PODCASTS

GUEST – Ed Varallo BIO: Ed Varallo comes from a family of court reporters and began his career straight out of high school. In 1965, on his 19th birthday, he became the youngest person ever to pass the Certificate of Merit exam (now the RMR). Best known for his speed contest accomplishments (a perfect score…

GUEST – Cindi Lynch BIO: Cindi Lynch has trained thousands of reporting industry professionals and students on a variety of CAT and other software applications for the past 33 years. Cindi created and now maintains the Ascend Training by Stenograph online training community, as well as the content on CATalyst Academy; she manages Stenograph’s Certified…

GUESTS – President, Andrea Wecker, and Executive Director, George Catuogno BIOS: PRESIDENT:  ANDREA WECKER, CSR, RDR, CRR, CRC, Boise, Idaho Andrea discovered her passion for court reporting at the age of 16 and now has more than 18 years of experience as a freelance court reporter and captioner locally, nationally, and internationally. In 2015, Andrea became…

GUEST – Paul Unger, esq. BIO: Paul is an attorney and one of the founding partners of Affinity Consulting Group. Paul focuses on national speaking/training, coaching, strategic consulting, and workflow design. He provides continuing legal education (CLE), legal-specific software training, and professional development programs for North American law firms and legal departments. He is the…

GUEST – Julie Brown BIO: Julie is the Director of Practice Technology at Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease LLP, where she has served for over 20 years. In her current role, she works closely with attorneys and clients to identify and deliver innovative solutions. Her primary focus areas include eDiscovery, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and…

GUEST – Lynzie Zempel BIO: Lynzie Zempel was born to be a court reporter. With an English degree from the University of Minnesota Duluth and top-notch training from an NCRA-approved court reporting school, Lynzie can confidently walk into any deposition or court proceeding and get the job done. Lynzie is the past president of the…

GUEST – BILL ROBERTS BIO: With over 40 years of court reporting experience, Bill Roberts is known as South Carolina’s leading expert in litigation services and technology. He has been in the forefront of emerging technology and was the first reporter in South Carolina to offer Realtime court reporting technology. Before merging with Veritext in…

GUEST – Josh Hoeppner BIO: Josh Hoeppner is a courtroom/litigation technology presentation expert and owner of Tilt Litigation Services, LLC. He has 20 years of experience in the field, and has been involved in, and organized over 250 on-site litigation presentations over his career, along with, more recently, many Zoom depositions/arbitrations. He has worked on…

GUEST – SAM MATTERN BIO: Sam graduated from DeVry University with a Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering Technology in 2005.  He joined Spectrum Reporting’s video department soon after graduation and apprenticed under CLVS Tom Rees. Within a couple of years of daily video depositions and trial playback, Sam took on more responsibilities.  Because of his computer…

GUEST – Debbie Bridges Duffy BIO: Debbie Bridges Duffy is a seasoned professional in the court reporting industry with more than 20 years of experience. Debbie started Bridges Court Reporting to create a business that would serve clients and offer court reporters profitable work. Driven by a genuine passion for helping others, she has embraced…