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We have to admit, we have a Facebook account and a Facebook page.  We didn’t embrace it at first, maybe because we’ve been in the court system so long and are a little on the cynical side.  Nevertheless, there have been tremendous benefits of social media.  We’ve been able to reconnect with people we haven’t […]

I just heard Judge Conway’s husband died this past weekend.  I knew he was ill a few weeks ago when my sister told me she ran into the Judge in the hospital waiting room.  We were there at the hospital with our father, who was there for heart surgery. It’s almost twenty years ago when […]

The following is the Cliff Notes version of certification programs offered by the National Court Reporters Association: RDR:  Registered Diplomate Reporter.  Highest level of certification a reporter can achieve. CRR:  Certified Realtime Reporter.  Tests areas of knowledge and skills necessary to perform the duties of a realtime reporter.

Someone posted on our Facebook page the other day: “I saw you on TV last weekend. It was a program on the first DNA trial conviction. Talk about ’80s hairstyles. I’m glad it wasn’t me!”. I knew exactly what case she was talking about — Tommie Lee Andrews — and I knew exactly what hairstyle […]

With the space shuttle program coming to a close here on the east coast of Florida, the Florida Today newspaper’s been highlighting job outlooks and opportunities in Central Florida.  Most recently, they cited the Census for population growth figures:    Our closest neighbor, Cape Canaveral, which includes Port Canaveral and the cruise ship industry in […]

There’s a new book on the shelves: “Scorecasting:  The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports are Played and Games are Won”, on behavioural economics and sport.  Providing compelling evidence of referee bias in favor of home teams.

My depo today was in Vero Beach, a little over an hour away.  I got there early, as always, and had a few minutes to talk with the deponent, a local doctor.  We exchanged the usual pleasantries, where you from, etc.  I mentioned I grew up on the Space Coast with the space program.  We […]

I started thinking about some of the cases I’ve reported over the years, including as an Orlando official court reporter in the ’80s.  We had a young defendant appearing for sentencing before Judge Gary Formet, r.i.p. I can’t remember what the Defendant was charged with, but I remember the judge getting some background from him: Q.  Where do […]

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Orange County Courthouse, Orlando, FL A thorny topic reared its head this past week at the Orange County Courthouse in the Casey Anthony murder case, over payment of an out-of-state court reporter’s transcript. By being declared indigent by the courts this past March, fees paid to vendors for services rendered in Casey Anthony’s murder case […]