Court Reporter Resume Template
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Contact
Nashville, TN
(615) 555-1100
katherine.reed@email.com
linkedin.com/in/katherinereed
Licensure
Licensed Court Reporter (LCR)
Tennessee Dept. of Commerce & Insurance
Registered Professional Reporter (RPR)
National Court Reporters Association
Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR)
National Court Reporters Association
Reporting Skills
Machine stenography, 225+ wpm
Realtime reporting
Daily & expedited copy
Appellate transcripts
Exhibit handling
Job dictionary building
Legal & medical terminology
Equipment & Software
Stenograph Case CATalystStenograph Luminex writerBridge realtimeAdobe Acrobat ProRB8 scheduling
Education
A.A.S. in Court Reporting
2015
Gadsden State Community College
Katherine Reed
Official Court Reporter, RPR · Criminal & Civil Court
Profile
Stenographic court reporter with 10 years in depositions and state court, writing at 225+ wpm with realtime feeds to judges. Produces 3,000+ transcript pages a year, including daily copy in multi-week trials, with on-time delivery above 99%.
Reporting Experience
Official Court Reporter
2020 – Present
Davidson County Courts, Nashville, TN
- Report criminal and civil trials, hearings and sentencings for a trial court judge.
- Provide realtime feeds to the bench and counsel through Case CATalyst and Bridge.
- Produce 3,000+ transcript pages a year and file certified records with the clerk's office.
- Delivered daily copy through a 5-week homicide trial with no missed next-morning deadlines.
- Prepare appellate transcripts to Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure page and format rules.
Freelance Court Reporter
2016 – 2020
Music City Reporting, Nashville, TN
- Reported 250+ depositions a year for law firms in personal injury, medical and business cases.
- Built a 40,000-entry job dictionary covering medical, engineering and trucking terms.
- Marked and indexed exhibits and delivered e-transcripts and condensed copies within 10 days.
- Asked speakers to spell names and clarify crosstalk to keep the record clean and complete.
Court Reporter Trainee
2015 – 2016
Cumberland Deposition Services, Franklin, TN
- Scoped and proofread transcripts for senior reporters and built speed from 180 to 225 wpm.
- Reported arbitrations and short depositions under supervision to earn state licensure.
Names, employers and dates on the sample are invented. Duties and software come from O*NET 31.0; credentials were checked against the sources listed below.
Licenses and certifications
- Registered Professional Reporter (RPR) National Court Reporters Association Optional, valued by employers
- State Court Reporter License State licensing board Optional, valued by employers
Sources: www.bls.gov
Licensing rules differ by state; check with your state board before you apply.
Skills to list
- Stenography
- Realtime Captioning
- Transcript Production
- CAT Software
- Legal Terminology
- Steno Machine Operation
- Voice Writing
- Proofreading Transcripts
Software and tools
- Microsoft Office software
- Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Web browser software
- Equative TimeLedger
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking
- Acclaim Legal Acclaim DepoManage
- Acculaw Court Reporters Billing Scheduling Job Management System ABSMS
Duties to describe on a court reporter resume
- Provided transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public.
- Recorded symbols on computer storage media and used computer aided transcription to translate and display them as text.
- Recorded depositions and other proceedings for attorneys.
- Asked speakers to clarify inaudible statements.
- Proofread transcripts for correct spelling of words.
- Filed a legible transcript of records of a court case with the court clerk's office.
Titles along the way
- Court Reporter Trainee
- Court Reporter
- Official Court Reporter
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