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About Court Reporting
Network Reporting is a statewide freelance court reporting company. We are hired by attorneys to tape record legal depositions.
At a deposition, the court reporter meets one or more attorneys and a witness, usually at a law office, medical office, courthouse or place of business. The attorneys question the witness in a manner similar to an actual trial, while the court reporter makes a recording of the questions and answers. After the deposition, the court reporter types a verbatim transcript of the testimony, to be submitted to the attorneys and to the court for use as the lawsuit progresses.
Network Reporting began in 1982 with the purchase of a small, 5-person court reporting company. We now employ close to 100 persons as court reporters, transcriptionists, proofreaders, video operators and office personnel.
Our court reporters live and work in cities throughout the state, from Marquette to Detroit.
A court reporter's job is divided into two primary types of work: recording depositions and typing transcripts. The sedentary part of the position involves the traveling to/from deposition locations, and sitting while in attendance at depositions. Transcription may involve several hours of typing at a stretch.
The equipment required to carry on a routine basis weighs approximately 35 pounds. A reporter would have to lift this equipment from his/her car and then wheel the case to the deposition location, which could be from 100 feet to perhaps a couple of blocks.
Individual training in the recording and transcription aspects of the profession are extensive and ongoing over several months. All equipment and training needed to practice this profession is provided. Reporters must pass a State certification examination (offered in Lansing, Michigan, twice each year) during the first year of employment.
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