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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...

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...

Everyone in the legal industry is talking about using software and eDiscovery technology to bring the business of law into the 21st century – whether at discovery, at trial or mediation/arbitration.  The Ontario Bar Association is lobbying hard for efiling to become a reality in courts across the province.  The Superior Court has many of its judges speaking at conferences about getting rid of paper for exhibits at trial.  I think we’ve all commented around the table how archaic...

Captioning for the hearing loss community is delivered in many formats, including streaming via the internet (remote captioning), onsite captioning (at meetings, events, etc.) and broadcast captioning (television).  But what about all those old movies, videos and visual recordings that happened way before captioning was even a thing? Post Production Captioning provided after-the-fact is a service that meets the need for providing communication access on any type of digital media.  A...

Neesons Captioning Toronto What is Captioning/CART? Captioning or CART (Computer-Aided Realtime Translation) is taking the spoken word and reproducing it in text format.  In addition to the spoken word, other auditory sounds may also be communicated; for example, laughter, the sound of a phone ringing, a door slamming, etc.  These sounds often provide context for what is written.  Captioning is a term that was broadly used back in the 1990s and early 2000s.  However, since that time, in our...

Neesons:  Seeking feedback crucial part of making good business decisions By AdvocateDaily Asking for constructive advice can be difficult, as can opening yourself up to criticism — but if you shy away from feedback, you’re only cheating yourself, Neesons president and Toronto court reporter Kim Neeson tells The Lawyers Weekly. “Sometimes we’re afraid to hear it. We like the way we’re doing things, or we’re afraid of what is coming next, but if we don’t seek out that feedback...

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...

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...