Rod Ponton in the Media

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Rod Ponton in the News

The Cat Lawyer Figured Out His Zoom Settings – New York Times

Rod Ponton: From “Zoom Cat Lawyer” Fame to Renewed Focus on Legal and Community Development – Big Bend Times

Meet the ‘Cattorney’: Rod Ponton Can Now Laugh at His Internet-Famous Blooper – Law.com

‘I’m Not a Cat,’ Says Lawyer Having Zoom Difficulties – New York Times

Lawyer accidentally uses cat filter in virtual court: ‘I’m here live, I’m not a cat’ – Washington Post

Next time you’re having Zoom issues, consider this poor ‘cat lawyer’ who went viral – LA Times

In 2021, we were all Zoom cat lawyer – Reuters

Rod Ponton on YouTube

Rod Ponton – Guardian News (20 Million Views)

“I’m here live. I’m not a cat.” Rod Ponton

Today Show (2.1 Million Views)

“I got as big of a laugh out of it as everyone else.” Rod Ponton

Rod Ponton in Movies, Podcasts, and Documentaries

Presidio Sheriff / Witnessed Borderlands (2021) – In this true crime podcast about the drug-smuggling Presidio County Sheriff Rick Thompson, Rod Ponton tells about how he was hired by Robert Chambers for a weapons charge and suddenly found himself defending a man busted, along with Thompdson, with a ton of cocaine.

Badlands, Texas (2015) – Rod Ponton is the District Attorney for Brewster County in this documentary series, prosecuting a murder case in the remote Terlingua, Texas area. Tin Valley Retro Rentals proprietor Ronda Haberer and Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson are also featured prominently in the docuseries.

Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) – Prior to his careers as a river guide on the Rio Grande River and an attorney across a wide range of specialties from business law to criminal defense, Rod Ponton was a Radio, Television, and Film graduate from UT Austin set on making movies for a living. Texas Chain Saw Massacre is the most famous movie Rod played a role in creating.