How many court reporting agencies are in the US? - CSRNation2024-03-28T22:59:00Zhttp://csrnation.ning.com/forum/topics/how-many-court-reporting-agencies-are-in-the-us?commentId=1736041%3AComment%3A1221636&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSignificantly. I make around…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2012-03-31:1736041:Comment:12241752012-03-31T22:25:14.743ZDeborah M.http://csrnation.ning.com/profile/DeborahMeyers
<p>Significantly. I make around the same page rate I made 15 years ago, but have turned down jobs offering rates at a third less. If I have to take a pay cut like that for this kind of work, I'll go back to waitressing. A lot more fun and less stressful.</p>
<p>Significantly. I make around the same page rate I made 15 years ago, but have turned down jobs offering rates at a third less. If I have to take a pay cut like that for this kind of work, I'll go back to waitressing. A lot more fun and less stressful.</p> Hi, I'd like to thank Bill Pa…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2012-03-30:1736041:Comment:12238932012-03-30T22:24:58.457Z32k27gknaoczrhttp://csrnation.ning.com/xn/detail/u_32k27gknaoczr
<p>Hi, I'd like to thank Bill Parsons for his altruistic efforts for the reporting community. Comprising the list took a very long time. Your efforts are appreciated. Best regards to all.</p>
<p>Hi, I'd like to thank Bill Parsons for his altruistic efforts for the reporting community. Comprising the list took a very long time. Your efforts are appreciated. Best regards to all.</p> Hi Brian,
I checked the Bur…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2012-03-30:1736041:Comment:12240562012-03-30T21:22:17.149ZBill Parsonshttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/BillParsons
<p><strong>Hi Brian,</strong></p>
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<p><strong>I checked the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, and the info I had was forecast from 2010 to 2020 which is two years more current than your cited statistics which were for 2008 through 2018.</strong></p>
<p><strong> I found following website of Bureau of Labor Statistics.…</strong></p>
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<p><strong>I checked the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, and the info I had was forecast from 2010 to 2020 which is two years more current than your cited statistics which were for 2008 through 2018.</strong></p>
<p><strong> I found following website of Bureau of Labor Statistics.</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Legal/Court-reporters.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Legal/Court-reporters.htm</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>The article at that website states the following:</strong></p>
<p><strong>"Employment of court reporters is expected to grow by 14 percent from 2010 to 2020, as fast as the average for all occupations.</strong></p>
<p><strong>"Those with experience and training in techniques for helping deaf and hard-of-hearing people, such as real-time captioning and Communication Access Real-Time Translation (CART), will have the best job prospects."</strong></p>
<p><strong>It seems they have lumped in real-time captioning and Communication Access Real-Time Translation (CART) with court reporting, but I believe most of those jobs would take place outside of the courtroom.</strong></p>
<p><strong>With the CART and closed captioning thrown into the mix, the above website states the following:</strong> </p>
<p><strong><a href="http://csrnation.ning.com/%20TB_inline?height=325&width=325&inlineId=qf-outlook"><u><font color="#0000FF"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">Job Outlook, 2010-20</span></font></u></a> <span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">14% (About as fast as average)</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">Good luck in your project.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">Best Regards, Bill</span></strong></p>
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<p> </p> Good to know, Bill. It seems…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2012-03-30:1736041:Comment:12240492012-03-30T19:47:03.720ZBrian Moreartyhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/BrianMorearty
<p>Good to know, Bill. It seems most of the statistics show this is a shrinking industry, with only one exception: the BLS estimates on the number of court reporters shows them going up by 18% between 2008 and 2018. </p>
<p>Good to know, Bill. It seems most of the statistics show this is a shrinking industry, with only one exception: the BLS estimates on the number of court reporters shows them going up by 18% between 2008 and 2018. </p>
The American Institute of…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2012-03-30:1736041:Comment:12239802012-03-30T19:13:07.825ZBill Parsonshttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/BillParsons
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<p><strong>The American Institute of Business in Iowa is discontinuing their court reporting and captioning courses. </strong> </p>
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<p><strong>AIB will finish out the course for the students presently enrolled.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Here's an excerpt of the remarks of AIB College of Business President Nancy Williams:</strong></p>
<p><br></br><strong> “Almost half the U.S. schools that taught the programs (court reporting and closed captioning) have closed or…</strong></p>
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<p><strong>The American Institute of Business in Iowa is discontinuing their court reporting and captioning courses. </strong> </p>
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<p><strong>AIB will finish out the course for the students presently enrolled.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Here's an excerpt of the remarks of AIB College of Business President Nancy Williams:</strong></p>
<p><br/><strong> “Almost half the U.S. schools that taught the programs (court reporting and closed captioning) have closed or phased them out since 1996,”</strong></p>
<p><strong> <a href="http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/tag/aib-college-of-business/">http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/tag/aib-college-of-business/</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>I did a little checking and found the following data:</strong></p>
<p><strong>1996 NCRA List of Approved Schools: 112</strong></p>
<p><strong>2011 NCRA List of Approved Schools: 55</strong></p>
<p><strong>2011 NCRA List of Participating Schools: 15</strong></p>
<p><strong>The 2012 NCRA website List of Approved Schools shows a loss of 8 additional approved schools which would lower the number of NCRA approved schools to 47.</strong></p>
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<p><strong> </strong></p> Thanks, Paul. I've already tr…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2012-03-30:1736041:Comment:12238822012-03-30T15:48:01.841ZBrian Moreartyhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/BrianMorearty
<p>Thanks, Paul. I've already tried them. Unfortunately they don't know.</p>
<p>Thanks, Paul. I've already tried them. Unfortunately they don't know.</p> Thanks for the input, Susan.…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2012-03-27:1736041:Comment:12234872012-03-27T14:32:25.321ZBrian Moreartyhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/BrianMorearty
<p>Thanks for the input, Susan. How sad to hear several people saying it's no longer a good field to go into, and that the page rates are going down. How much have they gone down? Can you say?</p>
<p>Thanks for the input, Susan. How sad to hear several people saying it's no longer a good field to go into, and that the page rates are going down. How much have they gone down? Can you say?</p> I am with Peggy. I have only…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2012-03-27:1736041:Comment:12235742012-03-27T11:28:37.157ZSusan Crivellohttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/SusanCrivello
<p>I am with Peggy. I have only been reporting for four years here in NY, and this year has been horrible. Possibly 20 or 30 years ago this was a great field to be in, but I think it has changed for the worst. The page rates here are actually going down.</p>
<p>I am finding that I have to contact out of state agencies now to find work. I do believe that they are settling before they go to depos to save money.</p>
<p>Hopefully things will pick up soon.</p>
<p>I know this has nothing to do…</p>
<p>I am with Peggy. I have only been reporting for four years here in NY, and this year has been horrible. Possibly 20 or 30 years ago this was a great field to be in, but I think it has changed for the worst. The page rates here are actually going down.</p>
<p>I am finding that I have to contact out of state agencies now to find work. I do believe that they are settling before they go to depos to save money.</p>
<p>Hopefully things will pick up soon.</p>
<p>I know this has nothing to do with how many agencies are out there. The issue is how many good ones are out there.</p> To compile the number of free…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2012-03-16:1736041:Comment:12223312012-03-16T17:34:18.297ZBill Parsonshttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/BillParsons
<p><strong>To compile the number of freelance agencies in the 2011 NCRA Source Book it required me only listing each freelance firm once even though the firm may have been listed over 20 times in various states. Likewise, some firms had several city listings under their state's list of ads, but I only listed the firm once.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>I did a further check of the statistics, and found there are 672 individual firms listed in the 2011 Source…</strong></p>
<p><strong>To compile the number of freelance agencies in the 2011 NCRA Source Book it required me only listing each freelance firm once even though the firm may have been listed over 20 times in various states. Likewise, some firms had several city listings under their state's list of ads, but I only listed the firm once.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>I did a further check of the statistics, and found there are 672 individual firms listed in the 2011 Source Book.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>The list I compiled is 21 pages long. </strong></p>
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<p><strong> If anyone wants the list of all the individual firms in the 2011 Source Book sent to them as an attachment, they can request it from me at <a href="mailto:williamparsons2@yahoo.com">williamparsons2@yahoo.com</a></strong></p>
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<p><strong>The 21 page list is broken down separately by the 50 states and foreign countries.</strong></p>
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I've been in the field…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2012-03-14:1736041:Comment:12224802012-03-14T19:47:56.437ZPeggy Feychehttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/Peggy
<p>Brian,</p>
<p>I've been in the field 30 yrs and will tell you it has changed greatly. I will be very interested to see/hear about your business. You would think there would be tons of depositions going on constantly, and I'm sure in some areas there are, but with the onslaught of national firms taking over and expecting reporters to work for next to nothing along with not paying the reporter for the work, has driven many reporters out of the field. I used to work for a large reporting firm…</p>
<p>Brian,</p>
<p>I've been in the field 30 yrs and will tell you it has changed greatly. I will be very interested to see/hear about your business. You would think there would be tons of depositions going on constantly, and I'm sure in some areas there are, but with the onslaught of national firms taking over and expecting reporters to work for next to nothing along with not paying the reporter for the work, has driven many reporters out of the field. I used to work for a large reporting firm in downtown Cincinnati, Oh that used to have 20 full-time court reporters. Now I hear they are down to less than 10 part-time reporters. Other agencies in the area are operating with 5 or less part-timers, and then you have the 20 to 30 reporters who work for themselves and/or help out other solely owned reporters, again part-time.</p>
<p>Also, insurance companies have, over the years, encouraged their clients, the attorneys, to do as little deposition work due to the cost of reporters and have highly encouraged them to try and settle the cases before it gets into too much cost. I'm a reporter who believes the field is rapidly changing and not necessarily for the better so I'm curious what your venture will offer. </p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>