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Paper Trail Part 9: Settlement

Paper Trail Part 9: Settlement

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Joe Stephens in Texas Lawyer: What No One Is Talking About in Connecticut’s Prompt Injection Ruling

Joe Stephens in Texas Lawyer: What No One Is Talking About in Connecticut’s Prompt Injection Ruling

A Connecticut judge caught a litigant hiding instructions for AI inside a court filing. While most ...
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Legal Tech Is Having a Moment

I never thought I’d find myself wondering if I had the right legal AI platform while watching the ...
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Herizon Awards Recognize Stenos’s Carly Savar and Sierra Van Allen

Business Intelligence Group has announced the winners of the 2026 Herizon Awards, which honor women ...
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Voices Behind the Record: Tracy Thompson

Voices Behind the Record is our ongoing series spotlighting the professionals who make up our court ...
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When Service and Technology Data Talk to Each Other

Regardless of industry, companies prioritize the metrics closest to what they sell, which usually ...
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Steno Named Finalist for Best App for the Business of Law in Clio Integration Awards 2026

Steno was named a finalist in the 2026 Clio Integration Awards, in the Best App for the Business of ...
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Joe Stephens in Association of Corporate Counsel: Deposition Review Is Your Most Expensive Black Box

Most legal departments can produce an itemized invoice from outside counsel. Fewer of them can tell ...
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Steno's Between the Briefs Takes Silver at the 2026 Best in Biz Awards International

Between the Briefs, Steno's podcast on litigation, court reporting, and legal technology, has won ...
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Paper Trail Part 8: Motion Practice

Paper Trail is a 12-part series that follows a single fictional case through every phase of ...
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SPARE Act Webinar Recap: What California Firms Need to Do Before January 1

California’s SPARE Act (AB 747) takes effect January 1, 2027, targeting so-called "sewer service." ...
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Joe Stephens Named 2026 Relativity Innovation Award Winner for Legal Education

Relativity has named Steno’s Joe Stephens, JD, the 2026 Best Innovator for Legal Education. The ...
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Steno Expands Litigation Technology Suite with Open Beta Launch of Litigation Genius

Building on the success of Transcript Genius, Steno’s new AI-powered workspace lets litigation ...
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Joe Stephens in Texas Lawyer: The Signed Affidavit That Exposes the Public Defense Crisis

In a piece for Texas Lawyer, Steno Director of Legal Solutions Joe Stephens, JD, examines a new law ...
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Dylan Ruga in The Recorder: Legal Tech Consolidated. Litigation Support Is Next.

Legal tech software has already gone through a period of consolidation. Litigation support is ...
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How Depositions Allow Social Media Posts to Be Used as Evidence

A landlord posts on Facebook: “changed the locks on 4B—pay up or get out.” A few hours later, he ...
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Paper Trail Part 7: Depositions

Paper Trail is a 12-part series that follows a single fictional case through every phase of ...
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Deposition Zen and the Art of Playlist Creation

I spend a lot of time getting lost in music. Not just listening to it (although I do plenty of ...
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Steno on Legaltech Hub: Product Briefing–Steno Transcript Genius 2026 Update

A year ago, Steno’s Joe Stephens, JD, sat down with Legaltech Hub to walk through Transcript ...
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Steno News Network Gets a New Co-Anchor: Madam Reporter Joins the Desk

The Steno News Network desk has a new voice behind it, and she's wearing bright pink. Debra Farfan, ...
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Steno Doubles Down on World-Class Service Model, Adding LegalZoom Founder Brian Lee to Board

Former LegalZoom CEO brings decades of category-defining legal services experience to support Steno ...
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Mentorship Is Infrastructure: Kristie Wood Opens Steno's CEU Series

Note: Quotes have been lightly edited for clarity. Kristie Wood didn't set out to create a ...
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Joe Stephens in Bloomberg Law: California Supreme Court Ruling Is a Boon for Litigant Rights

Without a transcript, there's nothing to appeal. That's the reality the Family Violence Appellate ...
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Paper Trail Part 6: Discovery

Paper Trail is a 12-part series that follows a single fictional case through every phase of ...
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Voices Behind the Record: Cindy M. Holway

Voices Behind the Record is our ongoing series spotlighting the professionals who make up our court ...
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Two Years, 75 Episodes, and a Podcast That's Just Getting Started

Two years ago, we launched Between the Briefs with a plan to put some of the sharpest minds in ...
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ILTACON 2026: Community Matters, Customer Service Differentiates

The curtain has come down on ILTACON 2026, where more than 5,700 legal technology professionals ...
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You Asked, We Delivered: What's New in Steno Connect

Steno Connect is Steno's app for remote depositions, combining Zoom's videoconferencing with ...
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Steno at ILTACON: Above the Law on the Evolution of the Legal AI Persona

Back in March, a Legalweek panel featuring Steno surfaced a problem the legal industry hasn't ...
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Replace the PDFs: Streamline Your Deposition Worksheets Directly in the Steno Dashboard

At Steno, we're always looking for ways to make things easier for the court reporters we work with. ...
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Sierra Van Allen in ABA Young Lawyers Division: How Law Firms and Gen Z Can Meet in the Middle

A new associate passes the bar, survives orientation, and expects to land in the version of ...
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Paper Trail Part 5: The Answer and Early Motions

Paper Trail is a 12-part series that follows a single fictional case through every phase of ...
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Dan Ivtsan in Legal Reader: Benchmarking LLM Hallucination in Legal Research

Every lawyer has heard some version of this story: a brief goes out, the citations look clean, and ...
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What Legal Pros Want to Know About Clip Cutting

Steno Director of Legal Solutions Joe Stephens, JD, recently hosted a live webinar walking ...
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Voices Behind the Record: Gayl Hardeman

Voices Behind the Record is our ongoing series spotlighting the professionals who make up our court ...
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Paper Trail Part 4: Service of Process

Paper Trail is a 12-post series that follows the story of Patty, a bakery owner seeking ...
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Carly Savar on Adventures in Legal Tech: Inside In-House

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Steno Appoints Court Reporting Veteran Jon Hefler as Vice President of Growth

Hefler brings more than 20 years of executive leadership in court reporting and litigation support ...
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Joe Stephens in the Daily Journal: How Strict AI Rules Threaten Access to Justice for Public Defenders and Low-Income Litigants

The compliance burden created by California's proposed AI ethics rules doesn't fall evenly across ...
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Paper Trail Part 3: The Complaint

Paper Trail is a 12-post series that follows the story of Patty, a bakery owner seeking ...
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Steno Named a Best of Texas Lawyer 2026 Winner in Austin and Houston

Texas legal professionals have awarded Steno three placements in the Texas Lawyer Best of 2026 ...
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Joe Stephens in the Daily Journal: California's Proposed AI Ethics Rules Have a Blind Spot for Agentic AI

California's bar regulators have spent the past year building an ethical framework for AI in legal ...
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Katie Fitzsimons in The Legal Intelligencer: High Touch Is the Standard

Litigation teams experience legal support services as a working relationship, not feature set. When ...
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Paper Trail Part 2: Pre-Litigation

In Part 1, Patty stopped into Depot Print Shop to pick up an order and slipped on paper stock an ...
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Voices Behind the Record: Natalie Wills

Voices Behind the Record is our ongoing series spotlighting the professionals who make up our court ...
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AI Change Management for Law Firms

Most law firms that struggle with AI adoption have a people problem, not a technology problem. The ...
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Jeff Cox in Daily Business Review: The Case for Building Your Attorney Digital Twin

The best practitioners in any firm carry a body of judgment that was never written down, ...
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The Mask Question: What To Know About Voice Writing

The court reporter sits down at the table, places a device over their mouth, and the proceeding ...
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Cut Your Own Deposition Clips, Right Inside Transcript Genius

Clip Cutting is now available inside Transcript Genius. Attorneys, paralegals, and legal support ...
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Paper Trail Part 1: The Case Begins

Welcome to Paper Trail! Over the next few months, we’ll follow a single civil lawsuit from the ...
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California’s Court Reporter Shortage Is Leaving Millions of Hearings Off the Record

The legal system runs on the record. But since April 2023, 72% of unlimited civil, family law, and ...
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Steno CEO Prabhdeep Singh Joins In Studio Podcast from The LegalTech Fund

Court reporting has largely run on the same playbook for decades. Steno CEO Prabhdeep Singh joined ...
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Joe Stephens in Texas Lawyer: Preparing Law Students for the Realities of AI in Practice

AI has the potential to close one of the oldest gaps in legal practice, the resource divide between ...
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Clare Foley in New Jersey Law Journal: The Invoice Isn't the Whole Story

Court reporting decisions at most Am Law firms are made by case teams, priced on per-page rates, ...
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Steno Honored for Innovation, Co-Founder Dylan Ruga Recognized as Distinguished Leader at 2026 California Legal Awards

The 2026 California Legal Awards, presented by The Recorder and Law.com, honored Dylan Ruga, Steno ...
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Same Tools, Better Results: Why Your Team Matters Now More Than Ever

This spring, the California State Bar proposed amendments to Rules of Professional Conduct that ...
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Steno Wins 1st Place in The Recorder's Best of 2026: Court Reporting and Deposition

Steno has been named the first-place winner in the Court Reporting and Deposition category in The ...
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Court Reporters Belong in the Mental Health Conversation

In recent years, the legal industry has made real progress toward addressing the burnout rates, ...
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Dan Ivtsan in Law.com: The Litigation AI Arms Race Has Already Started and Both Sides Are Armed

Last month, Steno Senior Director of AI Products Dan Ivtsan wrote an article for Insurance Thought ...
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How to Get More Out of Your Depositions With AI

A deposition transcript is a data input. The quality of that data determines what you can do with ...
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Steno Wins Three Stevie Awards at the 2026 American Business Awards

Steno has been recognized with three Bronze Stevie Awards at the 24th Annual American Business ...
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5 Bold Predictions for AI in the Legal Profession

Conversations about AI in the legal profession tend to contain a lot of hedges and qualifiers. ...
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Steno Names Current COO and Seasoned Tech Executive Prabhdeep Singh as New CEO to Lead Next Phase of Growth

Appointment of former Clover, WeWork, and Uber exec marks a significant milestone in Steno’s ...
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Voices Behind the Record: Leah Willersdorf

Realtime on the World Stage Voices Behind the Record is our ongoing series spotlighting the ...
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CLOC Global Institute 2026: Stronger By Design, Built By Community

When Above the Law stopped by our booth at the CLOC Global Institute, they asked the Steno team for ...
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Jeff Karotkin in Bloomberg Law: California Litigators Must Get Ready for Process Serving Revamp

California's process serving rules are about to undergo their biggest overhaul in decades, and ...
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What AI Doesn’t Tell You: The Hidden Gaps in Legal Research

The most dangerous AI research failure doesn’t make headlines. It doesn’t conjure imaginary ...
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Joe Stephens on Careers & Business of Law Podcast: Service Is a Commodity. Hospitality Is How You Feel.

Earlier this month, Steno Director of Legal Solutions Joe Stephens joined David Cowen’s Careers and ...
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Steno Wins Six Theorem Best Legal Tech Spring 2026 Awards

Steno has been named a Top Solution, Leader, Momentum Leader, Best Overall, Best Business Partner, ...
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Anjelica Garcia in Legal IT Insider: Career Insights

Anjelica Garcia spent nearly a decade as CHRO and EVP at Red Bull North America before joining ...
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Dan Ivtsan in Insurance Thought Leadership: Insurers, Plaintiff Bar Wage AI Arms Race

The legal AI conversation tends to center on the courtroom: who drafts briefs faster, whether LLMs ...
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Joe Stephens Wins ILTA's Innovative Leader of the Year, Business Partner

Joe Stephens, Steno's Director of Legal Solutions, has been named the 2026 Innovative Leader of the ...
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At the MBBA Trial Academy, the Fundamentals Were the Point

On April 17, I had the opportunity to join a panel at the Metropolitan Black Bar Association Trial ...
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Carly Savar in Corporate Counsel: Reliable by Design—What In-House Counsel Really Need from Legal Tech Partners

In-house legal teams are facing faster turnarounds, fewer resources, and business stakeholders who ...
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Sean Twersky in Bloomberg: How to Succeed in Your Very First Job

Landing your first job is one thing. Actually thriving in it is another. Bloomberg asked Sean ...
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Dan Ivtsan in InformationWeek: The Hidden High Cost of Training AI on AI

AI-generated content isn't just filling inboxes. It's quietly corrupting the models organizations ...
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Steno Appoints Former Red Bull and Ontra Executives to Leadership Team

Anjelica Garcia (Red Bull) and Jeff Herscott (Ontra) join Steno, bringing world-class expertise to ...
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Voices Behind the Record: Sheri Smargon

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Attorney Work Styles: Why We Built a Framework Specifically for Lawyers

Legal work rewards excellence. But in practice, excellence looks very different from one attorney ...
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Joe Stephens in Legal Reader: AI Adoption Is Outpacing the Rules. Here's How to Stay Ahead of Both.

The ABA Task Force's Year 2 Report on AI doesn't pump the brakes on adoption. Instead, it draws a ...
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Steno at Legalweek: Above the Law on What AI Competence Actually Means

The years-long debate over whether the legal industry should adopt AI is mostly settled. The next ...
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Legalweek 2026: What We Heard, What Stuck, and What It Means

Legalweek is the legal industry's largest annual technology conference, with thousands of lawyers, ...
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Steno Secures $49M Series C to Fuel Rapid Expansion and the Next Evolution of Transcript Genius

Savano Capital Partners’ investment to accelerate Steno’s significant geographic growth and enhance ...
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After 30+ years as a court reporter and 13 years running my own firm, I was surprised to find ...
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For trial attorneys, winning a court case transcends presenting evidence and examining witnesses. ...
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Legal AI: ABA & State Legal Ethics Guidance on Artificial Intelligence

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Motion Practice Reimagined: This Firm Dramatically Reduced Review Times with Transcript Genius

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When it comes to legal services, I believe that foundations matter more than flash. Today, I want ...
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Product Updates: Make Depositions Even Easier with Steno's Latest Features

Managing remote depositions, analyzing transcripts, and getting jobs on the books just became more ...
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Mastering Your Craft: How One Attorney Uses AI to Elevate His Pitch

Executive Summary Challenge: After decades of litigation experience, attorney Mike Marzban ...
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Beyond Innovation: Why Transcript Genius Won LegalTech AI Innovation of the Year

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Embracing AI: Transcript Genius Helped This Customer Reclaim Her Time

Monica Burneikis understands the value of her time—and not because she bills by the hour. A ...
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Steno is delighted to announce the appointment of Prabhdeep Singh to the position of Chief ...
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From Hours to Minutes: How Transcript Genius is Saving Attorneys Time with Dynamic Summaries

Attorneys have long struggled with efficiently extracting relevant information from lengthy ...
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How Steno’s DelayPay Helps New Law Firm Win $32 Million Verdict

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The digital age is transforming virtually every industry, and the legal field is no exception. ...
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Shorthand writing systems, designed specifically to capture the spoken word verbatim and facilitate ...
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One Dashboard Gets it All Done

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How Steno Protects Your Sensitive Information

For the first half of my career, I worked in information security. I built and led the global ...
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How to Use a Deposition at Trial to Win a Lawsuit

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Getting the Most Out of Expert Witnesses

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Deposition Taking Tactics to Build a Case and Prepare for Trial

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The most significant event in any case for the plaintiff or defense is your client’s deposition. ...
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How This Firm Owner Found the Perfect Remote Deposition Solution on Instagram

Connor Throckmorton represents employees in claims involving discrimination, retaliation, ...
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How Rahul Ravipudi Takes Perfect Depositions with Steno

For the past 20 years, Rahul Ravipudi’s legal career has focused on catastrophic injury and ...
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Legal Tech Trends That Will Shape the Industry in 2022

At the start of 2021, after 10 months of adjusting to the realities of the pandemic, remote work ...
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Tackling Innovation: Why Steno’s UX Solutions Dominate in the Antiquated Legal Technology Industry

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Is Deferred Payment for Court Reporting Ethical for Attorneys in New York?

In 2021, Steno expanded our services to attorneys practicing in New York. With that expansion, we ...
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With the advent of COVID-19, moving into a virtual world became increasingly necessary for court ...
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Does your court reporting agency provided dedicated account management for you and your team? It ...
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