Daryl Duplessie has been a court reporter in New Orleans for the last 43 years. She has been at the court reporter’s table for just about every kind of case imaginable and has seen more than her fair share of …
Court reporters are sometimes overlooked in the overall scheme of the average court proceeding, but they are by far one of the most important elements of those proceedings. As the “silent guardian of the record,” they play a critical role …
The Canvassing Board members of Palm Coast, Flagler County, Florida were recently holing a meeting to discuss various issues of local concern. However, when the members arrived for the meeting they discovered that Elections Supervisor, Kimberle Weeks, had hired a …
During the summer of 2014, lawmakers throughout the state of North Carolina were forced to make more than $3 million in cuts from the court system budget. Over the last five years nearly $134 million in cuts have been made …
The 2014 Court Reporting Championship took place recently In San Francisco, California where nearly 40 of the country’s most skilled and experienced stenographers competed for the coveted industry crown. One of the competitors, Mark Kislingbury, has been a staple of …
LiquidSpace, the foremost internet marketplace for locating and reserving flex office and meeting space, has become the go-to resource for court reporters who need to reserve rooms in order to carry out legal deposition work. LiquidSpace is sponsored by the …
Court reporters in the state of Georgia are up in arms over new regulations that judges are considering, one of which would require a national credential for real-time reporters who have been newly certified, and which could take effect as …
Most people who become court reporters take a great deal of pride in their profession, considering it a respectable career that allows them to earn a living and feed their families. Once in a while, however, there are individuals who …
Recently there have been a number of cases in which court reporters have either mistakenly lost the files related to a particular court case, causing the case to have to be retried, or purposefully made inaccurate court reports, also resulting …
Recently several stories relating to court reporters making various mistakes have been in the news. In one case a man, working in the Manhattan courts, typed “gibberish” instead of accurately recording court proceedings. That situation resulted in up to 40 …