LNS Court Reporting & Legal Video

01/01/2023

Sending warmest greetings to you and your family. We wish you good health, happiness, success, and prosperity in the coming year.

11/23/2022

Wishing our team members and clients a very happy Thanksgiving holiday.

11/18/2022

NCRA speed champion Douglas J. Zweizig is the court reporter drawn here, reporting the testimony of Elon Musk. Nothing can match the speed and accuracy of a human stenographer.

More than just "a stenographer," Doug Zweizig represents our profession well, having won national speed and realtime contests many times over.

When your case is important, make sure there's a stenographic reporter in the seat, never a digital recorder. (Hint: Every case is important.)

11/11/2022

Honoring all who served. A sincere THANK YOU!

11/09/2022

Pay rates often lead to replacing stenographic court reporters with digital methods

...To assign that responsibility to a lesser means constitutes a diminution of rights to the public interest at large. When people’s (and society’s) ultimate rights are at issue, and the trial is only as good as the record of trial, the human court reporter is needed to ensure that all parties receive due process, [NCRA President Jason Meadors added.]

Meadors further explained that the court reporter is the one with the presence of mind during the proceedings to ensure that the record is kept in good order, is subject to strict ethics of impartiality, with the reporter’s ultimate loyalty devoted entirely to the accuracy of the record. Not to any party. To the record.

Digital recordings of proceedings cannot replace the accuracy of a live court reporterReston, Va., Nov. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A recent string of news reports about the effect shortages of stenographic court reporters in courtroom proceedings fail to note that in most areas impacted, those sho...

10/26/2022

Free student memberships available

LNS is a proud member of Reliance -- invested in the future of stenographic reporting!

Free student memberships available October 25, 2022 Reliance, a proactive group of firm owners and individual court reporters who have joined together to ensure the continued success of NCRA and the court reporting industry, are offering 25 free NCRA student memberships for 2023. Applications are be...

10/02/2022

Thank you, OREGON PARALEGAL ASSOCIATION, for inviting us to your fabulous convention. We were thrilled to see our friends at the beautiful Oregon coast and truly honored to be selected the 2022 Legal Vendor of the Year. This group is so hard-working and friendly. You guys rock.

09/03/2022

A big "THANK YOU" to those who work so hard to make this life better for all. Happy Labor Day!

08/29/2022

The best job you've never heard of! Free introductory course. See if steno is your future.

08/23/2022

LNS has your back!

08/16/2022

Autumn is right around the corner. Enjoy the rest of the summer!

08/11/2022

Super happy to be in Sunriver with Oregon Trial Lawyers, showcasing stenographic court reporting. Ask us about court reporter certification in Oregon!

08/09/2022

LNS is a proud member of RELIANCE, a nationwide group of independently owned stenographic court reporting and captioning firms. Dedicated to being the best of the best!

Need a job? Need a mentor? With stenographic reporters and agencies across the country, Reliance can help.

Investing in steno now and for the future!

08/03/2022

In an Age of High-Definition Digital Audio, Why Do We Still Use Human Stenographers?

We *LOVE* answering this question! Ask us today. Or, you know, just read the article.

These are dreaded questions stenographers and court reporters have had to endure hearing over and over again: “Why are we still hiring…

06/17/2022

Honoring Juneteenth

04/27/2022

Again, make sure your court reporter is really a court reporter.

https://www.thejcr.com/2022/04/25/ncra-strong-are-your-deposition-transcripts-falling-short-of-the-promise-of-being-true-and-accurate-start-by-looking-at-the-certificate-page/

04/13/2022

Excellent article from the Los Angeles Daily Journal, written by a lawyer whose case was adversely affected due to the error of a *digital recorder* making the transcript instead of a certified stenographic court reporter. "So, the lesson of the story is: Never take a deposition or defend a deposition unless it is before a Certified Shorthand Reporter...The success or failure of your case may depend on it."

04/05/2022

The cherry blossoms are all done at the Japanese American Historical Plaza on the Willamette River in downtown Portland. Using this photo to linger a bit and enjoy them a little longer.

03/21/2022

An easy Jeopardy question for us: What is a Court Reporter?

In case you missed Jeopardy! the other night: "Tools of the Trade for $1,600."

03/16/2022

Local, trusted, independent stenographers guarding your record since 1987.

02/22/2022

The pitfalls of automated speech-to-text recognition

Book with LNS and you will *always* have a stenographer on your assignment. Trust, integrity, independence.

The pitfalls of automated speech-to-text recognition December 14, 2021 By Lindsay Stoker The attacks on our industry are two-pronged: Electronic Recording (ER) and automated speech-to-text recognition (AST) services. This is not just a captioner issue. Often the vendors of ER are also selling AST se...

02/16/2022

02/08/2022

Happy Court Reporting & Captioning Week!

02/03/2022

February is Black History Month! Let us celebrate the immeasurable contributions of Black Americans and honor the legacies and achievements of generations past.

01/17/2022

Honoring the great Martin Luther King, his profound legacy, and his message of justice and peace.

01/03/2022

12/20/2021

OLAH 2021

We are so very pleased to make a donation once again to Oregon Lawyers Against Hunger. In this time of great need, we are honored to do our small part. Happy holidays to all!

More than 20 years ago, Oregon Food Bank and Oregon Lawyers Against Hunger (OLAH) came together to fight hunger. OLAH has helped the Oregon legal community raise $2.4 million to support Oregon Food Bank. Please donate and support this vitally important work... because no one should be hungry.

12/10/2021

The devil is in the details for remote oaths. Make sure your oath for remote depositions in Oregon is given by an Oregon Certified Shorthand Reporter. See Robin's article in the December issue of the Oregon State Bar Bulletin.

https://www.osbar.org/bulletin/issues/2021/2021December/index.html?page=62

12/08/2021

New Professional Profile: Tevin Green

So proud to see one of our fabulous reporters spotlighted in the Journal of Court Reporting, the magazine of the National Court Reporter Association. Kudos, Tevin!

New Professional Profile: Tevin Green December 5, 2021 Tevin Green By Kendra Steppler Tevin Green lives in Vancouver, Wash., where he works as a freelance reporter. He graduated from Sumner College in Portland, Ore., and has been an NCRA member since 2015. KS | Why did you choose to become a court ...

12/06/2021

Darrell Brooks' lost bail hearing record among dozens over 3 days

Stenographic court reporters are well aware of this issue in courts who use digital recorders. It is a dirty little secret of our state court system and why our clients hire us to report their court proceedings.

A Milwaukee County court administrator says she was not aware of a recording problem in a court commissioner’s hearing room until the FOX6 Investigators asked for a transcript from the hearing where Darrell Brooks was freed on $1,000 bail days before the Waukesha Christmas parade attack.

11/24/2021

A year to be especially thankful. Wishing you the happiness of good friends, the joy of a happy family, and the wonder of the holiday season. Have a memorable thanksgiving!"

11/11/2021

Honoring LNS's own veteran, Gretchen Hamilton, and all others who have served so selflessly. Thank you, Veterans.

10/12/2021

Honoring those who have always been here.

10/06/2021

Both court reporter and cast member

REAL stenographic court reporter joins cast of Judge Judy! Watch the new line-up to see how a professional court reporter works with courtroom staff to preserve the legal record.

Both court reporter and cast member October 5, 2021 The countdown is on for the premiere of Judy Justice, Judge Judy Sheindlin’s new courtroom TV program that features court reporter Whitney Kumar as one of its “cast members.” The new show, like the previous Judge Judy, adjudicates actual case...

09/24/2021

Happy Punctuation Day!

09/20/2021

‘Capturing verbatim’: Court reporters serve important role in judicial system

Stenographer -- a hidden gem of a career!

ENID, Okla. — Sometimes, when Mary Kirkhart is watching a television show or listening to something, she’ll mentally practice typing what she’s hearing.

09/13/2021

Stenonymous

To answer the question posed in the article, Does it really matter if done legally and ethically: Yes. Yes, it does.

Supporting the stenographic legion.

09/11/2021