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Neesons sponsors the Women in Litigation Conference, October 2017

In our second instalment, with a look at Neesons over 21 years after inception, court reporting services are featured.

Court reporting doesn't look the same as it did over 21 years ago, when Neesons was first started.  We've moved from realtime court reporting with cables in the room, to wireless connections that can extend from the hearing room, to the war room, to the expert across the ocean and beyond.

We are super excited to take our clients on a tour of Neesons - from our new space at 77 King Street West, to an overview of our many service offerings, we thought it was time to update you!  

Displaying documents on shared screens can be easy, but here are some considerations to take into account prior to commencing your next eDiscovery.

Realtime captioning, or CART, is the best form of communication access for those with a hearing loss.  Performed by a highly skilled machine shorthand court reporter, who has further training in the captioning arena, realtime captioning provides an almost verbatim, instantaneous record of what is being said in a myriad of places:  courtrooms, classrooms, training sessions, conferences...wherever someone in attendance has a hearing loss, CART can be provided, both onsite or remotely, via a...

Abandoning the work of eDiscovery at the boardroom door isn't necessary - nor is printing thousands of pages of production for discovery or trial. 

Realtime, rough drafts and expedited transcripts are just a few of the specialized services on a certified shorthand court reporter can provide - and just because you're going to court in Ontario doesn't mean you can't avail yourself of these services. In an interview with Advocate Daily, Kim Neeson outlines the steps and considerations to hiring your own court reporter for your next trial.

Neesons continues its sponsorship this year at the 2017 Advocates' Society End of Term Dinner, to be held Thursday, June 15th, 2017 at the Convention Centre in downtown Toronto.

The annual event is the largest gathering of its kind, attracting hundreds of litigation counsel, judges and industry sponsors.  "The black tie event is one of my favourite events that Neesons sponsors," said Kim Neeson, president.  "It's wonderful to see everyone all dressed up in their finest - and in a way, it feels...

Everyone in the legal industry is talking about using software and eDiscovery technology to bring the business of law into the 21st century - whether at discovery, at trial or mediation/arbitration.  The Ontario Bar Association is lobbying hard for efiling to become a reality in courts across the province.  The Superior Court has many of its judges speaking at conferences about getting rid of paper for exhibits at trial.  I think we've all commented around the table how archaic clients must...

Think hackathons only happen in Silicon Valley?  Neesons, together with their partners, bring legal problems and technology solvers together for one exciting, brainstorming weekend!