Kentuckiana Court Reporters is proud to serve all of Kentucky and the surrounding region but this post is going to focus on why we believe that we are the best option for Louisville court reporters. As a consumer, you have a lot of choices and it is sometimes difficult to understand the many distinctions that […]
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How Do You Want That Cooked? Choosing Deposition Formats That Are Right For You.
At the end of every deposition our court reporters ask the attorneys whether they want to order a copy of the transcript and, if so, what type of deposition format they want delivered. Many attorneys do not like to be annoyed with these questions because they are focused on the substance of the deposition (we […]
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Transcription of Court Video
Kentucky’s courtrooms have been video-only since 1977. This means that there is no transcript readily available for trials, hearings, grand jury testimony or any other proceeding that takes place in a Kentucky courtroom. While this is not always a problem, the reality is that there are some cases in which it is not practical to […]
Collaborative Court Reporting
This blog post is going to break a couple of rules. As court reporters, we are generally taught to never publicly discuss our rates or prices. There seems to be a concern that marketing our rates will start a “race to the bottom” and unleash market forces that court reporters would not enjoy. In our […]
Incorporate court reporting innovations into your practice.
Is Your Court Reporter A Rockefeller Or An Edison? If you are reading this article from your computer, smart phone, or tablet, please keep in mind that the technology you hold in your hands was almost branded as “too dangerous” to be used. In the late 1800s, Thomas Edison and Andrew Carnegie were the pioneers […]
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The Future is Bright for Court Reporters
Over the past two years I have noticed an increasingly dour and glum tone in many court reporting circles. It seems like there are a few outspoken members of the court reporting community who are solely focused on the perceived problems in the industry instead of what is going well. For example, I have read […]
Senator Stumps Stenographers
Yesterday, Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine arrived on the Senate floor to deliver a speech about immigration reform. Interestingly, he elected to give the entire speech in Spanish rather than English. Much of the mainstream media has been left guessing as to the content of the speech because no interpreter was available. Many news outlets […]
Innovations in Court Reporting
If you are reading this article from your computer, smart phone, or tablet, please keep in mind that the technology you hold in your hands was almost branded as “too dangerous” to be used. In the late 1800s, Thomas Edison and Andrew Carnegie were the pioneers in wiring the first homes in America with electricity, […]
When Your Court Reporter Will Go Off the Record
There must be something about the weather warming up because we have noticed that many depositions have become a bit more “contentious” lately. On several occasions, in just the last month, our court reporters have been told to “go off the record” or to “terminate the deposition” due to disagreements between counsel about the scope […]
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Pictures Of Deponents
The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the very first time. – – Friedrich Nietzsche In 2008, our Louisville court reporters began to make a photograph of all deponents a standard part of our deposition transcripts. Our reason for doing so was to assist lawyers in recalling […]