About
Getting the record right, one page at a time.
A proofreader and scopist who works the way court reporters do — by the book, on deadline, and to your preferences.
Hi, I’m Kristen James. I’ve been proofreading transcripts for court reporters since 2017 and scoping since 2021, working from the Kansas City area where I live with my husband and three kids.
I trained through Proofread Anywhere and have built my work around one thing: getting the record right. I know a verbatim legal transcript isn’t an essay — the way people actually talk in a deposition is messy, and punctuation carries real weight. I refer to Morson’s English Guide for Court Reporters, Bad Grammar/Good Punctuation, and Merriam-Webster, and I follow your preference sheet on every job so the transcript comes back sounding like yours.
I’ve been a court reporting student since 2023, so I understand your work from the inside.
Experience
- 2017 Proofreading court transcripts
- 2021 Added CaseCAT scoping
- 2023 Court reporting student
What I do
CaseCAT proofreading, scoping, and RealTeam are done in CaseCATalyst. PDF proofreading is software-agnostic — it works for any reporter on any CAT software.