Ohio Court Reporters Association

06/25/2020

2020-2021 OCRA Membership Renewal Notice and Membership Drive

What's in it for you? Education! Information! Power! Connections! And so much more!

OCRA values each member and strives to provide benefits and professional resources to help you in each step of your court reporting and captioning career.

06/03/2020

Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice authorizes oaths via video and/or audio

A great benefit to our stenographic skills is the ability to use them nearly anywhere, including from the comfort of our home or office.  The OCRA Board of Directors has been working hard for you to confirm that remotely swearing in a deponent while reporting depositions via video or telephone conference is permitted in the state of Ohio. On June 3, 2020, Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice issued an order specifically allowing remote oaths/affirmations.

06/01/2020

RESCHEDULED: 2020 OCRA Annual Conference

Registration is open!

The 2020 Annual Conference – OCRA’s Centennial Celebration – was originally scheduled to be held March 27-29 and will now take place September 11-13, 2020, at the Renaissance Columbus Westerville-Polaris.

05/15/2020

Ohio's Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program is available for self-employed and 1099 filings

The OCRA Board of Directors will continue to keep you updated as we learn more information that will help our members, your families, and your businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

05/02/2020

Introducing the 2020-2021 Ohio Court Reporters Association Board of Directors

Tammy McGhee, RMR, CRR, CRC, installed as President

The Ohio Court Reporters Association held a Special Meeting on Saturday, May 2, 2020, via Zoom videoconferencing, in order to conduct the election and installation of the 2020-2021 Board of Directors.

04/07/2020

Governor DeWine and Lt. Governor Husted launch Ohio Office of Small Business Relief

The OCRA Board of Directors will continue to keep you updated as we learn more information that will help our members, your families, and your businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.