Pricing

What a deposition actually costs

No rate card survives contact with a real calendar — but the structure of a quote should be legible before you agree to it. Here is how ours is built.

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The quote

Four parts, each priced separately

If a quote has one number and no breakdown, the breakdown arrives later as an invoice. Ours itemizes from the start.

Appearance

The reporter's time on the record for the day: showing up prepared, administering the oath, protecting the record as it is made, and staying until testimony closes.

Transcript

The certified original plus any copies, in the formats your team works in — PDF, ASCII, E-Transcript, condensed, and word index — with exhibits scanned and linked.

Speed and feeds

Realtime to counsel table, same-day rough drafts, and expedited or daily-copy turnaround — each its own line, each agreed before the date.

Watch for

Where surprise invoices come from

The industry's familiar extras, and how each one stays visible here.

Copies discovered later

Extra certified sets ordered after delivery. Quote the copies with the original and the per-set rate is settled before anyone testifies.

Expedites decided mid-stream

A standard transcript rushed after the fact. Possible, and priced as a change to the agreed tier — never as a number appearing for the first time.

Third-party passthroughs

Videographers, interpreters, and rooms bill through their own vendors. They appear as separate quoted lines, so reporting rates and vendor costs never blur.

Pricing questions

What counsel ask before booking

What makes up a court reporting quote?

Four parts, each priced separately: the appearance (the reporter's time on the record), the transcript itself (the certified original plus any copies), realtime or rough-draft services if ordered, and any turnaround tier above standard. Videography, interpreting, and room charges are passthrough line items from their own vendors, quoted alongside rather than folded in.

What is the difference between the original and a copy?

The original is the certified transcript delivered to the noticing or ordering side; copies (often called O+1, O+2) are additional certified sets for co-parties, typically at a lower per-page rate than the original. E-Transcript, ASCII, condensed, and word-index versions are format options within the package, not separate transcripts.

How are realtime and rough drafts priced?

As their own line items, agreed before the date. A realtime feed occupies the reporter's attention and equipment for the whole proceeding; a rough draft is same-day uncertified output for preparation, not a substitute for the certified transcript. Both are quoted upfront so neither surprises the invoice.

What do expedited and daily copy cost relative to standard?

More — the reporter and scopists compress days of production into hours or overnight. The tier and its price are agreed at booking: an expedite decided after the deposition is still possible, but it changes an agreed price rather than appearing as a number nobody discussed.

Do technical or patent matters cost more to report?

The reporting itself does not carry a subject-matter surcharge. What can move the quote on a technical matter is realtime, a faster turnaround tier, longer expected testimony, and interpreters or videography — each itemized, so a patent deposition and an employment deposition with the same shape cost the same.

What happens on late cancellation?

Cancellation terms travel with the written quote, before the job is confirmed — including what a late cancellation or no-show costs. A reporter who held your date turned away other work, so the terms are explicit rather than discovered afterward.