Author: Pat Holloway

By Jodi Crowe As my 30s are coming to an end and I’m approaching 40, I’m in a season of introspection.  My career in court reporting and how I was introduced to it has been on my mind lately as I go into this next chapter in...

ACRA Leaders Advocate for AI Bill to Protect the Judicial System: This year, ACRA took bold steps in advancing the profession by sending two qualified leaders, Karen Strickland Planz and Paula Morgan Price, to leadership and...

Cyndi Tumlin RPR, CCR, President of the Alabama Court Reporters Association 2025 is well underway and filled with renewed optimism and enthusiasm. Thank you so much to those who attended ACRA’s 2025 Annual Conference.  It is...

Governor Kay Ivey has issued a proclamation recognizing February 1-8, as Court Reporting and Captioning Week in Alabama. This day honors the vital contributions of court reporters and captioners in preserving legal records and...

Immediate Past President Mary Hicks Heinfeld Mary Frances Heinfeld, CCR, attended the court reporting program at Gadsden State.  She has been employed by the State of Alabama as a court reporter for 28 years.  Prior to that, she...