Martin Gruen
Martin Gruen is the Deputy Director of the Center for Legal and Court Technology and Courtroom 21, housed in the McGlothlin Courtroom, the world’s most technologically advanced courtroom, is a joint project of the William and Mary School of Law and the National Center for State Courts. Since the Project’s conception, Mr. Gruen has directed, installed and designed the technology systems within the courtroom.
He brings thirty years’ experience providing court technology systems to the legal community. Initially concentrating in the areas of sound re-enforcement and audio recording, Mr. Gruen has now emerged as a national expert in court related high technology legal uses. As President and the founder of Applied Legal Technologies, Mr. Gruen designed many of the nation’s leading state-of-the-art court technology installations and has served as a consultant to several of the nation’s major legal technology manufacturers.
Having helped give birth to the Courtroom 21 Project, Mr. Gruen has been in general charge of the courtroom's ongoing technological growth and development. According to Professor Fred Lederer, Chancellor Professor of Law and Director of the Courtroom 21 Project, "Martin Gruen is a truly extraordinary courtroom designer and technologist. We would not have the Courtroom 21 Project without him and his creative work."