The second Gift Basket Extravaganza sponsored by NCRA’s Government Relations Department to benefit the Association’s PAC (Political Action Committee) drew nearly double the number of…
Posts published in August 2019
The Chicago Tribune reported on Aug. 20 that Joseph Paul Dorchack, husband of NCRA’s 2019 CASE Educator of the Year Peg Sokalski-Dorchack, RPR, passed away.…
TNONLINE.com, Lehighton, Pa., posted an article on Aug. 25 about the nation’s shortage of court reporters and cited NCRA as a resource. Read more.
In a press release issued Aug. 22, Inc. magazine announced that Lexitas ranked No. 1,145 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, a ranking of the…
The Billings Gazette reported on Aug. 22 that past NCRA member Lynn T. Jones, 97, died on Aug. 19. Jones was the first stenograph (machine)…
Dwindling numbers of court reporters, fewer attorneys willing to be court-appointed attorneys, and growing caseloads for judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys are sparking a need…
On Aug. 19, JD Supra posted a blog that focuses on the ethical rules court reporters need to comply with to ensure they do not…
News10NBC, Rochester, N.Y., posted an article on Aug. 22 about the efforts by court officials across the country looking to recruit young professionals to be…
The Loveland Reporter-Herald posted a business brief on Aug. 18 announcing that Jason Meadors, a freelance court reporter who owns Meadors Court Reporting in Fort…
By Charisse Kitt The African American Court Reporters set sail this summer aboard the Carnival Sensation, leaving out of Miami, Fla., sailing to the Bahamas,…
Elise Townes, RPR, a freelancer from Rockford, Mich., posted the following in the Facebook group “Encouraging Court Reporting Students.” Why do you love court reporting?…
During the Aug. 15 NCRA Annual Business Meeting, NCRA members took up the question of increasing membership dues and voted to proceed with an increase…
Over the past several months, NCRA Interim Executive Director Dave Wenhold and NCRA Director of State Government Relations Jocelynn Moore have been spotted regularly in…
Phipps Reporting has acquired Accurate Stenotype, a 43- year-old Tallahassee-based court reporting firm. “Aligning with firms like Accurate who share our core values is part…
Angels are the heart of the National Court Reporters Foundation. With the support of these donors of $1,000 and higher, NCRF provides education, scholarships, and…
NAEGELI Deposition and Trial, based in Portland, Ore., announced in a press release issued Aug. 1 that the firm has named Richard D. Teraci as…
The NCRA Board of Directors has elected the following individuals to serve on the 2019-2020 National Court Reporters Foundation Board of Trustees: Pat Graves, FAPR,…
Jeffrey Weigl, RMR, CRR, CRC, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, won the 2019 Speed Contest, held on Aug. 14, during the NCRA 2019 Convention & Expo…
Margaret (Peg) Sokalski-Dorchack, RMR, a court reporting program director for MacCormac College in Chicago, Ill., was given the 2019 CASE Award of Excellence. The announcement…
The National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF) presented the 2019 Santo J. Aurelio Award to Mervin E. Vaughn, RPR, from Runnels, Iowa. The announcement was made…