The phrase "one stop shop" is used often for many types of businesses across the country. The general point of the phrase is that you do not have to call several different businesses in order to accomplish a task or to satisfy a business requirement. Some businesses offer everything you can imagine to satisfy every need while others choose to become specialized on one or a very few areas of service.

The benefits of having many types of products or services under one business are obvious. You provide a setting for your customer to only visit your place of business and not have the need to shop with your competitors. You also have more opportunities for revenue that you might not otherwise be able to participate. In addition, as a customer, the simplicity of placing one call to a trusted vendor saves time and frustration.

In the court reporting industry, there are a wide variety of solutions available when an attorney is beginning to prepare for litigation. The range of solutions can be from an individual court reporter that works from their household and offers a very select set of services to a large national firm that has offices in most cities and has virtually every service imaginable in the litigation services support area. In both of these extremes there are advantages and disadvantages to each solution.

A full-service litigation support firm would attempt to provide all the necessary services to assist attorneys as they prepare for litigation. These services are numerous and are essential for attorneys to be successful in the due-diligence phase prior to trial.

At the heart of the preparation for this litigation is the deposition itself. The deposition is the official pre-trial meeting where all sides to a lawsuit have the opportunity to gather information from the parties involved in the dispute. With early stage subpoenas or record retrieval, the right firm can assist with the formal notification process to all parties associated with attending a deposition.

Once the deposition is formally arranged and all parties are officially notified, other services are then needed - the scheduling of the deposition, the actual conference room where the event will be held, and the court reporter who is most familiar with the type of case being discussed (medical, technical, construction, etc.). Does the deposition require video? And if so, would the attorney like the transcripts synchronized? In some cases, a deponent may not speak the primary language that is being spoken in the discovery discussions and may require an interpreter. A full-service litigation support firm regularly handles these needs.

Once the deposition is completed, the fulfillment of the job is handled by the production team. All details, orders, and specific requests with each attorney in the suit are reviewed. Testimony taken down by the court reporter is proofed, scoped and generated into transcripts. Exhibits are scanned, and any electronic delivery requests are met. In addition, the production department consolidates all the transcripts, exhibits, and other related documents to an on-line repository for each attorney and/or assistant to access via the internet. These documents are held in a secure site and access is monitored and controlled by the court reporter's production team.

As you can see, the needs for being successful in the due-diligence phase prior to trial are fairly extensive. There is no room for error, and accuracy at every step is essential. The one stop shop in court reporting that performs at a high level enhances each attorney's chance of being successful in trial.

Author Bio : Luna is an associate editor to the website http://www.acuscribe.com. This web site offers complete solutions for Court Reporting Services