Court Reporter
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full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Springfield • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $5,148 - $7,227 per month
About the role
- Records verbatim testimony including the questions, answers, and objections of speakers at Commission hearings, court proceedings, appealed cases and review and advisory board meetings in connection with application of laws and regulations of the ICC.
- Complies with all applicable statues, administrative orders, court rules, and regulations.
- Prepares and certifies complete transcriptions of evidence and testimony taken for inclusion in legal filings and records in a timely manner.
- Provides copies upon request to all parties involved.
- Transcribes stenographic notes via computer-aided transcription (CAT) for completion of a transcript of court proceedings, recorded material on a computer, or assigns notes to others for transcribing.
- Inserts supplemental material at proper appropriate places in transcript in accordance with notations made in the records of proceedings.
- Keeps a monthly report of all transcripts on order and files original reports as directed.
- Emails transcripts, faxes documents, prepares mailings and filings of case-related electronic and paper records.
- Receives and responds to telephone inquiries, mail, email, or other correspondence regarding case information.
- Exchanges information with appropriate jurisdictions and parties.
- Travels to hearing sites throughout the state as operational need dictate.
Requirements
- Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of high school, supplemented by graduation from a recognized school or program of court reporting with courses in steno-typing stenography, legal and medical vocabulary and legal procedures.
- Requires possession of a valid Illinois Certificate of Registration as a certified certificate as a shorthand reporter issued by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
- Prefers thorough knowledge of the techniques necessary in performing stenographic duties of recording steno-typing or other methods of taking verbatim testimony at a high rate of speed with extreme accuracy.
- Prefers knowledge of business English and spelling, with the vocabulary necessary in recording testimony involving technical, medical and legal terms.
- Prefers working knowledge of legal procedures and the preparation and use of court records.
- Prefers working knowledge of office procedures, composition, records management and office communications.
- Prefers skill in the development of total recall necessary to recording dictation at a high rate of speed with extreme accuracy.
- Prefers skill in the use of personal computer and applications (i.e. word processing, spread sheet or database).
Benefits
- Our top-tier benefits and great retirement packages can help you build a rewarding career and lasting future with the State of Illinois.
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Hard Skills & Tools
stenographycomputer-aided transcriptionverbatim testimony recordinglegal vocabularymedical vocabularycourt reportingrecords managementdictation recordinghigh-speed transcriptionaccuracy in transcription
Soft Skills
attention to detailcommunicationorganizational skillstime managementinformation exchange
Certifications
Illinois Certificate of Registration as a certified shorthand reporter