Civil Procedure
Oct. 8, 2025
Meet, confer, record: New mandate curbs reporter waste
AB 711 aims to reduce redundant court reporters by requiring attorneys to confer early about their intent to use one, fostering efficiency through better communication between opposing counsel.
Stephanie Leslie
Founder
Regal Court Reporting
Stephanie Leslie is the founder of Regal Court Reporting and a court reporter.
It is common knowledge that there has been a need for more court reporters for over a decade, ever since the last round of budget cuts and layoffs. This need has become even more crucial in recent years. To address legitimate concerns over equal access to justice, court reporting associations statewide -- as well as individual reporters -- have undertaken the task of recruiting hundreds of new stenographers into the profession, advocating for the revision of the state licensi...
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