Category Archives: Court Stenography

California report on access to justice touts importance of human court reporters, limitations of digital

The California Official Court Reporters Association  has updated its Preserving Access to Justice Task Force Report. The report is a great resource to lawyers, judges, court reporters — anyone in the legal profession. It offers  a brief overview of the importance of court reporters in the courts and lists what it calls the true costs [...]

Court reporting roundup: Portrait in Michigan courthouse, crowdsourcing for Bradley Manning reporter, alleged Illinois conflicts of interest

County honors court reporter with portrait Lots of portraits hang in lots of county courthouses across the U.S. How many of them are of court reporters? That’s the case in Corunna, Michigan where a portrait of Patricia Carmody, who spent 60 years working at the 35th Circuit Court, was honored with a portrait in April, [...]

Atlanta, Georgia’s Brown College of Court Reporting offers opportunity to learn about career choices at May 2013 open house

Steve and Scott Huseby married court reporters they met while studying at Atlanta, Georgia’s Brown College of Court Reporting. Today, Scott oversees the daily operations of  Huseby Inc., which is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with many branches in the Southeast, nationwide and globally. Steve Huseby works as vice president and is a certified court [...]

As pooling begins, Huseby can assist legal professionals affected by Riverside County, California courtroom cuts, court reporter layoffs

Pooling of court reporters begins today in Riverside County, California, a first step that will lead to layoffs in late June. The Press-Enterprise in Riverside reports Riverside County Superior Court has sent letters to court reporters that say 25 will be laid off as the court eliminates reporter services for civil, family law and probate [...]

Court reporter/stenographer ranked as 68th best job in 2013, dropping 16 places from last year on CareerCast.com’s list

Court reporting continues to drop in a list compiled by CareerCast.com of best jobs. In the site’s 2013 rankings, court reporter/stenographer was ranked as the 68th best job overall. See the entire list here. This year court reporter/stenographer dropped 16 places from last year, when it was ranked No. 52. The year before it was [...]

In midst of growth, Huseby marks its 85th year of serving legal professionals with court reporting, video depositions, transcriptions, more

You might have noticed the recent addition to Huseby’s logo: A tagline that reads, “85 Years of Tradition & Excellence.” And yes, Huseby is a vital, growing company, just recently announcing acquisitions and mergers in California. Yet, since 1928, the Huseby family has proudly served the legal community providing the highest quality court reporting, trial [...]

With expansion to San Diego, Fresno, Sacramento, Dixon, Napa and Fairfield, Huseby has court reporting offices in 8 California cities

Huseby Global Litigation Support is excited to announce it has just expanded its presence in California through the acquisition  and merger of three litigation services firms in the state. Nisbett Lucas Worldwide Reporting and Videography, Beebe & Company Certified Shorthand Reporting and DeMichelle Deposition Reporters are now part of the Huseby family, increasing Huseby’s locations in [...]

Clarence Thomas words get laugh, spark debate between advocates for court reporting, digital

An unusual occurrence in the U.S. Supreme Court has ignited a court reporting controversy, according to several published reports. Justice Clarence Thomas spoke from the bench — unusual not because of what he said but because he said anything at all — and the first reaction questioned what he actually said. As NPR put it: [...]

Huseby helps California law firms with court reporting, Web conferencing, video depositions

California ranks first in population among states in the nation. With that many people, it’s no surprise California’s economy is big. How big? According to U.S. Department of Commerce estimates, California’s GDP (gross domestic product) was $1.89 trillion. And that puts California as the world’s eighth largest economy. Not surprisingly, there are big law firms [...]

Help spread the word: Court reporting is a profession that makes a difference in society

We’ve blogged before about court reporting as a career. As you’d expect, a company founded on court reporting thinks court reporting is a great field. We pointed out in an earlier post the outlook for court reporting as a career is excellent. Jobs will grow by 14 percent through 2020, as fast as the average [...]