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NAME OF COURT AND STATE
COUNTY TYPE
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IN THE MATTER OF:
NAME,
Petitioner,
Docket No.:
XXXXX
- Vs.
NAME,
Respondent.
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January 1, 2010
HELD AT: 123 Courtroom Street
New York, NY 10000
BEFORE: HONORABLE
Judge
APPEARANCES: NAME OF ATTORNEY
Attorney for the Petitioner
NAME OF THE FIRM
Address
City, State ZIP
Phone Number
NAME OF ATTORNEY
Attorney for the Respondent
NAME OF THE FIRM
Address
City, State ZIP
Phone Number
TRANSCRIBER: NAME
RE RE
WITNESS DIRECT CROSS DIRECT CROSS
E X H I B I T S
For In
PETITIONER DESCRIPTION I.D. Ev.
RESPONDENT DESCRIPTION I.D. IN EV.
THE CLERK: Calling Case Numbers 1 and 2 on the calendar in the matter of Richard Witness.
THE COURT: As the party before whom this case is being held, I should be referred to as “THE COURT” in the speaker ID. When addressed in all colloquy and proceedings of this transcript, I should be capitalized as the Court or Your Honor.
MR. JOHN ATTORNEY: I agree, Your Honor. For the rest of the participants, our first speaker ID should be “MR.” or “MS.” and then our FULL name. Every ID after that should simply be our title, then last name.
THE COURT: Additionally, it should be noted that there should be two spaces after all punctuation, including the colon after the speaker ID. Please try to be consistent with this. Sometimes a number of people will speak at once, or there will be a general laughter, or a great deal of sound in the background. If so, please use the following terms to indicate them.
[Crosstalk]
[Laughter]
[Background Noise]
MR. RICHARD WITNESS: [Interposing] It is important to transcribe the events in a legal document as verbatim as possible. However, proper use of punctuation, particularly commas and semicolons, should leave you with a document of reasonably correct grammar.
THE COURT: After the witness says, “I do,” the sentence below must be included verbatim. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
MR. WITNESS: I do.
W I T N E S S N A M E, having been first duly sworn, testified as follows:
DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MR. JOHN ATTORNEY
Q. This is the Q&A portion of the proceedings. There is a macro titled “Q&A Format” that will adjust the margins for you.
A. I agree. I agree.
Q. This is where the questions will go. Witness, do you agree?
A. I agree. I agree.
Q. This is where the text will go. This is where the text will go.
MR. OPPOSING ATTORNEY: Objection.
THE COURT: This is the colloquy. This is the format used when the Court or opposing counsel interrupt the examination that is going on. When the interruption is finished and the examination resumes, the margins must revert to the Q&A format.
Q. You mean like this?
A. Exactly.
Q. Then the Q&A continues.
A. I agree. I agree.
MR. ATTORNEY: For every additional witness that is examined or cross-examined, this sequence of formatting must be duplicated.
[END TAPE 1 SIDE A]
[START TAPE 1 SIDE B]
MR. OPPOSING ATTORNEY: Please use numbers to indicate tapes, and letters to indicate sides.
MR. ATTORNEY: Also, if you cannot be sure of the spelling of a proper noun, such as a last name or location name, use your best guess and follow it with [phonetic]. If the last name belongs to one of the speakers, you only need to indicate it as phonetic in the first instance it is said and not in the speaker ID.
THE COURT: Finally, make sure to check your assignment sheet for any instructions unique to your current assignment and be sure to fill out completely the certification page that follows. Good luck!
[END OF HEARING]
C E R T I F I C A T E
I, ---------------, certify that the foregoing transcript of proceedings in the -------- Court of ------------- v.-------------, Docket No. -------- is a true and accurate record of the proceedings.
Signature _______________________________
Date ____________________________________
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