Court Reporter

Job Description Summary

The position starts at $62,338. Offers depend on the candidate’s education, certifications, and experience and are usually around mid-pay range $68,557 (Full range: $62,338 - $87,277).

Certifications may provide higher entry salary, or a pay increase upon achieving one during employment.

Additional (significant) income can be earned for preparing transcripts.

A salary supplement will be provided for the attainment of the NCRA designations of Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR), Registered Merit Reporter (RMR), or Registered Diplomate Reporter (RDR).

The Court also offers ANNUALLY:
29 paid vacation days +
15 paid sick days +
12 paid holidays.

The Court provides generous benefits: health, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, retirement plan, contribution toward health reimbursement plan, 12 weeks of parental leave and more.

Per Diem work is also offered:
$350 per full day of work + transcripts; WITHOUT benefits.
$175 per half day of work + transcripts; WITHOUT benefits.

CANDIDATES MUST PAY THEIR INITIAL ARIZONA CERTIFICATION FEE.
The Court will pay the Arizona Certification Renewal Fee every year during term of employment.
An official court reporter provides verbatim reporting of court proceedings. The Court Reporter must prepare accurate and timely transcripts pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S. Title32, Chapter 40). Court Reporters can be assigned to work in any court department, including but not limited to grand jury, criminal, civil, family, juvenile, probate/mental health, and administrative hearings.

Job Description

Essential Functions:

• Reports a verbatim record of all courtroom proceedings by use of a manual shorthand system, voice written system or specialized equipment.
• Reads aloud any previously recorded spoken testimony during court proceedings as requested to judges, counsel, witnesses, and jurors.  
• Prepares and produces verbatim transcripts or excerpts from stenographic notes or voice written notes as requested by litigants, attorneys, judges, and other court personnel in required time periods.
• Transcript preparation  includes extensive research of case citations, statutes, and specialized terminology.  
• Edits, proofreads, binds (if appropriate), and certifies transcripts as true and accurate.   
• Signs all transcripts as a certified court reporter.
• Distributes transcripts to the appropriate parties and prepares the billing for such transcripts.
• Routinely interacts and corresponds with private sector litigants, attorneys, support staff, paralegals, as well as judges, court personnel, the Court of Appeals, and The Supreme Court regarding transcript requests and preparation.
• Maintains and updates computer text, dictionary, and backup files on personal backup drives and the court’s backup system.
• Maintains and updates all equipment and software necessary to perform the tasks of a court reporter (i.e. stenographic equipment, voice writing equipment and computer equipment.)
• Archives electronically produced stenographic notes, as well as all computer-generated stenographic files.
• May assist court office personnel with various duties. 

Minimum Qualifications:

A high school diploma or equivalent G.E.D. certificate and two years of court reporting experience, experience transcribing a full range of legal or judicial proceedings, or any equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education approved by Human Resources.

Licenses, Certificates & Physical Conditions:

Registered professional Reporter (RPR); must be certified by the Arizona Supreme Court pursuant to ARS 32-4021. Court Reporter certification must be maintained as a condition of employment.
OTHER CERTIFICATIONS:
A salary supplement will be provided for the attainment of the NCRA designations of Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR), Registered Merit Reporter (RMR), or Registered Diplomate Reporter (RDR).

Benefits:

The Arizona Superior Court in Pima County and the Pima County Juvenile Court Center offer the same benefits as those offered to other employees working for Pima County.  We offer a competitive benefits package to benefits eligible employees, which includes medical, dental, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, paid vacation and sick leave.   Some benefits require contributions by employees in addition to contributions made by the employer.  Please see the link below for a complete description of the offerings.
Pima County Benefits

Retirement Plan participation is mandatory for all eligible employees to include a mandatory pre-tax pay deduction. Current rates can be viewed here:  
ASRS Contribution Rates

Education Reimbursement Program: The program will provide up to $5,250 per calendar year towards the cost of tuition, required books, registration fees, and laboratory fees. The Employee's lifetime maximum benefit would be for reimbursement of one Bachelor's degree and one Master's degree.

Full-time employees of government organizations may be able to receive student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.  For more information click Student Loan Forgiveness | Federal Student Aid.