Official Court Reporter I or II/District Courtroom Clerk

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The work we do matters! Hiring Agency: Supreme Court - Agency 5 Location: Omaha, NE Hiring Rate: $19.626 Job Posting: JR2026-00027748 Official Court Reporter I or II/District Courtroom Clerk (Open) Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed): 08-14-2026 Job Description: The Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation (AOCP) is accepting applications for a full time District Courtroom Clerk/Official Court Reporter in the Douglas County District Court , 4th Judicial District. Under direct supervision of District Court Judge Peter Bataillon, this is a responsible paraprofessional position. The work involves verbatim reporting and transcribing for court proceedings, hearings and conferences. Employees in the Court Reporter I classification have met the qualifications set forth in §1-204(A)(2) and § 1-204(B) or (C). Employees in the Court Reporter II classification have met the above qualifications and are certified as a Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR), through the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA); or a Federal Certified Realtime Reporter (FCRR).

DISTRICT COURT COURTROOM CLERK

The Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation is accepting applications for a full-time Official Court Reporter I or II/District Courtroom Clerk position in Douglas County District Court, 4th Judicial District. Reporting directly to District Court Judge Peter Bataillon, this is responsible courtroom work related to capturing and maintaining a verbatim record of court proceedings and other matters of increased complexity.

COURT REPORTER I AND II

Official Court Reporters who would like to work for the AOCP and are not interested in doing freelance court reporting are given the option of having the AOCP purchase and keep updated all of their equipment and software. For stenographic official court reporters, this includes providing you with a laptop, docking station, monitor(s), steno machine, software (Eclipse by Advantage Software or Case CATalyst by Stenograph, LLC), microphone and/or handheld device for making a backup digital audio recording of court proceedings, and secure cloud backup storage. For digital official court reporters, this includes audio recording system (laptop/PC, docking station, microphone(s), mixer), monitor(s), and audio recording software (Liberty Recorder).   The below rates are effective July 1st 2026 HIRING RATE (during probation): District Court Courtroom Clerk: $40,822.75 annually Court Reporter I: $57,441.71 annually Court Reporter II: $66,495.95 annually

MINIMUM RATE (after probation): District Court Courtroom Clerk: $41,843.37 annually Court Reporter I: $58,877.74 annually Court Reporter II: $68,158.37 annually

DISTRICT COURT COURTROOM CLERK The District Court Courtroom Clerk may perform the following duties to include entering case information in DOCKET, an enhancement of JUSTICE (the court case management system) of the Nebraska Court System used to capture the various parts of the proceeding that, when completed correctly, will generate Judge's Orders and other official court records, pleadings, and other actions. The navigation between screen selections is real time and fast paced. Verbal parts of the court hearing is not completed with a stenograph, the District Courtroom Clerk is responsible for typing portions of Judge's decision in real time; checking and operating electronic recording equipment (computer application based) to record (official court record), log court proceedings; plays back sections of recordings for the judge or jury as requested; maintains automated logs of proceedings and actions; correlates such logged information with recorded data; marks and logs exhibits as they are accepted into the record; makes notations of witness or other participant appearances, behavior, as well as session times etc. to augment the audio record. Performs duties related to maintaining and storing court recordings; supervises signing in of witnesses and maintains courtroom supplies.

ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY: This position is eligible to advance to an Official Court Reporter I. The Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation will provide online education and reimbursement for the certifications to support this advancement. In addition to an increase in compensation as a Court Reporter I, additional income may be earned for preparing transcripts.

COURT REPORTER I AND II The Official Court Reporter may perform the following duties to include provide realtime records for court trials, hearings, or conferences, attend courtroom proceedings and other proceedings to make verbatim official recordings, read back transcripts during trial and courtroom proceedings, transcribing the proceedings according to required formats into accurate transcripts for purposes of appeal or by order of the court, review and certify the accuracy of printed transcripts and file in a timely manner, check and operate digital recording equipment to record, log court proceedings, identify participants by name to facilitate reporting; read aloud statements of participants as requested during proceedings, prepare, distribute, and preserve transcripts and related reports and documents, maintain files and records of notes and exhibits, enter case information in DOCKET, an enhancement of JUSTICE (the court case management system), performs clerical duties related to the court, attend meetings and training as required.

Note: At any point, court reporting personnel may be required to undergo a competency evaluation based on the above criteria upon the request of the judge, the Nebraska Court of Appeals, or the Nebraska Supreme Court. Failure to meet such competency criteria shall constitute cause for action pursuant to the Nebraska Supreme Court Personnel Policies and Procedures.

(Positions may not be assigned all the duties listed, nor do the listed examples include all the duties that may be assigned.)

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