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Neesons has had a busy year so far, from an acquisition by Veritext Legal Solutions, to hosting a Fireside Chat, to sponsoring a myriad of social gatherings in the litigation community. Never a dull moment The first excitement of 2019 was the acquisition of Neesons at the end of February, 2019 by the world’s largest court reporting and legal solutions company, Veritext, through its newly formed Canadian arm, VT Canada Litigation Solutions. By joining forces Neesons – always a...

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...

Court Reporter and Firm Owner Kim Neeson Honoured by NCRA Kim Neeson, founder and president of Neesons Court Reporting, will be named a Fellow of the Academy of Reporting Professionals (NCRA) on August 6th in Chicago, the NCRA has announced. “It is quite an honour to be recognized by your peers in this way through an international organization,” Neeson tells AdvocateDaily.com She is one of six to receive the honour this year at the NCRA convention. A Fellow of the Academy of...

Social Media for Court Reporters Independent freelance court reporters can use social media to put themselves in front of firm owners in their area.  While this isn’t the same as traditional advertising, social media is a free way to make yourself known in your industry.  Here are some tips to building your own personal “brand” and getting positive attention of potential employers. √             Create a professional LinkedIn page Within this page, include a...

Exhibit Bridge Non-Cloud Document    Management Tool   Neesons is pleased to announce the newest member to its document and exhibit presentation software – Exhibit Bridge non-cloud document and exhibit management software.  So whether you need your documents in the cloud or no, we’ve got you covered.  We’re hosting some Exhibit Bridge experiential events June 7th and 9th at our offices – if you’re interested, please join us!  We’ve got spots...

Attending seminars for anyone, including court reporting firm owners, can seem like a chore – after you’ve done a few, a “been there, done that” mentality can easily take hold.  But if you listen with an open mind every time you attend an event, you will find a kernel of information that’s as good as finding gold. Recently I was chair of a conference of court reporting firm owners who, quite rightly, have a high degree of expectation when it comes to their conference.  They not...

What a unique day (February 29th) to announce that Neesons’ new home in early 2017 will be 77 King Street West, Suite 2020 in the TD Centre.  While our head office will remain at 141 Adelaide Street West on the 11th floor until early 2017, we also have use of 77 King in suite 2020 currently.  So if you don’t want to venture out in the fresh air (and you know you probably should!) and visit us at York and Adelaide, stroll down The PATH and take advantage of the TD Centre location....

Neesons Court Reporting technology enables lawyers, witnesses and others involved in legal proceedings to come together via videoconferencing from different geographic locations to streamline the process and decrease litigation costs.     Kim Neeson speaks to Advocate Daily about the latest advances to this technology.  Click here to read more.      

Captioning = Access Neesons Court Reporting provides voice-to-text translation called captioning in all types of legal settings to the hearing loss community to ensure they are able to participate in the process, says Kim Neeson, company founder and president.  “It’s an access to justice issue,” she tells AdvocateDaily.com.  “Some people think, ‘Oh they can’t hear, they need sign language.’ But that’s like saying, ‘You don’t understand English, so speak...

Neesons Court Reporting provides voice-to-text translation called captioning in all types of legal settings to the hearing loss community to ensure they are able to participate in the process, says Kim Neeson, company founder and president. “It’s an access to justice issue,” she tells AdvocateDaily.com. To read more, click here.