Special Recognition
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This photo was taken at Champaign County in celebration of National Court Reporter Week. Front Row: Judge Lee, Amber Nugent, Laurie Clancy, Judie Roberts, Sara Wolfersberger, Judge Randall Rosenbaum Back Row: Judge Olmstead, Judge Dyer, Jessica Heinrichs, Lesa Senkpiel, Judge Beckett, Judge Benjamin Not shown, Court Reporters - Kari Connolly, Nancy Sivertsen, Ketra McIntosh and Judge Dill, Judge Sullivan, Judge Bohm, Judge Webber & Judge Holliman
After more than 50 years, Douglas County court reporter putting shorthand pen away
Mary Schenk, News Gazette
Douglas County court reporter Nellie Gilpin, 84, the last pen-and-paper court stenographer in the state, is shown Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, in the courtroom she has worked in for 50 years at the Douglas County Courthouse in Tuscola. Gilpin is set to retire by month's endClick HERE to read the full article.
On October 26th and 27th a DACUM research process was conducted at Lake Land College in Mattoon, Illinois to establish the need and curriculum of a Court Reporter school in central Illinois. This is the first step to see if a class could be started in Lake Land College. Panel members included: Melissa Clagg, Court Reporter Supervisor, 6th Judicial Circuit Laurie Clancy, Official Court Reporter, 6th Judicial Circuit Deborah Cohen-Rojas, Official Court Reporter, 19th Judicial Circuit Karen Crisel, Court Reporter Supervisor, 2nd Judicial Circuit Mary Danley, Official Court Reporter, 5th Judicial Circuit Nancy Hopp, President, Alaris Litigation Services Amy Richardson, Official Court Reporter, 2nd Judicial Circuit Judie Roberts, Official Court Reporter, 6th Judicial Circuit Holly Wingstrom, CSR, RPR, CRR-Freelance Reporter Recorder: Dr. Lynn Breer, Director of Institutional Research, Lake Land College Facilitator: Lisa Madlem, Director of Academic Support & Assessment, Lake Land College Observers: Kathy Black, Business Division Chair, Lake Land College Jeff Waite, Administrative Assistant to the Chief Judge, Sixth Circuit
The Honorable Robert C. Bollinger