What Attorneys Need to Know When Using a Realtime Court Reporter
When an attorney participates in a deposition with a realtime court reporter providing instantaneous translation of the testimony, there are best practices that an attorney can use to create a better...
View ArticleLegal Assistants & Paralegals: Turning a Word doc into a Fillable PDF
Paralegals, legal secretaries and others in administrative positions in the legal field deal with many different types of documents. As a court reporter and owner of a court reporting firm, my staff...
View ArticleAttorneys Marketing: California Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WOBE)
Kramm & Associates, Inc., dba Kramm Court Reporting, has been recertified as a Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WOBE). The purpose of the certification is to assist law firms and attorneys to win...
View ArticleHow Paralegals + Legal Assistants Can Benefit from Court Reporting Technology...
Having worked with many law firms throughout my career in the court reporting industry, I have found that leveraging technology is a powerful way to save a tremendous amount of time and create...
View ArticleCourt Reporters – WARNING – Windows 10 Updates
One of the great court reporters we work with who is on StenoCat had a HORRIBLE experience setting up in court this week and sent the following alert: “New Windows update could possibly wreak havoc on...
View ArticleLaw Firms Beware – Ransomware: 9 Tips to Avoid Cyber Attack
Upon listening to a panel of cybersecurity experts, I came to the conclusion that law firms and court reporting firms are vulnerable to the most prevalent cyber attack, ransomware. Ransomware is...
View ArticleTIPS FOR TELEPHONIC DEPOSITIONS FOR ATTORNEYS & COURT REPORTERS
Everyone is looking for opportunities to save costs these days in litigation. Many attorneys are choosing to take depositions telephonically so as to not incur travel costs and to save travel time....
View ArticleRosalie Kramm Receives 2017 Santo J. Aurelio Award for Altruism
The National Court Reporters Foundation recognized long-time NCRA member Rosalie Kramm, RPR, CRR, San Diego, Calif., with the 2017 Santo J. Aurelio Award for Altruism. The award was presented to Kramm...
View ArticleATTORNEYS – 8 ADMONITIONS FOR DEPOSITIONS
As a court reporter, I have sat through thousands of depositions and heard thousands of variances on the admonitions attorneys give the witness at the beginning of a deposition. Many attorneys have a...
View Article11 TASKS THAT PARALEGALS CAN DELEGATE TO COURT REPORTING FIRM
Paralegals oftentimes are the engine that keeps a law firm running. They are incredibly efficient with time, resources, and know how to delegate important tasks that need to be done correctly in an...
View ArticleFinding Work Life Balance – Attorneys and Court Reporters
If one decides to live a better life with work life balance and Googles, “How to achieve work life balance,” one would get over 150,000 hits with advice from psychologists, life coaches, and a myriad...
View ArticleATTORNEYS – WHAT to PROVIDE the COURT REPORTER FOR HEARINGS or a TRIAL
Court reporters prepare for hearings and trials building their dictionaries with specific names and subject matter. Before getting into the courtroom, a court reporter will have created their caption...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA OFFICIAL COURT REPORTERS SHALL DELIVER PDF COURT TRANSCRIPTS
AB 1450 was approved by Governor Brown and filed with the Secretary of State on October 6, 2017. What does this mean for attorneys and judges using court transcripts? The law prior to October 2017...
View ArticleCFR United States Department of Labor OSHA Deposition Guidelines
Reading through the Code of Federal Regulations, OSHA guidelines regarding depositions, there are many differences from Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30 when it comes to the court reporter and...
View ArticleHow Long Do We Have to Save Important Documents?
I was reading a great article put out by Consumer Reports on how long and why certain documents need to be kept and thought it would be beneficial to court reporters, attorneys, all legal...
View ArticleCourt Reporters’ Legal Obligations – California Code of Regulation
Below is the language that court reporters are to adhere to in California. I have summarized Items 1 through 8 to simplify the regulation for court reporters and attorneys. Summary: Court reporters are...
View ArticleCourt Reporters – Legal Videographers: How to Change Time in Windows 10 for...
Court reporters working with legal videographers need to sync time before every deposition so that they can provide a transcript with timestamps that match the time on the video that is created by the...
View Article5 Tips for Building Mental Stamina (Attorneys, Paralegals, Court Reporters)
Great attorneys, court reporters, videographers, and paralegals all perform in their jobs at the highest level and can get far on their raw ability, but as Robert E. Corb, Ph.D, the Director of Sports...
View ArticleFederal Rule 30 – Deposition by Written Questions – Best Practices
Upon occasion attorneys will provide the deposition officer (court reporter) a set of written questions that a deponent is to answer pursuant to Federal Rule 30. Court reporters around the country...
View Article7 Tips for Achieving Your Goals – Attorneys, Paralegals, Court Reporters
I have found reading different experts’ opinions on how to achieve goals to be extremely helpful in not only my writing steno as a court reporter, but in running my business. The San Diego Union...
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