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Rosalie Kramm and Kimberley Neeson, experts in court reporting, to share valuable insights on running a court reporting business. April 9, 2019 – Livingston, New Jersey – Veritext Legal Solutions, the leader in deposition and litigation support solutions today announces Rosalie Kramm and Kimberley Neeson, lead court reporters for the company, will be presenting at STARtech 19 taking place April 12-14, 2019 at Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Nashville. The session is titled,...

Neesons brings answers to questions about implementing technology in every day situations. The presentation, given by our President, Kim Neeson, was “problem” and “solution” styled.  Below are a few highlights from the talk. Problem:  I’m reluctant to learn a new program! Solution:  Electronic documents can easily be shared at discovery, trial or arbitration using a simple screen solution.  All that’s required is your laptop, the...

Neesons congratulates winner Peter Griffin as 2017’s award recipient On Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017, our friend and client, Peter Griffin, will receive the Ontario Bar Association’s Award of Excellence in Civil Litigation.  Neesons is a proud sponsor of the gala celebrating Peter’s accomplishments, to be held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Toronto. We’ve had the pleasure of working with Peter over these many years, both in discovery and in trial.  While...

Since 2003, Neesons has been reporting the awarding of the G. Arthur Martin at the Criminal Lawyers’ Association annual fall conference. It Started with the 2003 Winner The Honourable Fred Kaufman In about 2000, I was contacted to provide court reporting services to the Honourable Fred Kaufman, to provide court reporting and transcripts of interviews he and Mark Sandler were conducting with regard to the conviction of Stephen Truscott in 1959.  We all spent a lot of time...

Neesons sponsors the Women in Litigation Conference, 2017 One of our favourite events to be involved with is when over 250 women meet to learn, network and create a powerful force; and this year was no different.  Highlights from the conference for us include meeting and speaking with women from all walks of litigation law, whether in-house, local or out of town, big firm or small, or sole practitioner.  The conference brings women together with strong, information-intensive panels and...

Neesons continues its sponsorship this year at the 2017 Advocates’ Society End of Term Dinner, to be held Thursday, June 15th, 2017 at the Convention Centre in downtown Toronto. The annual event is the largest gathering of its kind, attracting hundreds of litigation counsel, judges and industry sponsors.  “The black tie event is one of my favourite events that Neesons sponsors,” said Kim Neeson, president.  “It’s wonderful to see everyone all dressed...

Neesons Sponsors Advocates’ Society Medal Event Neesons Court Reporting couldn’t be happier to support the Advocates’ Society Medal awards ceremony this year, particularly when our good friend and client Stephen Grant is the well-deserving recipient!  We’ve had the pleasure of working with Stephen in many aspects of our court reporting services, including mediations, discoveries and arbitrations.   As well, Stephen often takes advantage of our realtime and rough draft...

This article recently appeared in AdvocateDaily. Pro Bono Realtime Captioning In Action Toronto court reporter Kim Neeson and her team will provide realtime captioning/CART (Computer-Aided Realtime Translation) services at the upcoming Roundtable of Diversity Associations (RODA) 2nd annual Diversity Conference, in partnership with the Ontario Bar Association (OBA). The Nov. 29 event aims to harness the ideas, energy and experience of talented lawyers who are committed to helping diverse...

This article recently appeared in Advocate Daily. With Realtime, e-Documents and iPads, Paperless Trials Made Easy It was standing room only at the 2016 Technology in Practice conference as Neesons Court Reporting president Kim Neeson spoke about the paperless trial and the best ways to make one a success, including best practices for e-documents and realtime transcription. Joined by Chantelle Spagnola and Tanya Barbiero of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Neeson pulled back the curtain...

Creating Accurate Transcripts Undertaking. Advisement. Refusal. These are three oh-so-simple words that lawyers expect to see plainly laid out in their discovery or cross-examination transcripts. But when counsel don’t make it obvious, omissions or mistakes can easily be made.  Creating accurate transcripts is more than just words on the page. So let’s look at a few things that can confuse the matter. Example 1: There are back-and-forth exchanges over numerous pages of transcript where...