Court reporters keep an accurate and legally binding record of court proceedings, and legal processing specialists help county residents navigate the legal system in countless situations. These are demanding jobs requiring specialized training and certifications in order to ensure fairness and timeliness for parties before the court with cases that can impact their freedom, financial future and even their lives. It is therefore with significant frustration that I share with you how a court system charged with dispensing justice to all can, by choice, cavalierly treat its own essential workers so unfairly. Despite the outward appearance projected by the trappings of the court, inside there are two very different realities for....MORE