Partway into the hearing, Elofson abruptly recessed for another half-hour after learning that the fill-in court clerk, Valerie Knott, had failed to turn on the courtroom recording system. This was after he asked her to stop typing while he was addressing the court. She stopped for a moment, but began again. He requested another clerk.“The expertise of the clerk is critical,” Elofson said. “Not all of these cases — but many of these... MORE