Doris
O. Wong Associates, Inc., to the rescue - AGAIN! A reporter with no
credentials, but advertising herself as a realtime writer with twenty
years' experience, was called by a "national firm" to cover an
assignment in our city. She couldn't handle the case, and the attorneys
were upset. The national firm, in a panic, called us to see if we
could send a realtime writer to take over. We always try to have a reporter on standby, and one of our best just happened to be on call.
This was a patent job with an expert economist as a witness. Counsel
told our reporter that the morning reporter's realtime was very hard to
read and that she could not read back. The videographer told our
reporter that the morning reporter's realtime equipment failed several
times, and because she didn't use a software that refreshes the text,
all testimony previous to the failures could not be accessed when she
restarted the feed.
We sent over an NCRA-Certified Court
Reporter who stepped in and provided iCVNet realtime on iPads with a
feed the lawyers kept exclaiming was "phenomenally clear." Thank you,
Carol Kusinitz! Counsel said that this was the best realtime feed they
had seen in the five years of depositions taken in the case all over the
country.
Be wary of “national firms” that don’t vet their
far-flung reporters adequately. Call a local agency with a proven
record of delivering the transcripts and services you need. We are
proud to say that ALL of our reporters are certified and are members of
our state and national organizations. We hold ourselves to very high
standards because our clients deserve the best.
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