WISCONSIN COURT REPORTING REALTIME CONTEST
COURT REPORTING APPLETON WISCONSIN

On April 24^th, 2009, the Wisconsin Court Reporters Association held their first-ever realtime contest in conjunction with their spring convention for court reporters in Appleton Wisconsin.   Prizes were awarded for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place.  Contestants had to achieve  96% or higher to pass.  Court reporters received five minutes of literary material dictated at 180 words a minute.   Twenty court reporters signed up for the contest and three passed with an accuracy rate of 96% or higher.   

1^st place,  Karla Sommer, passed with 98.5% accuracy.  Karla works as an official at the Marathon County Courthouse in Wausau Wisconsin.  Karla provides CART reporting as well.  

2^nd place, Jessica Waack, passed with 96.8 accuracy.  Jessica works as a freelance court reporter  at  Brown & Jones Reporting, Inc. in Milwaukee Wisconsin.  

3^rd place, Deborah DuQuaine, passed with 96.4 accuracy.  Deborah is a freelance court reporter and works at Bay Reporting in Green Bay Wisconsin.  

The Wisconsin Court Reporters Association would like to thank everyone who made the effort and took the test, as well as congratulate the top three finishers on their outstanding achievement.

Susan Kay,
Brown & Jones Reporting, Inc.
Director, Wisconsin Court Reporters Association