The GLFM Blog

There are times when you have a deponent far away and it’s not worth traveling there and it’s not worth the cost of a videoconference. It’s a quick and easy deposition so you decide to conduct the deposition by telephone. Great. But your court reporter is shaking in...

Are you a recent court reporting school graduate or getting near the end of school and starting to consider what’s next? One thing to consider is how you start out is how you end up. You have survived the challenges of school; living, eating, breathing steno theory,...

Court reporters record history and have for thousands of years. There are records of court reporters during Julius Caesar’s time. But what does this have to do with Abraham Lincoln? In 1989, found tucked away in a shoebox, was the original trial transcript from...

Instead of waiting for a final certified transcript from your court reporter, ordering an uncertified rough draft transcript can give you an edge and advantage on case preparation.  The rough draft is a transcript that has not been edited or proofread and it cannot be...