By Michelle Gudex My best advice to improve your realtime is to sign up for certification tests and practice as hard as you can to…
Posts published in April 2015
Currently resides in: Medford, Wis. Position: Official court reporter Member since: 1989 Graduated from: Rasmussen Business College Theory: Stenograph Why did you decide to become…
Abbreviations can be fun A. It’s more of just a feel issue. I know it sounds unscientific to say that, but that’s kind of what…
By Jason Meadors The call Through Denise Phipps and her company, Captions Unlimited, I received an assignment to provide realtime display, or CART services, to…
By Keith Lemons The debate about realtime being the future of our profession is past. It is the now of our profession. Whether one actually…
By David Ward You can certainly still make a good and interesting living as a court reporter with basic professional reporter certification and skills. But…
Even if you have been a member of NCRA for a long time, it is possible that our paths may not have crossed. My name…
As your president, I receive hundreds of emails every week and many of them are positive and optimistic. But not long ago, I received an…
By Tawny Labrum Technology. It surrounds us. It empowers us. It makes us more efficient. Think about it: What’s one of the first things you…
NCRA members, state associations, and court reporting schools across the nation stepped up their game to support the third National Court Reporting & Captioning Week…
I’ve been reporting over 43 years, and three developments in the reporting profession have profoundly changed the way I perform my work: Computer-aided transcription, the…
Leonard W. Ehlers, a retired official court reporter of the 36th Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri, passed away on March 27 in Columbia,…
Wesley Vincent Gales, 84, of Sturgeon Bay, passed away on April 19 with family at his side. He was born August 26, 1930, in Milwaukee,…
Taylor Reese, at the age of 92, passed away peacefully on March 27. Taylor was born and raised on a farm in Eastern North Carolina.…
Richard “Dick” Schmidt passed away on April 10, losing a short and courageous battle with cancer. Dick was an official court reporter for Winnebago County…
William “Bill” Shimeta, FAPR, died April 7 at the age of 91. A retired member of NCRA, Shimeta was a court reporter for 58, serving…
Each year, hundreds of law professionals celebrate Law Day on May 1, and this year is no exception. With the theme Magna Carta, Icon of…
Jackie Patterson, a criminal defense lawyer in Georgia, lost his motion for a free copy of a digital transcript when Clayton County State Court Judge…
NCRA members will have the opportunity to vote on seven amendments to the Constitution & Bylaws during the Annual Business Meeting on July 30. The…
NCRA’s Constitution & Bylaws permit members to cast their votes in contested elections and on bylaws amendments via secure, online means, even if they can’t…