Registered Court Reporter - Superior Court

Registered Court Reporter - Superior Court

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$55.58/hr - $55.58/hr

This is a full-time position that works 35 hours per week.

To be considered, you must be a Certified Court Reporter as tested and qualified under WAC .

Pierce County Superior Court is looking for highly qualified, professional, and committed team players for full-time Court Reporters. In this position you will attend and take the official record throughout Superior Court. You will work as a team with the judge and the judicial assistant as well as assist other judicial departments when coverage is needed. Our current opening is with Department 4 - Judge Rebecca Reeder.

Your success will be found in providing court reporting services in court which require independent judgment within policy guidelines, and considerable knowledge of legal terminology, processes, and procedures.

You will report directly to a Superior Court Judge and will be responsible for creating the official record of all sessions of Superior Court as directed by the Judge, which includes, but is not limited to the following:
Pretrial hearings, impaneling of the jury, opening statements, testimony, closing arguments, exceptions to jury instructions, jury instructions, post-trial hearings, and sentencing hearings.

You will also be responsible for providing Realtime (preferred, not required) to the Court, producing efficient and expeditious productions of transcripts and maintaining control and custody of stenographic notes. You will also prepare and maintain detailed chronological logs with applicable Superior Court rules and the timely securing and indexing of stenographic notes in accordance with the Superior Court Clerk’s Office.

• Must be a Certified Court Reporter as tested and qualified under WAC
• Maintain certification on a yearly basis with the Department of Licensing.

• Certified as a Registered Professional Reporter (RPR)

As a condition of employment, the applicant will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.

Compensation for this position is $53.44 per hour.