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The Georgia court reporters at Elizabeth Gallo Court Reporting, LLC all have several things in common, but the easiest way to boil this down is to say that we are all good people. Every industry is about its people, and that’s no different in the court reporting world. The people who work with us understand their roles and they fully understand and respect their importance to the whole legal process. There have been many times in the past and there will be many times in the future when the performance of a court reporter can make all of the difference in terms of an ultimate result.

Elizabeth Gallo Court Reporting, LLC tends to look for certain characteristics in our Atlanta court reporters, but below are five qualities that anyone who works with our firm can fully expect to experience when one of our team members handles a case:

1. Organization
Court reporters have a lot to handle with every case that they work. They need to make sure that their equipment is set up properly, that they have everything in place to perform and that they are able to fully deliver the transcript as promised. That means that our court reporters need to be extremely organized, as a lack of organization slows everyone down.

2. Punctuality
Even those of us who are not connected to the legal world have seen television shows and movies where a judge gets angry when an attorney is late for a proceeding. That is especially true for a court reporter, as nothing can be done unless an official record is being kept, and that record is dependent upon the presence of that court reporter. Our people are on time and ready to go.

3. Focus
Anyone who has seen a trial can relate to the observation that there is a lot going on at any given time in a courtroom. Witnesses are being questioned, evidence is being offered, objections are being made and arguments are being advanced. All of this needs to appear on the record, which means that court reporters cannot be distracted by anything.

4. Objectivity
The legal community in Atlanta is like it is anywhere else in that people tend to get to know each other over time. While friendships can be formed and often are, that should never affect the performance of a court reporter. Our court reporters approach every case in the same manner regardless of who else is working on it.

5. Friendliness
Litigation is stressful for everyone involved. Jurors are not completely familiar with what needs to be done, attorneys are concerned with the result, witnesses are trying to make sure that they give proper testimony and the parties to the case have a lot on the line. That can lead to tension, which is why a good court reporter simply needs to be pleasant and friendly.

If you’d like to learn more about the Georgia court reporters at Elizabeth Gallo Court Reporting, LLC and what we offer to our clients, feel free to contact our firm at any time.

We live in a much different age than we did even 20 years ago. We don’t really write our friends and loved ones letters anymore, but instead we send them emails or text messages. Perhaps we’ll post something nice on their Facebook profile. Overall, it seems like people are using a lot less paper than we used to. That said, have you ever taken a bit of time to think about just how much paper is wasted with the piles of junk mail that you throw away every day without even looking at it? The point is that we still use a lot of paper, and in many ways it just doesn’t make any sense.

The Georgia court reporters at Elizabeth Gallo Court Reporting, LLC, obviously work in a field where mountains of paper have been the norm. Even that is changing, though, as the introduction of technology has made it easier to avoid wasting paper. We’re not claiming that we’re trying to save the world here – we have selfish reasons for working to minimize the amount of paper that we use. Below are just three reasons why our team is working hard to minimize if not someday eliminate our use of paper.

1. Waste
It was mentioned above that an enormous amount of paper is wasted on things like junk mail and the like. If you take a look around your office, take notice of how many waste cans are filled with some type of paper. All of this paper needs to go somewhere, and many times it winds up in a place where it will be of no use to anyone. Recycling is getting better in terms of our ability to reuse materials, but the amount of waste associated with paper is astonishing. Studies show that every person in the United States uses 749 pounds of paper every year. That has to change.

2. Cost
Paper seems like a cheap thing, as it’s thin and easily torn and shredded. If you ask any office manager or business owner about the costs associated with paper, you’ll get a much different answer. Many people in these positions believe that paper is the single most wasteful expense that appears on balance sheets of different businesses every year. Someone has to pay for that paper. Fortunately, the costs we’re saving by minimizing our paper consumption will be passed on to our clients.

3. Efficiency
There’s a reason that traditional mail has come to be known as snail mail. That’s not only because it can take days for a piece of mail to arrive at its destination, but the people who are preparing that mail to be sent also need to take time to get it out the door. Our team is invoicing our clients in electronic form unless they request otherwise. That just makes things easier and faster, as emails arrive almost instantly and things can be handled immediately.

We are always looking forward at Elizabeth Gallo Court Reporting, LLC. We do so not only because it makes us feel good, but because it helps us operate on a higher level, it leads to better service for our clients and it cuts costs for everyone involved. If you’d like to know how we can help you, contact us today to learn more about our services.

Litigators have a lot to manage as they work their way up to and through a trial.  The last thing an attorney needs to spend time on is chasing down evidence, documents and transcripts and then organizing them in such a way that he or she can properly prepare for the next steps in the process.  Thankfully, the world of technology has invaded the legal industry, and some Georgia court reporters have embraced that invasion to the point where their services incorporate all of the latest capabilities that can be offered to attorneys.

Elizabeth Gallo Court Reporting, LLC, is one of those Georgia court reporting firms.  Below you’ll find five ways that our litigation support capabilities make your life as a litigator much easier as you push towards a desired result:

1.  Mobility

Litigators who have been around for a while likely remember the days of dragging in box after box of evidence or information to every deposition, every hearing and every courtroom.  With the litigation support package from Elizabeth Gallo, LLC, those days are over.  All you need now is an electronic device that can connect to the Internet and you can access all of this information anywhere in the world.

2.  Video Synchronization

If you go through a deposition and you record it on video, you may dread the thought of having to sit and watch hours of questions before you find the exchange that you want.  Video synchronization allows you to highlight sections of the deposition, search for keywords and export software that helps you manage the case.

3.  Technology-Based Transcript Capabilities

A technology-based transcript allows you to search through an entire transcript with a word index from your device.  This will obviously save you hours of time.  Elizabeth Gallo Court Reporting, LLC, provides clients with this capability so that attorneys and staff members can get right to what they need instantly.

4.  The Power of PDF

A Portable Document Format file, or PDF, is a powerful tool for many reasons.  It will make a document look cleaner than other programs and it can protect the actual content on that document.  You can create a PDF transcript with our software instantly if you want to share a copy with someone.

5.  Link Your Exhibits

Transcripts will many times lack context without the exhibits that are presented in court with testimony.  Our technology allows you to link your exhibits directly into your transcripts so that someone reviewing that transcript will instantly know what is being referred to by a witness or an attorney.

Litigation support is a developing area of the court reporter world, and the Georgia court reporters at Elizabeth Gallo, LLC, make sure to provide our attorneys with every advantage available to help them work through their cases.  If you would like to learn more about how we can help you, all you need to do is contact us for prompt answers.

Technology is here to stay, and people from all walks of life face the choice of either acknowledging this reality or running from it.  Some even choose to embrace the presence of technology, as it will make life easier if it’s used properly.  When it comes to the role of court reporters in a litigation setting, technology can be extremely useful for everyone involved in a case.  While there is no way to successfully remove the human element from court reporting, technology can speed the process and make records available almost instantaneously.  Everyone involved with any type of case sees the same instantaneous benefit from real-time court reporting.

What Is Real-Time Court Reporting?

Real-time court reporting involves the use of devices that can help to transcribe a court reporter’s shorthand notes into readable text within seconds.  Making this happen often involves the use of traditional court reporter stenotypes.  A laptop or some other device is nearby, and software that is integrated into the system can translate shorthand notes into a verbatim record of what was said.  When this is done, the newly-transcribed record can appear on screens for people to see and review instantly.  These screens can be located in a courtroom or even in some remote location.  This process combines the skill and experience of a court reporter with the capabilities of software.

Advantages of Real-Time Court Reporting

There are several advantages to using real-time court reporting.  For instance, litigators can not only see what is being transcribed in real time and therefore avoid the need to take notes, but many systems allow for interaction.  This interactive capability allows attorneys to annotate and highlight certain pieces of testimony that they may want to review with a subsequent witness.  At the end of the day in court, the attorneys can review that day’s record and prepare for the rest of the proceeding without having to wait for transcripts to be ready.

Why Do Some Court Reporting Firms Incorporate Real-Time Capabilities?

As is seemingly always the case with technology, offering litigators the opportunity to make use of real-time court reporting requires capital investment, training and specialization.  Some court reporting firms simply are not in a position to make this commitment.  As such, attorneys who need to hire court reporters for a trial, a deposition or any other type of proceeding will need to ask the court reporting firm if this type of production is available.

The Atlanta court reporters at Elizabeth Gallo Court Reporting, LLC do offer real-time court reporting services.  We have always believed that technology should be used to make everyone’s job easier, and we have also long believed that these investments ultimately allow our clients to spend less on our services.  If you would like to learn more about how we can help you in this manner, contact the team at Elizabeth Gallo Court Reporting, LLC today to learn more about how we can help you improve your ability to represent your clients.