Miscellaneous

The First to Go

By Anne Skove, Esq.

Court reporters, long a cost drain on ever-technologically-advancing courts, will be the first casualties in the court budget battles. For a long time, court reporters have promoted their superior skills, believing they can do the job better than any machine.

But the time has come. Between bottomed-out budgets and better technology, court reporters are being cut.

If/when this does happen, please oh please don't just take their keys and tell them to run along home. Have a little class, unlike the way this story unfolded: Downsizing Cuts One Court Reporter at South Lee Courthouse, Cindy Lutz, Fort Madison Daily Democrat (June 29, 2009).

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on June 29, 2009 (boomark / email).