Currently resides in: Wheaton, Ill. Position: Firm owner, Bridges Court Reporting Chicago, Ill. Member since: 1982 Graduated from: Triton College Theory: StenEd Why did you…
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By Paulette Cox The cafegymatorium at School 4 in Winslow Township, N.J., came alive on May 21 — no, not for gym or lunch, but…
Ginger Brooks, RPR, CRR, a freelancer and agency owner based in Jackson, Miss., signed up for NCRA’s Realtime Systems Administrator Program and earned her certificate…
While most respondents picked their smartphone as their favorite tech gadget in response to the May 13 Question of the Week, several members shared some…
NCRA Vice President Tiva Wood, RDR, CMRS, from Mechanicsburg, Pa., brought her expertise in courtroom management and CART in a legal setting to a panel…
NCRA members Robin Nodland, RDR, CRR, a court reporter from Portland, Ore., and Rene L. Twedt, RDR, CRR, an official court reporter from Detroit, Mich.,…
NCRA has announced the 2015 class of Fellows of the Academy of Professional Reporters. The recipients will be recognized during an Awards Luncheon at the…
The National Court Reporters Foundation has announced that Kendra Steppler, a student from Sumner College in Portland Ore., is the recipient of the $2,000 2015…
An article posted May 18 on Syracuse.com offers the story behind the interview of 91-year-old WWII veteran Donald Frida. Frida, a U.S. Army veteran who…
Last week, a representative from Good Karma Brands, a sports marketing firm based in Milwaukee, Wis., contacted the National Court Reporters Foundation with a last-minute…
Madison.com reported on May 2 that Larry M. Ewing, age 76, a court stenographer for the state of Wisconsin, passed away on April 18. Ewing,…
Attorney Karen Koehler, in her blog The Velvet Hammer, provides a few tips on how lawyers should treat court reporters. Read more.
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…
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…
Bernardsville News, Morristown, N.J., reported on April 24 that court reporter Anna Maria Racioppi, co-owner of Sentry Court Reporting & Litigation Services, Cedar Knolls, N.J.,…