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Videotaped Depositions: How to Get the Most for Your Money

January 7, 2015 By Eleanor Knapp 1 Comment

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8 Ways to Get the Most Out of Videotaped Depositions Hiring a videographer for a deposition adds expense.  Here are 8 tips that will help you get the most for your money. 1. Have a neutral backdrop. Look through the videographer’s viewfinder … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Attorneys, Videography Tagged With: attorneys, Video Depositions, videographers

Holiday Choclava

December 16, 2014 By Eleanor Knapp Leave a Comment

Invited to a Holiday Cookie Exchange?  Try Robin's Choclava! As many of our clients know, we provide freshly baked cookies at each deposition held in our Eugene office.  This is in addition to the traditional coffee and water.  We do it because it … [Read more...]

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5 Reasons to Videotape Your Next Deposition

November 26, 2014 By Eleanor Knapp 1 Comment

Reasons for Video Depositions

It is becoming increasingly common for depositions to be videotaped as well as recorded by a stenographer.  Is the added expense justified?  As with everything else, it depends. Here are the top 5 reasons to hire a videographer as well as a court … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Attorneys, Court Reporting Tagged With: Depositions, Video Depositions, videographers

Collecting Veterans’ Stories

November 4, 2014 By Eleanor Knapp 2 Comments

On Saturday, November 8, CC Reporting & Videoconferencing will be one of several court reporting firms throughout the state that will open their doors to veterans who want to tell their story.   The stories that are collected  will be submitted … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Attorneys, Court Reporting Tagged With: court reporters, Veterans History Project, videographers

How to Hire a Court Reporter to Cover Your Next Trial in Oregon

October 16, 2014 By Eleanor Knapp Leave a Comment

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Did you know you can hire a court reporter to cover your next trial in Oregon?  Oregon Statutes  8.340, 8.350, and 8.360 specifically provide litigants the opportunity to file an order with the court stipulating that certain proceedings in a case be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Court Reporting Tagged With: court reporting, hearings, Oregon, trials

Robin Cassidy-Duran is Elected President of the OCRA

October 7, 2014 By Eleanor Knapp Leave a Comment

President of OCRA Robin-Cassidy Duran

This past weekend Robin Cassidy-Duran took the reins of the Oregon Court Reporters Association (OCRA) as president.  We are very proud that her peers in the court reporting profession in Oregon elected her to guide OCRA through the coming … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Court Reporting Tagged With: court reporting, OCRA

Why Do Court Reporters Proofread?

August 27, 2014 By Eleanor Knapp 3 Comments

Court reporters are trained to write phonetically. We hear it; we write it. When all the stars are aligned, the spoken word goes directly to our fingers without any hesitation. We are capturing the record verbatim. But sometimes -- just sometimes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Attorneys, Court Reporting Tagged With: effective communication, proofreading, transcripts

The Art of Speaking Slowly – It’s Not Just for Attorneys!

August 6, 2014 By Eleanor Knapp Leave a Comment

I ran across an excellent article about effective communication:  "Why you must learn to speak slower" by Andrew Lightfoot with Cobalt.  Andrew is not an attorney -- he's probably never been to a deposition.  But he is a professional speaker, and he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Attorneys Tagged With: attorneys, court reporting, Depositions, effective communication

Videoconferencing for Depositions as an Alternative to Going There

July 21, 2014 By Eleanor Knapp 1 Comment

Deposition videoconference room

We started offering videoconferencing to our court reporting clients in 2005.  Since then the connections have improved and the costs have plummeted.  Certainly face-to-face interaction is the best, but videoconferencing can be a pretty good … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Court Reporting Tagged With: Depositions, Videoconferencing

How to Take a Great Deposition – 7 Guidelines for Attorneys

May 1, 2014 By Eleanor Knapp Leave a Comment

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Any court reporter can tell you all attorneys are not alike, and neither is the way they take depositions! Given that there are a many strategies and approaches to getting answers to deposition questions, here are a few basic guidelines that will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Attorneys Tagged With: attorneys, court reporting, how to take a deposition

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