Opinion
06-01-2020
RE: Revocation of Certificates of Certified Shorthand Reporters
FOR PUBLICATION IN OBJ ONLY. NOT FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.
ORDER
On March 1, 2020, this Court suspended the certificates of several Certified Shorthand Reporters for failure to comply with the continuing education requirements for calendar year 2019 and/or with the annual certificate renewal requirements for 2020. See 2020 OK 16 (SCAD 2020-19).
Pursuant to the Executive Order 2020-07 (as amended), the Chief Justice, authorized that all court reporters, whose licenses were suspended on March 1, 2020, for failure to comply with the renewal requirements for 2020 be given until May 15, 2020 to comply.
The Oklahoma Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters has advised that the court reporters listed below continue to be delinquent in complying with the continuing education and/or annual certificate renewal requirements, and the Board has recommended to the Supreme Court, the revocation of the certificate of each of these court reporters, effective May 15, 2020, pursuant to 20 O.S., Chapter 20, App. I, Rules 20(c) and 23(d).
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the credential of each of the Certified Shorthand Reporters named below is hereby revoked effective May 15, 2020.
| Shawna Austin | Tessa Neighbors |
| Molly Cook | David Parsons |
| Missy Craig | Debra Soukup |
| Rita Hejny | Kimberly Wilson Kaufman |
DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE this 1ST day of JUNE, 2020.
/S/CHIEF JUSTICE
Gurich, C.J., Darby, V.C.J., Kauger, Winchester, Edmondson, Colbert, Combs and Kane, JJ., concur;
Rowe, J., not voting.