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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 was the firm of choice to provide realtime, rough draft and certified transcripts in the Robinson-Huron and Robinson-Superior Annuities trial held over the last several months in Northern Ontario.  The case is a first of its kind, involving the interpretation of the annuity clause in treaties dating back to 1850. Testimony included that of Elders, community leaders and experts.  When Neesons was approached about the purchase of a copy of over 15,000 pages of transcript by...

Court Reporting is a tough job, particularly on our bodies.  But with these self-care options, captioners and court reporters might just feel better at the end of a long day.  Kim Neeson (she of the very long neck and torso!) shares her experience. Exercise First For years, exercise with weights (and a trainer from time to time) helped me stave off my neck problems for long periods of time.  By getting stronger physically, I was able to carry myself better during the day...

As a working realtime court reporter and owner of Neesons, I’ve experienced stress in its many forms over the years.  When I started court reporting, lawyers and judges spoke more for the record; breaks were longer; the rush just wasn’t the same.  Today, the pace at which lawyers speak, the expedited transcript delivery, and the amount of time court reporters are sitting either at their shorthand machines or laptop computers has increased significantly.  And they said...

Realtime captioning, or CART, is the best form of communication access for those with a hearing loss.  Performed by a highly skilled machine shorthand court reporter, who has further training in the captioning arena, realtime captioning provides an almost verbatim, instantaneous record of what is being said in a myriad of places:  courtrooms, classrooms, training sessions, conferences…wherever someone in attendance has a hearing loss, CART can be provided, both onsite or...

Is Shorthand Reporting Really Needed Anymore? People are always fascinated by that little shorthand machine.  They’ve seen it on TV and in movies.  It looks kind of funky.  People always want to know how it works, and once it is explained they almost invariably say, “Wouldn’t voice recognition be better?” or “Isn’t that system so old-fashioned?”  Sometimes I’ve had witnesses and lawyers ask, “Is that voice recognition you’re doing there?” even though that little machine...

Now that the court reporter has been replaced by a monitor taking basic notes in the courtroom, counsel must be even more vigilant about the record if they want to ensure a good appeal transcript or one that can be used in cross-examination.  Read more here.

  The stakes were high and the court reporting team of Neesons and Wilcox & Fetzer (Delaware) came together in a way that no digital audio recording system could ever do.  AdvocateDaily explores the challenges.  Read here.

  While those of us who provide shorthand court reporting services in Ontario often feel undervalued and our livelihood threatened at every turn, it was refreshing and energizing to attend this year’s conference in San Francisco, California, over the first few days in August. To be among over 1,100 attendees is in itself a wonderful reminder of what our profession has given, and continues to give: friendship, networking, learning, laughter and more than a few “ah-ha” moments....