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FORMATTING

GUIDELINE S

TRANSCRIPT FORMATTING GUIDELINES

COVER PAGE:

• Court/County centered in all caps at the top of the page.

List the state of Georgia on the second line, top center

of the page.

• Parties to the case at left margin, Plaintiff v. Defendant.

NOTE: When the State is the prosecutor in a criminal

action, list the state as the plaintiff but do not

include the label of Plaintiff underneath.

• Close parenthesis centered, separating parties to the case

and the case number, type of hearing, volume number, et

cetera.

• List the case number on the right-hand side of the page

parallel to the plaintiff(s).

EXAMPLE: Case No.: (In a criminal case.)

Civil Action File No.: ((In a civil case.)

• List the type of proceeding on the right-hand side of the

page parallel to the defendant(s).

EXAMPLE: Final Divorce Hearing, Motion to Suppress,

Guilty Plea, et cetera.

• If there is more than one volume to the transcript, list

the volume number and the actual day that encompasses this

volume under the type of proceeding.

EXAMPLE: Volume l of 5,

January 1, 20XX

• Centered and in all caps, underneath the style of the

case, list the judge that heard the proceedings, the date,

city and state.

• Centered and in all caps, underneath the judge's name,

list the date(s) of the hearing and the city where the

hearing took place.

NOTE: If there is more than one volume, the starting

and ending dates are listed here.


COVER PAGE : (Continued)

• At the left-hand margin, list the attorneys/appearances

as follows:

ON BEHALF OF THE STATE: (Criminal proceeding.)

ON BEHALF OF THE PLAINTIFF: (Civil proceeding.)

ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT: (Either proceeding.)

EXAMPLE: ON BEHALF OF THE STATE:

JOHN S. DOE, Esq.

Name of Law Firm

Address of Law Firm

• Centered at the bottom of the page is the court reporter’s

name with proper license designation, firm name (if

affiliated with a firm), address, and phone number.


FIRST PAGE OF TRANSCRIPT:

• Centered in all caps, with spaces between each letter, is

the word: P R O C E E D I N G S. No dashes between the

letters.

NOTE: If you're transcribing an excerpt, just a portion of

the transcript, put: E X C E R P T.

A TRANSCRIPT IS ALWAYS 25 LINES PER PAGE, with a possible

63 characters per line. This is according to Georgia law.

Q&A FORMATTING:

• The question and answer markers, (Q) or (A), are indented

five spaces from the margin, with the first word of the

question or answer starting on the fifth space after the

(Q) or (A) marker.

• The second line of a question or answer comes back to the

left-hand margin.

NOTE: If a question or answer has more than one

paragraph, the first line of the new paragraph is

indented ten spaces, so as to line up with the

first word of the first paragraph.

COLLOQUY FORMATTING:

• Colloquy is any dialogue outside of Q&A and is formatted by

putting the speaker’s name in all caps, indented ten

spaces.

NOTE: Each line in the same paragraph of that

speaker’s colloquy is indented five spaces.

• Each new speaker must be designated by their name in all

caps. Again, the first line is indented ten spaces with

subsequent lines only indented five (spaces.


PARENTHETICALS:

• A transcript should allow the reader to understand exactly

what took place in a hearing, without having been present

at the hearing, just by reading the transcript. Therefore,

parentheticals are used to show when some action has

occurred in the courtroom. Parentheticals represent

nonverbal yet relevant information.

• Parentheticals must be centered on the line enclosed in

parentheses, capitalizing the starting word, and end with a

period(.) inside the parentheses.

• Parentheticals that are not standing alone on its own line and

are embedded within text the showing nonverbal communication

does not include the punctuation within the parenthesis. For

example:

A. The pain originates from here (indicating).

• Parentheticals should be concise and not contain

unnecessary wording. Below are some examples of

parentheticals and their proper wording:

(The witness was sworn.)

(Plaintiff's Exhibit l was tendered and

admitted into evidence.)

(Defendant's Exhibit 2 was marked for

identification.)

(A bench conference was held outside the

presence of the court reporter.)

(The following bench conference was held: )

NOTE: If a bench conference is taken down by the court

reporter, you would end the above parenthetical with a

colon still inside the parentheses and then transcribe

the bench conference in colloquy format with proper speaker

designations. In this example you would also put another

parenthetical at the end of the bench conference as

follows:

(The bench conference was concluded.)


CHANGING FROM COLLOQUY BACK TO Q&A:

When questions and answers are interrupted with colloquy (i.e.

objections, et cetera), format the colloquy as described above for

colloquy formatting. Once Q&A resumes by the same questioning

attorney, By Line goes after the Q inside parentheses.

BY LINES IN ALL CAPS AT THE LEFT MARGIN ARE FOR INITIAL DESIGNATION OF

EXAMINATION, CROSS-EXAMINATION, ET CETERA, WITH A CHANGE OF ATTORNEY.

FORMATTING PARENTHETICALS WHEN A WITNESS IS SWORN:

• If a witness is sworn and the attorney goes right into Q&A,

then the parenthetical should be as follows:

NOTE: You will delineate the type of examination: Direct,

Cross, Redirect, Recross, depending on the situation.

EXAMPLE:

JOE JOHNSON,

the witness herein, having been first duly sworn,

was examined and testified as follows on:

DIRECT EXAMINATION

BY MR. JACKSON:

Q State your name for the record, please, sir.

A Joe Johnson.


FORMATTING PARENTHETICALS WHEN A WITNESS IS SWORN:

• If a witness is sworn and there is colloquy that takes

place after the witness is sworn but before questions and

answers begin, you would use the following parentheticals:

NOTE: Again, you would delineate the type of examination

that is taking place.

(The witness was sworn.)

MR. JACKSON: Your Honor, before I begin questioning Mr.

Smith, may I approach the witness and hand him some exhibits.

THE COURT: Yes, you may.

JOE SMITH,

the witness, having been previously sworn,


DIRECT EXAMINATION

BY MR. JACKSON:

Q. State your name for the record, please, sir.

A. Joe Smith.


PAGE AND LINE NUMBERING:

• All pages should be numbered sequentially in the bottom,

right-hand corner with the exception of the first page.

• On transcripts with more than one volume, the page numbers

are sequential from one volume to the next.

EXAMPLE: If the last page number of Volume 1 is 101, then

the first page of Volume 2 would be 102.

• All lines within the transcript are to be numbered, except

for the title/cover, index, certificate and disclosure

pages.

NOTE: 25 lines per page.

CERTIFICATE PAGE:

• All transcripts should contain a certificate page

containing the following:

State and County at the top left-hand side.

Date the proceedings were taken down.

Date the transcript was produced.

Reporter’s full name and certificate number.

Reporter’s court reporting seal.

NOTE: The County listed on the certificate page is the

county in which the court reporter has obtained their

notary public seal, not the county where the proceeding

took place.

INDEX PAGE:

• Must list all witnesses' names and the page number their

testimony begins on direct, cross, redirect and recross

examination.

• Deposition examination titles can be limited to

examination and further examination.

• List of exhibits introduced by each party and the page

number they were tendered and/or admitted in the index is

included in the transcript. They should include a short

description and the corresponding page number. Deposition

exhibits are only marked for identification.

• The page number on which any relevant segment begins, such as jury

charge, opening/closing statements, motions, et cetera.


DISCLOSURE PAGE:

• All depositions must contain a disclosure page. You will

use the appropriate disclosure page depending on if you

have a contract with one of the attorneys or not.

• If you're using the contract disclosure page, the disclosure form must be signed by attorneys for both sides. If you're

using the "no contract" disclosure page, signature by the

attorneys is optional.

• The disclosure page must be included in the original and

copies of the transcript.

ERRATA SHEET:

• A deponent has the option to read and sign their deposition

and note any corrections on the Errata Sheet.

• If the deponent has chosen to read and sign, the Errata

Sheet is mailed to counsel for the deponent along with a

copy of the deposition and instructions for notarizing and

returning to the court reporter.

• The deponent has 30 days in which to read the deposition,

note corrections, and have the Errata Sheet notarized

and returned to the court reporter for inclusion in the

transcript.

• The Errata Sheet becomes part of the deposition and is inserted as the last page of the transcript.

NOTE: The transcript itself is not changed or

corrected. The Errata Sheet becomes part of the

record. It must be notarized and returned within the

designated time.

• If the deponent asked to read and sign but doesn’t return

the Errata Sheet within the 30 days given, then a

Certificate of Non-Signature is included in the transcript

to let the parties know the Errata Sheet was not returned.

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EXAMPLE COVER PAGE

CRIMINAL PROCEEDING

(COURTROOM)

(Notice that the State is not labeled as the plaintiff.)

S A M P L E

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF DAWSON COUNTY

STATE OF GEORGIA

STATE OF GEORGIA )

)

) CASE NO.: 2011CR-111

)

vs. )

) JURY TRIAL

)

)

PHILLIP JAMES HUGHES, ) VOLUME 2 OF 2

) FEBRUARY 2ND, 2012

Defendant. )

HEARD BEFORE HONORABLE GEORGE S. MILLER, JUDGE,

ON FEBRUARY 1ST AND 2ND, 2012, IN DAWSONVILLE, GEORGIA

ON BEHALF OF THE STATE:

MITCH E. STONE, ESQUIRE

ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY

ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT:

JENNIFER ANGEL, ESQUIRE

TRISHA L. JOHNSON, CCR

POST OFFICE BOX 1728

CUMMING, GEORGIA 30028

(770) 294-9598

EXAMPLE COVER PAGE CIVIL

PROCEEDING (Courtroom)

(Notice the Civil Action File No., not a Case No.)

S A M P L E

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF NEWTON COUNTY

STATE OF GEORGIA

KRISTINE FOSTER,

Plaintiff,

vs.

MICHAEL FOSTER,

Defendant.

)

)

)

) CIVIL ACTION

) FILE NO.: llCV-2368 )

)

) FINAL DIVORCE HEARING )

)

) EXCERPT OF JUDGE'S RULING )

)

HEARD BEFORE HONORABLE JEFFREY T. RILEY, CHIEF JUDGE,

ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2012, IN COVINGTON, GEORGIA

ON BEHALF OF THE PLAINTIFF:

SAMUEL A. MANER, ESQUIRE

ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT:

JENNIFER P. WATSON, ESQUIRE

WATSON, STANFORD & TALANT, LLC




(770) 294-9598

EXAMPLE DEPOSITION

COVER PAGE AND

APPEARANCE PAGE

S A M P L E

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MAYBERRY COUNTY

STATE OF GEORGIA

JENNIFER L. CLOUD, )

)

Plaintiff,)

)

vs. ) CIVIL ACTION

) FILE NO.: 10CV-4862

)

HENRY B. CLOUD, )

Defendant.)

_ _ _ _

DEPOSITION OF HENRY B. CLOUD,

taken by Counsel for the Plaintiff, John E. Jones, Esquire,

before Trisha Johnson, Certified Court Reporter,

at the offices of Jones & Banks, LLP

123 South Main Street, Woodin, Georgia

on March 2nd, 2012, commencing at 10:00 a.m.




(770) 294-9598

S A M P L E

A P P E A R A N C E S

On Behalf of the Plaintiff:

John E. Jones, Esquire

Long, Weinberg, and Ansley

999 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

770-491-5817

[email protected]

On Behalf of the Defendant:

Mary W. Blithe, Esquire

Alston & Bird

One Atlantic Center

1201 West Peachtree Street

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

770-262-2800

[email protected]

Also Appearing:

Jennifer L. Cloud (Videographer)

John Mathis

EXAMPLE FIRST PAGE OF

TRANSCRIPT (EXCERPT)

(Courtroom proceeding)

S A M P L E

1 E X C E R P T

2 THE COURT: I will prepare this order. The court

3 reporter will send a jump drive to my staff attorney who

4 will prepare the order from my oral pronouncement.

5 I’m going to grant a divorce for the plaintiff on the

6 grounds that this marriage is irretrievably broken. It's

7 unfortunate. 19 years is a long time. They have three

8 children. And it's very painful to watch the oldest

9 daughter, as Ms. Patterson said, the father-bashing, that

10 she wanted to get up here and - - that's the reason I let

11 her have her say, because she wanted to get up here and

12 bash Dad. That's very sad, and I think there's blame to

13 go around on both sides.

14 I think the mother is to blame in some regard for

15 enabling the children and promising them the moon and then

16 the dad having to work so long to be able to buy them the

17 moon. So I think there's blame. And the children, I

18 think their reality is skewed by all that, by the parents'

19 lack of, you know, realizing reality here, that they just

20 can't afford all these things.

21 So it's unfortunate the way this went down. You

22 know, it sounds like Mr. Foster's anger resulted in the

23 breakdown of the marriage. And his working all hours -- I

24 mean, working all the time also resulted in the breakdown

25 of the marriage.

EXAMPLE INDEX

(Trial or other courtroom proceeding)

S A M P L E

I N D E X

WITNESSES: Page

LANCE JOHNS

Direct Examination by Assistant D.A. Stone 11

Cross-Examination by Ms. Angel 13

_Redirect_ Examination_ by _ Assistant D.A. Stone 14

THAD COURSEY



MASON DAVISON


SUSANNA JONES



Cross-Examination Continued by Ms. Angel 32

Redirect Examination by Assistant D.A. Stone 32

PHILLIP JAMES HUGHES

Direct Examination by Ms. Angel 33 Cross-Examination by Assistant D.A. Stone 37

Redirect Examination by Ms. Angel 4 2

CLOSING ARGUMENT ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT 45

CLOSING ARGUMENT ON BEHALF OF THE STATE 50

JURY CHARGE 55

VERDICT 65

SENTENCING 73

E X H I B I T S

State's 1 Certified Copy of 2000 Conviction 27

State's 2 Driver's license 33

EXAMPLE of WITNESS SWORN PARENTHETICAL

(Notice colloquy and Q&A formatting.)

S A M P L E

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

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THE COURT: Go ahead, Mr. Zeliff.

MR. ZELIFF: Thank you, Judge. The defense would call

our witness, Parker McFarland, to the stand.

MR. SIMMS: Your Honor, it's my understanding that Mr.

Zeliff has three witnesses. We would invoke the rule of

sequestration at this time.

THE COURT: All right. If you would ask your

witnesses to step out.

MR. ZELIFF: Would you like me to swear the witness,

Judge?

THE COURT: Go ahead .

MR. ZELIFF: Please raise your right hand.

PARKER MCFARLAND,

the witness herein, having been first duly sworn,


DIRECT EXAMINATION

BY MR. ZELIFF:

Q. Will you please state your name for the record.

A. Parker McFarland.

Q. Mr. McFarland, you were the trial attorney for

Mr. Strickland?

A. Yes.

Q. I would like to start -- how many jury trials have

you personally tried, leading up to this trial?

A. Several.

4

COURT PROCEEDING

CERTIFICATE PAGE

S A M P L E

CERTIFICATE OF COURT REPORTER

STATE OF GEORGIA

COUNTY OF FORSYTH

-

I, Trisha L. Johnson, Certified Court Reporter, do hereby

certify that proceedings were held in the above-entitled case

at the time and place set forth in the caption hereof; that I

was authorized to, and did, report the testimony and

proceedings had in said proceedings, and that the foregoing

pages, inclusive, constitute a true and correct transcript of

the proceedings on September 20th, 2012.

This, the 30th day of November 2012.

Trisha L. Johnson

Certified Court Reporter #2540

--

DEPOSITION

CERTIFICATE PAGE

S A M P L E


STATE OF GEORGIA

COUNTY OF FORSYTH

I hereby certify that the foregoing deposition was

reported as stated in the caption and the questions and

answers thereto were reduced to typewriting by me and that the

foregoing pages represent a true, correct, and complete

transcript of the evidence given on November 31st, 2012, by

the witness, John Doe, who was first duly sworn by me.

I further certify that I am not related or counsel to the

parties in the case, I am not in the regular employ of counsel

of said parties, nor am I otherwise interested in the result of

said case. Financial arrangements between myself and the

parties to this deposition are the usual and customary fees

charged by me and a financial discount will not be given to any

party to this litigation.

This, the 7th day of December 2012.

Trisha L. Johnson

Certified Court Reporter Georgia Certificate #2540

Notary Public

State of Georgia

My Commission Expires 8-15-13

NO CONTRACT

DISCLOSURE PAGE

1

S A M P L E

D I S C L 0 S U R E

I, Trisha L. Johnson, Certified Court Reporter, pursuant

to Article 8.B. of the Rules and Regulations of the Board of

Court Reporting of the Judicial Council of Georgia, make the

following disclosure: I am a Georgia Certified Court Reporter.

I am here as a sole practitioner. I was contacted by the

offices of [firm name] to provide court reporting services for

this deposition. I will not be taking this deposition under

any contract that is prohibited by O.C.G.A. 15-14-37(a) and

(b).

I have no contract to provide reporting services with any

party to the case, any counsel in the case, or any reporter or

reporting agency from whom a referral might have been made to

cover this deposition. I will charge my usual and customary

rates to all parties in the case, and a financial discount will

not be given to any party to this litigation.

This day of

Trisha L. Johnson, CCR

Certified Court Reporter

Certificate Number 2540

CONTRACT

DISCLOSURE PAGE

S A M P L E

D I S C L 0 S U R E

I, Trisha L. Johnson, Certified Court Reporter,

pursuant to Article 8.B. of the Rules and Regulations of the

Board of Court Reporting of the Judicial Council of Georgia,

make the following disclosure: I am a Georgia Certified

Court Reporter. I am here as a sole practitioner.

I was contacted by the offices of [firm name] to

provide court reporting services for this deposition. I will

not be taking this deposition under any contract that is

prohibited by

O.C.G.A. 15-14-37(a) and (b).

I have a contract/agreement to provide reporting

services with [firm name], the terms of which are as

follows:

This day of

Trisha L. Johnson,

CCR Certified Court

Reporter Certificate

Number 2540

Attorney for Plaintiff Attorney for Defendant

ERRATA PAGE

(Used when "signature reserved" or deponent

opts to "read and sign.")

E R R A T A S H E E T

I do hereby certify that I have read all questions propounded

to me and all answers given me on the (date) day of (month) 2017,

taken before (you), and that:

1) There are no changes noted.

2) The following changes are noted:

Pursuant to Rule 30(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

and/or the Official Code of Georgia Annotated 9-11-30(e), both of

which read in part: Any changes in the form or substance which you

desire to make shall be entered upon the deposition...with a

statement of the reasons given...for making them. Accordingly, to

assist you in effecting corrections, please use the form below:

Page No. ______ Line No. ______ should read:

______________________________________________________________

And the reason for the change is: ____________________________

______________________________________________________________


______________________________________________________________


______________________________________________________________


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If supplemental or additional pages are necessary, please furnish

same in typewriting annexed to the interview.

________________________

James P. McGill, Deponent

Sworn to and subscribed before me,

this the 23rd day of November 2018.

__________________________________

John Q. Notary

Notary Public No.

BROWN COLLEGE STYLE PAGE

TEMPLATES

The following section contains templates that are Brown

approved and acceptable for use in your various transcript

production classes. These may be duplicated as include files

in Case CATalyst and for block files in Eclipse. They may

also be used in Word for students who have not yet begun CAT

training.

Style pages vary from state to state and even within

states themselves. The flow of information remains fairly

consistent, but margins and general appearances will differ.

It is less important to concern yourself on the style being

used than it is to be able to make changes in your CAT files

to reflect the differences. You may find the following

templates to be generally accepted when you go to work, but be

prepared and able to edit the style in your software when

asked to do so.

COURTROOM STYLE PAGE

TEMPLATES (Note: Templates reflect guidelines from the Board of Court

Reporting under the aegis of the State of Georgia Judicial

Council. They are the style recommended for criminal trials

in the state of Georgia. The index page can be combined

into one page if the amount to be input is of a lesser

nature.)

IN THE (court type) COURT OF (county) COUNTY

STATE OF GEORGIA

(plaintiff name),

Plaintiff,

vs.

(defendant name),

Defendant.

CASE NO.: (case number)

(proceeding type)

HEARD BEFORE THE HONORABLE (judge)

(type) COURT JUDGE

(Date(s))

COMMENCING AT (time)

APPEARANCES:

(attorney name) (ESQ or ADA, etc.)

(firm, unless ADA)

(street address)

(city), GEORGIA (ZIP)

FOR THE (STATE/PLAINTIFF)

(attorney name), ESQUIRE

(firm)

(street address)


FOR THE DEFENDANT

(you), CCR

(agency name)

(street address)


(phone)

INDEX TO PROCEEDINGS

Page

VOIR DIRE EXAMINATION #

OPENING STATEMENT BY (attorney) #

OPENING STATEMENT BY (attorney) #

CHARGE CONFERENCE #

CLOSING ARGUMENT BY (attorney) #

CLOSING ARGUMENT BY (attorney) #

JURY CHARGE #

VERDICT #

SENTENCING #

INDEX TO WITNESSES

WITNESSES:

Page

(witness)

DIRECT EXAMINATION BY (attorney) #

CROSS-EXAMINATION BY (attorney) #

REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY (attorney) #

RECROSS-EXAMINATION BY (attorney) #

(witness)





(witness)





INDEX TO EXHIBITS

FOR THE (STATE/PLAINTIFF)

EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION PAGE

FOR THE DEFENDANT

EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION PAGE


STATE OF GEORGIA

COUNTY OF (county of your residence)

I, (you), Certified Court Reporter, do hereby certify that

the proceedings were held in the above-entitled case at the time

and place set forth in the caption hereof; that I was authorized

to, and did, report the testimony and proceedings had in said

proceedings, and that the foregoing pages, inclusive, constitute a

true and correct transcript of the proceedings on (month) (date),

2017.

This (date) day of (month) 2017.

________________________________

(you)


DEPOSITION STYLE PAGE

TEMPLATES (Note: The Board of Court Reporting in the state of Georgia

does not provide exemplars for style pages used in

depositions. Most firms and reporters adhere to the overall

guidelines provided for criminal trials, but fonts and

characters per line vary. Your agency should provide

specific guidelines for how they want their transcript to

appear.)

IN THE (court type) COURT OF (county) COUNTY

STATE OF GEORGIA

(plaintiff name),

Plaintiff,

Vs.

(defendant name),

Defendant.

CIVIL ACTION

FILE NO.: (case number)

- - - -

DEPOSITION OF (deponent name),

taken by Counsel for the (plf/dft), (attorney),

Esquire, before (you), Certified Court Reporter, at the

offices of (location name)

(street address)

(city), GA (ZIP)

on (month) (date), 2017, commencing at (time)

(you), CCR

(your firm address)

(city), GA (ZIP)

(agency phone)

APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL

For the Plaintiff:

(attorney), Esq.

(attorney firm)

(firm address)

(city), GA (ZIP)

(phone)

(fax)

(email)

For the Defendant:

(attorney), Esq.

(attorney firm)

(firm address)

(city), GA (ZIP)

(phone)

(fax)

(email)

Also Present:

INDEX TO PROCEEDINGS

(Deponent name) Page

Examination by (attorney) #

Examination by (attorney) #

Further Examination by (attorney) #

Further Examination by(attorney) #

Disclosure #

Certificate #

EXHIBITS

Exhibit Description Page

E R R A T A S H E E T

I do hereby certify that I have read all questions propounded to

me and all answers given me on the (date) day of (month) 2017, taken

before (you), and that:

1) There are no changes noted.

2) The following changes are noted:

Pursuant to Rule 30(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and/or

the Official Code of Georgia Annotated

9-11-30(e), both of which read in part: Any changes in the form or

substance which you desire to make shall be entered upon the

deposition...with a statement of the reasons given...for making them.

Accordingly, to assist you in effecting corrections, please use the

form below:


______________________________________________________________

And the reason for the change

is:____________________________________________________________


______________________________________________________________


is:____________________________________________________________


______________________________________________________________


is:____________________________________________________________


______________________________________________________________


is:____________________________________________________________


______________________________________________________________


is:____________________________________________________________

If supplemental or additional pages are necessary, please furnish same

in typewriting annexed to the interview.

___________________________

(Deponent)

Sworn to and subscribed before me,

this the (date) day of (month) (year).

_________________________________

Notary Public

DISCLOSURE

STATE OF GEORGIA

COUNTY OF (county of deposition)

I, (you), Certified Court Reporter, pursuant to Article 8.B of

the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Court Reporting of the

Judicial Council of Georgia, make the following disclosure:

I am a Georgia Certified Court Reporter. I am here as a sole

practitioner. I was contacted by the offices of G & H Agency to

provide court reporting services for this deposition.

I will not be taking this deposition under any contract that is

prohibited by O.C.G.A. 15-14-37(a) and (b).

I have no contract/agreement to provide reporting services with

any party to the case, any counsel in the case, or any reporter or

reporting agency from whom a referral might have been made to cover

this deposition.

I will charge my usual and customary rates to all parties in the

case, and a financial discount will not be given to any party to this

litigation.


_______________________________

(you), CCR

Certified Court Reporter

Certificate Number 0000

___________________________ ________________________

Attorney for Plaintiff Attorney for Defendant


STATE OF GEORGIA

COUNTY OF (county of your residence)

I, (you), Certified Court Reporter, do hereby certify that

the proceedings were held in the above-entitled case at the time

and place set forth in the caption hereof; that I was authorized

to, and did, report the testimony and proceedings had in said

proceedings, and that the foregoing pages, inclusive, constitute a

true and correct transcript of the proceedings on (month) (date),

2017


________________________________

(you)


EXCERPTS FROM ORIGINAL BROWN

REPORTING STYLE BOOK (The following pages are images from the style

book used by Brown Reporting when it was

operational from the seventies through the

early 2000s. Most of these styles can still

be seen in use in the state of Georgia and

provide you with some additional guidelines.

The full stylebook also provides some specific

instruction on transcript production in

general and the information is still relevant.

Copies are available in PDF for students.)

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