Karen Reagan is not a newcomer to the business community in Montgomery, Alabama.  She has over 18 years of experience in the ownership and operation of Reagan Reporters, LLC, a freelance court-reporting firm located Montgomery. As a court reporter and service provider, she has garnered a vast knowledge and worked on litigation in many areas; from medical malpractice and nursing home litigation to environmental and construction issues to antitrust matters.  She will tell you, though, that her personal special interest areas are in commercial and business litigation, securities, and products liability.  In addition to her court-reporting role, Karen has been accountable for document management coordination and processing in many voluminous document cases for her clients and is very knowledgeable in assisting attorneys and paralegals alike in all of their litigation support needs.

As owner and managing principal of Reagan Reporters, LLC, Ms. Reagan oversees the day-to-day operations of the firm in addition to the administration of marketing plans, fiscal management, and systems administration.  Managing her team of eight reporters to satisfy the needs of their legal clientele, together they have proven the ability to meet critical deadlines.  She credits her office administrator, production team, and court reporting staff with keeping abreast of the ever-changing technology in the legal arena to put her firm a step ahead of their competitors.

Ms. Reagan has conducted many speaking engagements at Prince Institute, in addition to sitting on its Board of Advisors since 1990.  She is a frequent guest CLE speaker to attorney groups and legal assistant associations on the implementation of today’s technology in the legal marketplace.  Karen is also an active member of the Alabama Court Reporters Association and has sat on its Executive Board for over six years.  Ms. Reagan has just concluded her term as President for the State of Alabama and is now Immediate Past President.

Mrs. Alpert has been employed with Reagan Reporters since 1995 and has a broad technical knowledge base of reporting and legal-related software programs and procedures.  She is a graduate of Bethany Worldwide College and has attended a multitude of computer and management-type courses at Auburn University of Montgomery and Huntingdon College.  Charity is proficient with ReporterBase, RealLegal’s family of software products, InData Trial Director, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access and QuickBooks. During her tenure with Reagan Reporters, Ms. Alpert has established and supervised the organizational structure of many heavy document cases, and is always a step ahead of the curve in utilizing the latest in litigation support technology to keep track of every single sheet of documentary evidence for our clients.  She has studied in the areas of leadership and organization, in addition to having hands-on experience with accounting matters and all areas of office administration.  In 2003 she obtained the Certified Manager of Reporting Services (CMRS) certification issued by the National Court Reporters Association.  Best of all, Charity is adored by our clients and reporters alike.  With her broad-based reporting background and experience, she is always able to take care of our clients’ and reporters’ needs with a huge smile and kind word for all.  She is a cherished and valuable part of our home-based management team.