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Website Outage on Friday the 13th

1/13/2012

Dontcha just love technology?  Seriously, I do!  My businesses live or dies by my web presence these days.


Tax And The City

1/4/2012

I've been hearing some talk about California cities issuing tax bills to court reporters and agencies for work performed within their city.  Have you encountered this yet?  Due to budget contstraints --presumably -- felt by cities and municipalities they have resorted to this sort of revenue strategy.  I am mortified at ...


Someone is reading my mail

7/1/2011

Yes, indeed, someone is reading my mail. 


We`re Eight Years Old

7/1/2011

Todd Olivas & Associates has been in business for eight years today!  We've grown from being just me in a one bedroom apartment to having four full-time employees and two part-timers, out of three offices in three time zones.  Thanks to Lori, Sherry, Nancy, Mayra, Joy and John for helping me build, maintain and grow the agency. ...


Number 7 Be Consistent - 10 Things Court Reporting Students Must Do

4/25/2011

As I was saying. So if you eat too many donuts then you will see results.  And those results might not be totally awesome.  In fact, they might suck.  Your waist line will expand until you are as big as a house.  A very large, 5 bedroom house.  With lots of unused gym equipment in the basement. The same thing goes ...


No degree is required but HIGHLY recommended

3/25/2011

It's true!  You can walk right out of high school, right into a court reporting program, and then right into the field.  No degree is required.  However, see the pic below...Put on your legalese glasses for a moment.  Here in California according to BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE: SECTION 8020-8027.5 ...


Gadhafi rues the good old days of court reporters and gift giving

2/27/2011

Certain court reporting agencies offer gifts and incentives (aka bribes) to attorneys for using their services. The practice is flatly unethical and Todd Olivas & Associates does not participate in that.  However, watch this exclusive video of General Gadhafi as he describes his feeling about this anti-gift giving movement afoot...


10 Things Court Reporting Students Must Do - Number 8 Get Back to Basics

1/26/2011

Alexander Graham Bell once said, "Before anything else, preparation is the key to success." For a court reporting student or even a working reporter, preparation means reviewing your theory. Yes, I said REVIEW YOUR THEORY. There is never a time during your career as a reporter that theory is not important. Check out my new video Top 10 Things ...


Court Reporting Tool Slasher Updated

1/25/2011

Dear Todd, I came upon your slashing text tool recently and think it's great. I'm sharing it with other instructors here at the Maryland Community College System Court Training Program


10 Things Court Reporting Students Must Do - Number 9- Do What They Tell Ya

12/17/2010

Court reporter Todd Olivas gives his famous Top 10 Things Court Reporting Students Must Do To Get Out of School (with your sanity intact).  Watch and learn about Tip # 9 - Do What They Tell Ya!The they that I am referring to is your school.  Do what your school tells you to do.  The are experts in prod ...


What Every Court Reporter Should Know About Sending In Exhibits

12/13/2010

A few key things to remember when sending in exhibits: Please make sure you include any notes that will be important for our benefit.  For example: double sided pages, color pages, over-sized plans, et cetera.Tell Us About Any Exhibits That Require Our Immediate AttentionWe have rece ...


10 Things Court Reporting Students Must Do - Number 10 - Show Up!

12/10/2010

Court reporter Todd Olivas gives his famous Top 10 Things Court Reporting Students Must Do To Get Out of School (with your sanity intact).  Watch and learn about Tip # 10 - Show Up!There is nothing that I can do for you if you don't AT LEAST show up for school.  Don't be like me.  Don't skip school or cut c ...


$1000 Student Scholarships!

11/18/2010

The Deposition Reporters Association is offering three scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each to deserving court reporting students, currently enrolled in an approved court reporting program, who are in the 180-and-above speed classes, in qualifier classes, or sitting for the California CSR exam. An applicant sitting for the CSR must continue ...


Top 10 Things Reporters Should Remember When Turning in Jobs

10/22/2010

Fill out your worksheet correctlyAlways make sure you have your information correct: Case name, Deponents, Attorneys, etc.Have all information correct on order formWhen the attorneys are filling out the order form, inform us if they have any specifications. For example, the quantity, if they just ...


Kill the Mistress – How to Stop Working and Enjoy Your Time Off

7/7/2010

As any court reporter will tell you, the work day never stops.  Even after a full day of court, deposition or hearings we still have to go home and continue editing, scoping and proofreading.  When does it stop?  Never.  Or until you retire or run away to the circus.Most of you have home offices where all this “homewor ...


Online court reporting programs, do they work?

6/29/2010

Hi Todd, I recently found your blog and it's very informative! I appreciate you taking the time to let us hear more about the life of a court reporter. I was a student in court reporting school and I did not like the school at all. It felt very unprofessional and frankly I think I would just do better with an online program because of how mu ...


Skype depositions

6/18/2010

We just did our first Skype deposition.  If you are not familiar with Skype, here's the primer.  Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free.  Did you hear me, F-R-E-E!  Granted, Skyp ...


How to launch a new court reporting community website that does not suck

5/14/2010

Here's a burning question I am sure that has kept you up at night... How do I  launch a new court reporting community website that does not suck? There are a million reasons to not try new things in life.  Here's a partial list of some of the biggies:It will be hardI'm afraidI hate changeIt m ...


1 800 COURT REPORTER

4/1/2010

Anybody got a spare $40,000 to purchase 1 800 COURT REPORTER?  I just got contacted by a telephone broker trying to sell me that phone number.  I figured it would be expensive but not that expensive! I politely wrote back, Too rich for my blood.  That's what I wrote, anyway.  What I was ...


I`m hosting an event in my office

3/23/2010

I've decided to partner up with Stenograph in order to co-host an event right here at my office in Temecula, CA.  All CSRs and students are invited.  The cost is free but you must register.  Hopefully, this will be an exciting event that we'll ...


Steno Equipment

3/19/2010

This blog post is now dedicated to steno equipment information, repair, and discussion.  I am going to open it up to Allan Dyer of http://oteconline.com/ to be my resident expert in this.  Allan has a company specializing in this area.  Here is what this blog will be about:


West Valley College

3/11/2010

Dear Reporters Concerned About Court Reporting School Closures,We hope you have a really great job on Tuesday, March 16, 2010; however, if you don't, we would very much appreciate your presence at the West Valley College Academic Senate meeting at which the Court Reporting Department will present its case for continuance ...


2 court reporting domains for sale

3/1/2010

I am offering two of the best court reporting related domains for sale.  courtreporter.co.ukcourtreporting.co.uk I originally purchased the domains in order to build out a UK online presence.  Time and priorities have taken me down a different path.  So they are now for sale.  If anybody wants to make me a ...


California CSRs go by California code. Period. End of story.

2/16/2010

Question: In a nutshell, what’s a California CSR’s duty to abide by another state (say, Arizona’s) regs & codes regarding the signature and changes made to a deposition?  For example, if you do a job in CA for a case venued in ...


All depos in California must follow Minimum Transcript Format Standards

2/12/2010

California deposition reporters be aware of the change in the law regarding the Minimum Transcript Format Standards.  This change is effective as of January 1, 2010.  (Sorry this blog announcement is only now forth coming, but it is what it is.)  All depos in California must follow Minimum Transcript Format Standards per C ...




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