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Seraphina Holloway-Danquah

Certified Court Reporter (CSR, RPR)
Little Rock, AR, United States

Professional Summary

Arkansas-certified court reporter (CSR, RPR) with 11+ years capturing the verbatim record in circuit court trials, depositions, and live CART settings. Writes realtime at 225+ wpm with 98.5%+ accuracy on Case CATalyst and Eclipse, delivering certified transcripts on deadline for 2,400+ proceedings. Trusted by judges and litigators for precise legal and medical terminology, clean expedited and daily copy, and seamless remote depositions via Zoom.

Employment History

Official Court Reporter
Pulaski County Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit (Arkansas) · Little Rock, AR
Mar, 2020 · Present
Serve as official reporter for a felony and civil trial division, capturing 650+ hearings and 38 jury trials per year with 99.2% realtime translation accuracy. Produce 18,000+ certified transcript pages annually for appeals to the Arkansas Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, meeting 100% of statutory filing deadlines. Provide realtime feeds to the bench and counsel via CaseViewNet, cutting judge read-back requests by 40% and supporting 6 ADA accommodation requests. Cleared a 1,200-page appellate transcript backlog inherited at hire within 5 months by building a scopist workflow and job-defined dictionary. Maintain a 92,000-entry Case CATalyst dictionary with forensic, pharmacology, and firearms terminology; mentor 3 student interns from local reporting programs.
Freelance Deposition Reporter
Arkansas Valley Reporting Associates · Little Rock, AR
Jun, 2016 · Feb, 2020
Reported 1,150+ depositions, arbitrations, and EUOs for 60+ law firms, insurers, and state agencies across Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Delivered 96% of expedited and daily-copy orders within 24 hours, helping the firm grow expedite revenue 35% over three years. Launched the firm's remote deposition offering on Zoom in 2018, handling exhibits, breakout rooms, and secure recordings for 300+ remote sessions. Captured complex medical-malpractice and product-liability testimony from 140+ expert witnesses with near-zero errata requests. Built shared Eclipse job dictionaries for 4 reporters, reducing average scoping time per page by 22%.
CART Captioner
Natural State Captioning Services · Conway, AR
Aug, 2014 · May, 2016
Provided realtime CART for 900+ hours of university lectures, public meetings, and conferences for Deaf and hard-of-hearing consumers. Maintained 98.5%+ verbatim accuracy at sustained speeds above 200 wpm across STEM, nursing, and legal-studies courses. Captioned 45 city council and county quorum court sessions per year, publishing cleaned transcripts within 48 hours for public records. Prepared topic-specific prep dictionaries of 3,000+ terms per semester in collaboration with 12 faculty members.

Education

A.A.S. Court Reporting (Machine Shorthand)
Arkansas State Court Reporting Institute · Little Rock, AR
Aug, 2011 · May, 2014
Graduated with honors; passed 225 wpm testimony (Q&A), 200 wpm jury charge, and 180 wpm literary speed tests. Coursework in legal procedure, medical terminology, realtime theory, and transcript production.

Skills

Realtime Writing 225+ WPM
Case CATalyst & Eclipse CAT
Legal & Medical Terminology
Remote Depositions via Zoom
Transcript Production & Certification
CART & Live Captioning
Dictionary Building
Expedited & Daily Copy

Courses

Certified Shorthand Reporter (CSR), License #1147
Arkansas Board of Certified Court Reporter Examiners
Jul, 2014
Registered Professional Reporter (RPR)
National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)
Nov, 2015
Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR) Coursework, 200 WPM Realtime
National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)
Apr, 2019