Court Chiefs Ring Alarm Bells About Worsening Shortage of Court Reporters to Transcribe Hearings

Court Chiefs Ring Alarm Bells About Worsening Shortage of Court Reporters to Transcribe Hearings

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1. But the court continues to lose more court reporters each year than it can hire, Yamasaki said, citing a dwindling number of court reporters passing the statewide test each year.

2. The efficiency of having a Court-staffed Official Court Reporter in civil law and motion calendars would free up all but one of those reporters to cover other jobs in both the freelance and Official Court Reporter markets.

3. The court reporters' union says the issue is driven largely by the court's stagnant pay for court reporters while competing positions in the private market keep paying more and more in comparison.

4. OC's top court executive says if it continues to worsen, the court will have to provide fewer and fewer reporters in family law cases

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