Nightmare on Zoom Street

Alan Peacock, FAPR, RDR, CRR, CRC, began reporting in 1987. He lives in Mobile, Ala., and works as a freelance reporter and CART captioner. Alan is past president of the Alabama Court Reporters Association and currently serves as co-chair of the Alabama Board of Court Reporting. He has presented many seminars over the years and is a frequent contributor to JCR. Alan serves on the Technology committee for NCRA.

Kelli Ann Willis has been reporting since 1983 and realtiming since 1994. She freelanced for many years, becoming an international realtime reporter for 10 years before taking her current position as an official federal stenographer in the Northern District of Texas for the Hon. Brantley Starr.

Denee Vadell is an experienced court reporter and realtime captioner. She has been providing CART for six years, captioning for four years, and protecting the record for three years.  She graduated from Stenotech Institute in Fairfield, N.J., in 2012. Her first job out of school was CART for Rutgers University. She provided CART for multiple college classes and events including accounting, masters social work classes, for the United Nations in New York, HBO, and the National Action Network.  She then went on to pursue a captioning career at VITAC, the largest captioning company in the country. She captioned for a variety of television networks including CNN, QVC, NHK Japan, and MSNBC to name a few.

After captioning for VITAC, Vadell decided to take the official court reporter test for New York State and began her career as an official at Bronx Criminal Court in 2018. She is a consummate professional and has a strong commitment to promoting her profession and inspiring others to graduate from court reporting school because it has changed her life for the better.

Vadell is a member of NCRA and serves on the Technology Committee and the Brand Ambassadors Committee. She is an advocate of living a life of service and giving back to her profession.