Kent Bell
Creative Director & CEO
kent@visfx.com
Kent Bell is a multi-disciplined artist, designer and illustrator whose career began with a formal art education at Indiana University's Hope School of Fine Arts. Turning complex and difficult to grasp issues into the clear and obvious is his forte. After his sister Val introduced him to the litigation world in the late 1990's, Kent quickly established himself as a war room specialist.
Val Bell
Vice President, Litigation Services
val@visfx.com
Valerie Bell is one of the most accomplished trial support managers in the country. Her career began with a degree in Mass Communication and Television Production from Indiana University. Val’s knowledge of trial procedure, graphics production and presentation technology is unmatched, and she has pioneered numerous time-saving and error-prevention techniques that have become standard practice for any well-trained war room staff.
Diana Yakerson
Art Director, Trial Services
diana@visfx.com
Diana is a product designer and graphic artist with a business management degree from California State University Northridge. She brings years of experience working anime, gaming and entertainment industry trade shows, where long hours combined with high production value bring industry leaders and prospective clients together.
Rob Funderburk
Art Director, Visualizations
rob@visfx.com
Rob brings two decades of strategic visual communication and creative management experience, including international publishing, educational products, and corporate identity. He also maintains a fine art studio practice and is a respected mentor to emerging media talent.
Marybeth Ermish
Production Manager
marybeth@visfx.com
Marybeth's career is a balance between business, art, and science. She is a skilled business administrator with experience managing communications, bookkeeping, and customer relations across multiple industries. This work is perfectly complimented by her creative skillset in graphic design and studio art, as both an artist and teacher.
Holly Thomson
Production Coordinator
holly@visfx.com
Holly is an entrepreneurial businesswoman, having left the field of healthcare and research to pursue ventures focusing on studio art, instruction, and management. In her spare time, she volunteers in her local community, sharing her passion for biodynamic landscapes and the ocean. She completed her education at the University of California, San Diego focusing on Biology and Psychology.
OUR COMMITMENT TO ETHICAL PRACTICES
The VISFX C.R.E.D.O.S.
VISFX ARTISTS ARE CAPABLE
VISFX Artists shall use training, continuing education, work experience, collaboration, and creativity to serve our clients with ever higher competency and relevancy.
VISFX ARTISTS ARE RESPONSIBLE
VISFX Artists shall perform assignments promptly, efficiently, and as completely as possible.
VISFX ARTISTS ARE ETHICAL
VISFX Artists shall not engage in misrepresentation, violence, interference with the administration of justice, or abuse of a position or office. If a VISFX Artist gains knowledge of future criminal activity by a client or involving a client in any way, that knowledge shall be promptly reported to the appropriate authority.
VISFX ARTISTS ARE DISCREET
VISFX Artists shall protect as privileged all communications and confidential information acquired before, during, or after the course of our work. “Confidential information” includes any information relating to our professional practice — regardless of its source — that is not public knowledge nor publicly available.
VISFX ARTISTS ARE OBLIGED
To avoid even the slightest appearance of a conflict of interest, VISFX Artists shall promptly disclose any past, present, or potential relationships – personal, financial, or professional – between the artist and any party, attorney, firm, staff member, vendor, contractor, and/or competitor who has worked on a VISFX matter, even when working on the same side of the same case.
VISFX ARTISTS ARE STEADFAST
VISFX Artists shall report time and expenses accurately and completely.
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