Bio
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 (https://www.voxvera.com). 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 UC 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 world-renowned voice, presence, and Shakespeare coach Patsy Rodenburg.
In addition to his consulting business and work at Stanford Law School, Paul develops and frequently teaches classes at Berkeley Law and The University of Chicago Law School on communication skills, presence, and public speaking.