D. Robin Grippa
**** ***** ***** ***** - *******, OH 45103
***********@*******.*** 513-***-****
GOAL
To obtain a full or part-time position utilizing my almost 40 years of experience within the Hamilton and Clermont County court system, working with judiciary, the community, and members of the bar.
EXPERIENCE
Office Worker
CLERMONT COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS
September 2015 – November 2015
Assist in office duties of the Board of Elections, processing of absentee ballots, and assist in early voting.
Captionist/Cart Provider
DEAF CHOICE, INC.
Cincinnati, Ohio
September 2011 to 2014
Responsibilities - Provide captioning/CART services to deaf/hard of hearing individuals in educational and court settings, providing transcripts upon request.
Captionist
LIFE CHANGE CHURCH
Milford, Ohio
October 2010 to February 2014
Provide off-line closed captioning of the church's weekly television broadcast.
Freelance Court Reporter
ELITE REPORTING SERVICES
Cincinnati, Ohio
May 2009 to September 2009
Provide reporting/captioning services to various law firms in and around the Cincinnati area and preparation of certified transcripts upon request.
Supervisor of Court Reporters
HAMILTON COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
February 2000 to February 2009
Duties included all of the duties of an official court reporter, in addition to managing staff of reporters; attending monthly adminstrative meetings; serving as liaison between software vendor and staff; coordinating stenowriter and related equipment maintenance contracts and technical support contracts with software vendor; dealing with administration on matters of reporter policy; ensuring and coordinating coverage of courtrooms; managing vacation and sick leave and hiring freelance reporters as needed; managing print records; receiving and assigning transcript orders for digital recordings; ordering supplies.
Official Court Reporter
HAMILTON COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
August 1983 to February 2000
Assigned to the Honorable Ronald A. Panioto. Duties included verbatim reporting and transcribing of hearings utilizing ProCat transcription software; providing real-time access to the Administrative Judge of custody trials; demonstrating real-time system capabilities to visiting court administrators; providing transcripts of digitally-recorded magistrates' hearings. Additional duties included various clerical functions as requested by the Judge, including tracking of cases under advisement and preparation of decisions, and data entry into the Court Management System.
File Clerk and Courtroom Constable to Judge Paul J. George, Judge William Fellerhoff
HAMILTON COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
February 1979 to August 1983
File Clerk and Courtroom Constable to Judge Paul J. George, Judge William Fellerhoff, Judge Norbert Nadel, Judge Robert A. Wood, and Judge Ronald A. Panioto. Duties included preparation of daily dockets, swearing in of witnesses, calling and seating cases, screening of Judge's phone calls, and assisting in smooth running of case load.
EDUCATION
High School Diploma Colerain High School - Cincinnati, Ohio 1978
Various CLE programs to maintain RPR and RMR certification with the National Court Reporters Association from 1992 through 2009.
QUALIFICATIONS
Thirty years as an employee in the Hamilton County Court of Domestic Relations, 27 of those as an Official Court Reporter, the last nine years as Supervisor of Court Reporters.
Registered Professional Reporter Certification through the National Court Reporters Association in November, 1992.
Registered Merit Reporter Certification through the National Court Reporters Association in May, 1996.
ABILITIES
Conscientious, organized individual, dedicated to an exemplary work product, holding a long-term reputation in the county court system and with members of the bar, judiciary and public as dedicated, efficient, professional and friendly.
Ability to unite members of a reporting team, promoting a strong working unit, to better serve the needs of the court, members of the bar and the community