Court Reporter and Stenographer Business Cards for CSR and RPR Certified Professionals

Court reporters and stenographers are the official verbatim record keepers of legal and administrative proceedings — capturing every word spoken in depositions, court hearings, arbitrations, administrative hearings, and other proceedings using stenotype machines (writing at 225+ words per minute using phonetic chords) or voice writing (NVRA). Court reporters produce the official transcript that becomes the permanent record of the proceeding, admissible in court and relied upon by attorneys, judges, and parties.

What Court Reporter Cards Include

Your Credentials and Certifications

• RPR (Registered Professional Reporter) — NCRA (National Court Reporters Association); the primary professional certification; requires passing a skills test at 225 WPM with 95%+ accuracy and a written knowledge test
• RMR (Registered Merit Reporter) — NCRA; requires 260 WPM with 95%+ accuracy; advanced certification
• RDR (Registered Diplomate Reporter) — NCRA; the most advanced stenotype reporter certification
• CRR (Certified Realtime Reporter) — NCRA; certification in realtime stenography (CAT software outputting real-time text to attorneys' laptops during a deposition)
• CRC (Certified Realtime Captioner) — NCRA; for court reporters providing captioning services (CART)
• CBC (Certified Broadcast Captioner) — NCRA; broadcast captioning
• FAPR (Fellow, Academy of Professional Reporters) — NCRA; honorary distinction for long-term NCRA members
• NVRA member (National Verbatim Reporters Association) — for voice writers (speak-write reporters); NCRA is for stenotype, NVRA is for voice writing
• CVR (Certified Verbatim Reporter) — NVRA credential
• CSR (Certified Shorthand Reporter) — the state-issued court reporter license; each state issues its own CSR license (some states use different terminology: CCR, RPR-equivalent)
• NCRA member — National Court Reporters Association; the primary professional organization
• CLVS (Certified Legal Video Specialist) — NCRA; for legal videographers who also do court reporting

Your Court Reporting Services

Deposition court reporting (most common):

• Deposition court reporter (civil litigation depositions)
• Remote/video deposition reporter (Zoom, Webex, Teams-based depositions)
• Expedited transcript delivery
• Realtime transcript delivery (CRR) — attorneys see real-time text on laptops during deposition

Court / hearing reporting:

• Official court reporter (in-court proceedings)
• Administrative hearing reporter (government agencies, EEOC, unemployment, workers' comp)
• Arbitration reporter
• Regulatory hearing reporter

CART captioning (Communication Access Realtime Translation):

• CART captioning for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals
• Classroom CART (university accommodations)
• Conference and event CART
• Broadcast captioning

Transcript and exhibit services:

• ASCII text delivery
• PDF transcript delivery
• Rough draft / same-day delivery
• Condensed transcript
• Keyword index
• Exhibit scanning and hyperlinked exhibits
• Video synchronization (synced transcript + video deposition)

Legal videography (some court reporters offer both):

• Legal video deposition recording
• Synchronized video + transcript
• CLVS certified legal video specialist

Your Technology

• Stenotype machine brands: Stentura, ProCAT, Eclipse, Case CATalyst, DigitalCAT, Baron Data, StenoKey
• CAT software: Case CATalyst (Eclipse), DigitalCAT, ProCAT, StenographI
• Realtime output: Streaming to CaseViewNet, LiveDeposition, TranscriptPad, eCopy
• Video: JVC, Sony, Flashback Recorder
• Remote deposition platforms: Zoom Deposition, Exhibit Share, Veritext, Magna Legal

Design for Court Reporters

Legal Professional, Precise, Trustworthy

Court reporter card design:

• Legal industry professional standard
• Precision and accuracy (essential to the profession)
• Discrete but credentialed

Color palette:

• Navy + white: legal authority
• Charcoal + white: professional services
• Dark teal + white: clean legal professional

Back of Card

1. "Court Reporter | RPR | RMR (if) | CRR (if) | CSR [State + #] | NCRA"
2. "Depositions | Arbitrations | CART captioning | Hearings | Realtime (CRR)"
3. "Expedited | Same-day | Rough draft | Realtime streaming | Remote/Zoom depositions"
4. "Video deposition (CLVS) | Exhibit scanning | Hyperlinked exhibits | Condensed transcripts"
5. "Scheduling: [phone] | [email] | [agency affiliation or independent] | [city/region]"

Checklist

• [ ] RPR (NCRA) — most important credential
• [ ] RMR (if advanced)
• [ ] RDR (if diplomate level)
• [ ] CRR (realtime certification)
• [ ] CRC (CART captioning)
• [ ] CLVS (legal video)
• [ ] State CSR license number
• [ ] NCRA membership
• [ ] Deposition reporting
• [ ] Remote/Zoom depositions
• [ ] Realtime output (CRR)
• [ ] CART captioning (if offered)
• [ ] Expedited and same-day delivery
• [ ] Video deposition (CLVS, if offered)
• [ ] Exhibit services
• [ ] Firm affiliation or independent