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Before filing a complaint, please read the following procedures in their entirety. In order to submit your complaint, please complete the complaint form below and send it and any attachments to: ATTN: COPE Liaison National Court Reporters Association 12355 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 610 Reston, VA 20191-3808
Categories: Ethics and Business Practices
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Advisory Opinion Procedures Any Member in good standing may submit to the Committee on Professional Ethics a request for an Advisory Opinion. Advisory Opinions shall consist of (1) Private Advisory Opinions and (2) Public Advisory Opinions. Private Advisory Opinions A Private Advisory Opinion may be requested in lieu of proceeding with a complaint, as provided in Section A (3) of the Complai…
Categories: Policies and Procedures, Ethics and Business Practices
Member Preamble The mandatory Code of Professional Ethics defines the ethical relationship the public, the bench, and the bar have a right to expect from a Member. The Code sets out the conduct of the Member when dealing with the user of reporting services and acquaints the user, as well as the Member, with guidelines established for professional behavior. The Guidelines for Professional Practice,…
Policies and Procedures Manual - April 2024 Introduction The NCRA Board of Directors supports and advocates transparency in its governance activities, consistency in its exercise of governance duties, and continuity and efficiency in the operations of the association. In order to promote good business practices and responsible governance, it has created this Policy and Procedures Manual and make…
Categories: Ethics and Business Practices, Committee
Introduction The NCRA Board of Directors supports and advocates transparency in its governance activities, consistency in its exercise of governance duties, and continuity and efficiency in the operations of the association. In order to promote good business practices and responsible governance, it has created this Policy and Procedures Manual and makes it available to the membership on the NCRA …
Providing excerpted portions of the testimony (Originally written, 1995; Restated, 2003; Revised 2018) Statement of facts A court reporter has requested the Committee on Professional Ethics for an advisory opinion regarding the permissibility under NCRA's Code of Professional Ethics of transcribing excerpted portions of testimony for one party to the proceeding. During a recess, an attorney reque…
Agency transcribing depositions taken by reporters no longer with the firm (Originally adopted in 1989; combined with No. 33, 2013) Statement of facts A client requested an expedited transcript of a deposition. The independent contractor who reported the proceeding was in the hospital recuperating from surgery and therefore was unable to prepare the transcript. The agency owner reques…
Telephone depositions are a common occurrence for many court reporters - and are perhaps more common than these reporters would like. Some of the problems associated with telephone depositions - not being able to hear the witness, garbled speech, poor phone connection, several participants who all sound alike and don't identify themselves - make an already challenging assignment all the more diffi…
Categories: Ethics and Business Practices, Advocacy
THIS PUBLIC ADVISORY OPINION REFLECTS THE STATUS OF THE LAW IN MOST JURISDICTIONS. MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO CONFORM TO THE ACCEPTED PRACTICES SET FORTH IN THIS PUBLIC ADVISORY OPINION TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH PRACTICES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THEIR OWN APPLICABLE STATE AND LOCAL LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS.