Litigation
Dec. 5, 2011
Courtrooms grow quieter, as court reporters chopped
The reduction in the number of civil court reporters in counties such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Luis Obispo has raised concern about litigants' access to justice and ability to appeal court rulings.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Lawyers who have ever cursed a court reporter for making them slow or repeat their rapid-fire flow may think twice about what they wish for.
The number of stenographic court reporters - a fixture of California's courtrooms - are starting to dwindle as trial courts throughout the state have curtailed or eliminated their civil court reporter budget in response to their continuing financial woes. A...
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