Court Reporters And Captioners Are In Demand
Becoming a court reporter is a sure-fire path to a good job, experts say.
CourtScribes Offers The Best In Digital Court Reporting
If you’re looking for the best way to create a record of court proceedings, you need the best court reporting system, so CourtScribes is where you should turn. Digital court reporting is a relative newcomer to the field of court reporting, per CourtReporter.edu. But this subspecialty of court reporting has made its way into a […]
Legal Professional Sues Amazon Over Exempt Status
A former paralegal at Amazon.com Inc. is suing the company, alleging that the online retail giant misclassified paralegals as exempt employees, The Puget Sound Business Journal reported. Paralegals and court reporters are both crucial to the legal process. The lawsuit alleges that Amazon wrongfully misclassified paralegals as exempt employees, meaning that they were not subject to state […]
Houston Man Holds Guinness World Record As Fastest Court Reporter
Who’s the fastest court reporter in the world? According to Guinness World Records, it’s Mark Kislingbury, who can type 360 words per minute on his stenomachine. Kislingbury set the record in 2004, securing his place in the Guinness World Record book as well as his place in history. But Houston, Texas native Kislingbury is not happy to […]
NCRA Adds Three New Corporate Partners
The National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) announced that three major industry leaders serving or representing the court reporting and captioning professions have signed on to the Association’s corporate partnership program,.
South Carolina Is Feeling The Pinch Of Court Reporter Shortage
The shortage of court reporters is being felt in Horry County, South Carolina, and Bobbi Fisher of Myrtle Beach, who works as a court reporter in Horry County’s Family Court, says she’s afraid that when her generation leaves the courtroom there won’t be anyone to replace them. Ginny Jones, spokesperson for the S.C. Judicial Department, […]
San Diego Asks For Funding For More Court Reporters
The Judicial Council in San Diego has added an amendment to its budget asking for funding for court reporters when poor people qualify for fee waivers under the recent Supreme Court ruling. The funding will cover a verbatim record obtained through court reporting, electronic recording or some other means. The high court’s ruling in Jameson […]