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David Jackson: Principal

-Shareholder, United American Reporting Services, Inc.

-Education

  • Plainview High School, Plainview, Texas, 1965

  • Southwest Business College, 1967

  • U.S. Naval Yeoman's School, 1969

-Work Experience Since College

  • Served six years in the United States Naval Reserve with one year active duty as a court reporter at the Naval Guided Missile School at Dam Neck, Virginia.

  • Freelance court reporter in Oklahoma City with the firm of Kirkpatrick Reporting for one year.

  • Freelance court reporter in Dallas starting the firm of Federal Court Reporters with Mickey Waldie in February 1971.

  • Continuing service as a freelance court reporter after merging Federal Court Reporters into United American Reporting Services, Inc., 1986 to present.

-Professional Credentials

  • Texas CSR Number 672

  • Holder of NCRA Certificate of Proficiency

  • Holder of NCRA Certificate of Merit

  • Holder of NCRA Registered Diplomate Reporter

  • TCRA Burris Cup Qualifier in 1976

-Professional Memberships

  • Dallas County Shorthand Reporters Association

  • Service as president of the Dallas County Shorthand Reporters Association in 1979

  • Texas Court Reporters Association

  • Service as president of the Texas Court Reporters Association from 1983-1984

  • National Court Reporters Association

  • Service as member of the National Court Reporters Association Board of Directors (1998-2001)

  • Society for the Technological Advancement of Reporting (STAR)

  • Founding member of Legal Image Network Communications (LINC), serving as its vice president and treasurer in 1991

-Professional Committee Memberships

  • Two terms on the Texas State Bar Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee

  • Advisory Committee member of Court Reporting Institute of Dallas and Professional College of Court Reporting

  • Appointed by the Texas Supreme Court to the Texas Court Reporters Certification Board, served seven years as co-chair of the Testing Committee, dictating and administering the Texas CSR test for court reporting.

  • Member Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee (1992-Present)

  • TCRA Distinguished Service Award

  • TCRA Hall of Fame

-Non-Professional Associations

  • Park Cities Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas

  • Big Brothers, 1980-1987

-Articles and Seminars

  • " Transcript Problems Encountered by Trial Attorneys," published in the Texas Trial Lawyers Forum, July-September 1977

  • Quarterly articles as FAIR PAC president and TCRA president in the Texas Record

  • " I Admit It, I'm A Wus," published in the Texas Record, 1998

  • NCRA midyear seminar in New York City on the Jack Ruby trial via videoconference with Melvin Belli, Joe Tonnihill and Phil Burleson, attorneys for Jack Ruby

  • NCRA videoconference seminar, 1993

  • Numerous seminars for TCRA on the proposed new rule changes by the Texas Supreme Court, 1996-1998

-Hobbies

  • Coin, stamp, art and gun collecting

  • Golfing, fly fishing, hunting and sailing