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1935 |
Hal Alderson comes to Washington, DC as a court reporter, recording U.S. Senate
hearings and meetings of major unions and trade associations.
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1959 |
Robert Kennedy asks Alderson to provide reporting services for John F. Kennedy’s
presidential campaign. Teams of Alderson staff reporters work feverishly to provide
quick turnaround of accurate transcripts of every speech. Alderson went on to serve
three White House Press Secretaries.
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1961 |
Alderson becomes official White House reporter.
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1963 |
Alderson reports the proceedings of the Warren Commission on President Kennedy’s
assassination.
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1977 |
Ira Sharp and Rose Ann Alderson-Sharp become new owners. Ira makes a strategic decision
to move in the direction of computer-aided transcription (CAT), and Alderson becomes
the first company to:
- offer computerized transcripts in Washington, DC
- deliver magnetic media to the House of Representatives, thereby
allowing for faster publication of hearing transcripts by Government Printing Office
- computerize its records and archive transcripts for remote access by attorneys
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1986 |
Alderson covers the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident.
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1991 |
LiveNote® Technologies launches in the UK to develop and market software allowing
a litigator to access, annotate, and search transcripts. Soon, U.S. attorneys working
in the UK see the benefits of LiveNote® and demand in the U.S. grows.
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1992 |
Alderson joins the DuPont Preferred Service Provider
program as a provider of legal
services to the corporation’s Preferred Law Firms.
Alderson becomes the first company to report a political convention in real time for the Internet.
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1996 |
Alderson captions political convention and provides both English and Spanish transcripts
in near real-time.
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2003 |
Alderson is the official reporter for the September 11th Victim’s Compensation
Fund of 2001.
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2004 |
Special Counsel, a leading provider of legal staffing and legal resource solutions,
acquires Alderson.
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2006 |
Alderson opens new office in New York City.
Alderson offers clients free video synchronization.
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