Rita Meyer

I read with interest the latest news on the George Zimmerman case playing out in a Seminole County courtroom. Donald West, a local A+ criminal defense attorney, left the Federal Public Defender’s office to join Mark O’Mara’s defense team.    http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-05-31/news/os-george-zimmerman-new-lawyer-west-20120531_1_federal-public-defender-defense-lawyer-legal-team One of the first places I worked over three decades ago was the new […]

Court reporter ambassadors overseas Merilyn Sanchez, a long-time member of the National Court Reporter‘s Association, has put together a trip for court reporters as ambassadors to Brazil. http://www.ncra.org/News/newsdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=12792.  Multi-tasking at its best:  great learning experience, lots of fun, different environment and even better, earn CEU credits in the process!

What is Ethics First?   “Ethics First is a voluntary, no-cost public awareness program that seeks to positively educate court reporters, colleagues, firms, and in particular, their clients and consumers about how and why the impartiality and neutrality of the court reporter is of the utmost importance in maintaining an unbiased legal system. Through its grassroots […]

With the skills portion of NCRAs certification test date fast approaching, we did a little research into the history of the National Court Reporter Association’s certifications.

I have always had a love affair with shoes — probably because I can’t wear most of them that are out there.  That’s probably one reason why I notice them.  When shopping with my sister as a young adult, we’d always visit the shoe stores and she’d try on shoes of every shape and size. […]

My husband and I recently switched mobile phone plans.  Our new phones were delivered yesterday:  He got the Samsung Galaxy II and I, the HTC Sensation Android.  They both have all the bells and whistles you could ask for — only mine has a larger screen and a better camera.  Not that I take a […]

Every once in a while we’d have a federal case come through our doors that piqued everyone’s interest.  Like the fraud case we had with F.Lee Bailey where former governor Claude Kirk was a witness.  Not to mention the one with N’Sync and Lou Pearlman.

Some of you may be too young to remember the Andy Griffith show, set in a small town Mayberry RFD.  The youngest star was none other than Ron Howard, a well-known actor and movie producer nowadays.  Well, this local interest story out of Osage sounds like something the people of Mayberry would do for one […]

We had a chance to visit The Abbey in downtown Orlando last night.  It’s a new lounge located in the first floor of the Sanctuary highrise off of Eola Avenue.  All Good Reporters was one of the sponsors for the Central Florida Paralegal Association’s Mixer and Membership Drive. The wait staff was very friendly and […]

One way to increase earning potential for court reporters is developing the ability to write accurately at increasing rates of speed.  To do that takes practice and more practice.  And not just any practice, but practice that yields a higher translation and lower conflict rate while writing.  The cleaner your writing, the more pages you […]