by Matt DeFrange | Jan 24, 2022 | Blog
The demand for court reporting services has never been greater, but the number of stenographers working today has never been fewer. An estimated 30,000 court reporters were working as of 2018. This is about half as many as there were between 1970 and 2000, and courts...
by Matt DeFrange | Dec 15, 2021 | Blog
The pandemic has drastically changed the legal industry. In a relatively short amount of time, a mass-scale adoption of technology continues to shift the expectations of clients and lawyers alike. Using data from Clio’s 2021 Legal Trends Report, here are some of the...
by Matt DeFrange | Oct 27, 2021 | Blog
Legal podcasts have grown to inform and engage lawyers and non-lawyers alike. Listen for insight, advice or simply entertainment, there are literally hundreds of options to choose from. While no list is complete, here are E-Typist’s top 7 legal podcasts of...
by Matt DeFrange | Sep 13, 2021 | Blog
Transcription is the process of converting audio or video files into text. Professionals and nonprofessionals alike use transcription to create source documents of spoken accounts such as interviews, dictations, speeches, podcasts, and more. But there are actually...
by Matt DeFrange | Aug 26, 2021 | Blog
Here’s a little insider information about the transcription industry: The rate advertised by most companies is not the rate you’ll actually pay for your transcribed documents. The reason? It usually comes down to fees. How Transcription Pricing Works Transcription...
by Matt DeFrange | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog
Search engine optimization, often referred to as SEO, is the process of improving the visibility of your website from search engines. In a nutshell, the better your SEO, the higher up the page you’ll appear when someone googles “attorney near me.” SEO...
by Matt DeFrange | Jun 25, 2021 | Blog
Plastic has overtaken cash and checks as the preferred payment option among consumers. So why then is the legal industry behind others in accepting electronic payments? The answer is a little complicated. When Cash Was King As credit cards rose to prominence in...
by Matt DeFrange | Jun 9, 2021 | Blog
Jon is an attorney. He runs a two-person operation that focuses in Business Law. He’s always busy, but the end of each month teeters on chaotic. It’s billing time, and that means painstaking invoices and chasing down payments, the least favorite part of his job. ...
by Matt DeFrange | May 26, 2021 | Blog
Your phone buzzes. It’s a text message (and not even an hour into your workday). You reply and place the phone face down, returning to your… Now a chime sounds. This time it’s Teams (or maybe it’s Slack). You investigate, reply, and refocus. You’ve got a...
by Matt DeFrange | May 12, 2021 | Blog
Before we choose — we google. In fact, clients today are more likely to evaluate your law firm through Google reviews than personal recommendations, the BBB, Yelp, Facebook or any other online platform. Google’s outsized popularity makes it a pretty...