Code of Professional Conduct Information

A Georgia Certified Court Reporter shall:

A. Be fair and impartial toward each participant in all aspects of reported proceedings.

B. Be alert to situations that are conflicts of interest or that may give the appearance of a conflict of interest. If a conflict or a potential conflict arises, the reporter shall disclose that conflict or potential conflict.

C. Guard against not only the fact but the appearance of impropriety.

D. Preserve the confidentiality and ensure the security of information, oral or written, entrusted to the reporter by any of the parties in a proceeding.

E. Be truthful and accurate when making public statements or when advertising the reporter's qualifications or the services provided.

F. Refrain, as an official reporter, from freelance reporting activities that interfere with official duties and obligations.

G. Determine fees independently, except when established by statute, court order, or applicable fee schedules, entering into no unlawful agreements on the fees to any user.

H. Refrain from giving, directly or indirectly, any gift, incentive, reward or anything of value to attorneys, clients, or their representatives or agents, except for nominal items that do not exceed $50.00 in the aggregate per recipient each year.

I. Refrain from reporting in any method other than the method in which the reporter is certified.

J. Abide by the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Court Reporting.

Disclosure:  Each court reporter shall tender a disclosure form at the time of taking a deposition stating the arrangements made for the reporting services of the certificate court reporter or the court reporter’s employer, and the referral source for the deposition if there is a referral, with any party to the litigation, counsel to the parties or other entity. Such form shall be attached to the deposition transcript.