official court reporter

Congratulations shout out to my friend Kathleen Flammia, Esquire for her selection as a “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters!  I had the pleasure of working with Kathleen when she was an assistant public defender in the 1980’s at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando and I was an official court reporter. “I am both excited […]

The first known use of a stenographer to take down and record proceedings by ink to paper was in 1809. Using Stenograph machines and the like, we’re now writing, translating and sending the spoken word instantaneously around the world.  Let’s take a quick look back over 200 years.  

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 […]

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 […]