chief of Staff for the CEO.

Prior to joining Esquire, from 2010-14, Avi was counsel in the litigation department of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan where he represented the financial industry in federal and state court, arbitrations, investigations and regulatory actions brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the state of Georgia and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. He also litigated cases involving business disputes, professional liability, intellectual property, employment discrimination, and white collar crimes. From 2006 to 2008, he was a partner at the firm and from 2002-06 an associate.

In between tours of duty at Sutherland, he was the director of professional development at McKenna Long & Aldridge where he was responsible for firm-wide training initiatives and talent management and acted as chair of the firm’s associate compensation committee as well as counseled attorneys on their career development and goals.

A former adjunct professor at Georgia Tech, Stadler served as a law clerk for the Honorable Julie E. Carnes of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He is currently on the board of directors for the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation. Avi graduated as the First Honor Graduate from Emory University School of Law and was the Executive Notes and Comments Editor of the Emory Law Journal.

Avi is a cum laude graduate of Duke University with a degree in public policy studies.