Court Reporters
Our reporters are selected for each assignment based on the skills needed and their comfort level with the proficiency required. We work hard to match our reporters with the work and location where they perform at their best. The result is the right reporter for the assignment. Our reporters are on time and fully prepared. We take care in engaging only reporters who understand and implement the available technology.
"The secret of joy in work is contained in one word: excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it." - Pearl S. Buck
Certified Reporters with Professional Attitudes
Olympic Reporting and Video engages reporters with advanced certifications, realtime technology, superior speed and accuracy, and multiple certifications. The experience they lend includes official court reporting, private and public hearing experience, arbitration experience, medical hearings/peer reviews.
Our first choice of reporters will always be double certification. Additional certifications indicate the reporters stay informed and educated, to their craft, the law, and to ethics.
Following are descriptions of designations and their importance:
- CSR - Certified Shorthand Reporter - requires particular academic and skills levels.
- RPR - Registered Professional Reporter - voluntary national certification, 225 words per minute, reporters must maintain 3.0 continuing education units over 3 years.
RMR - Registered Merit Reporter - voluntary national certification, 260 words per minute; reporter must be a Registered Professional Reporter with 5 years experience.
- CLR - Certified LiveNote Reporter - voluntary private certification.
- CRR - Certified Realtime Reporter - voluntary national certification; realtime reporting provides simulcast of text instantaneously produced as the reporter takes notes.
- CRP - Certified Realtime Professional - private certification given by the California Deposition Reporters Association upon completion of exam.
- RDR - Registered Diplomate Reporter - voluntary, national, written test only, must be Registered Merit Reporter for 5 years to qualify for it. This is the highest certification available within the profession.
|