Court Reporters

Eve WilbanksNationally Certified

Principal

Eve graduated from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois, in 1994. Upon graduation, she moved to Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, to begin her career as a freelance court reporter. In 1995, she passed the Registered Professional Reporter examination, given by the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA), to become nationally certified. In September of 2008, she also completed and passed the test to become a Certified LiveNote Reporter.  She enjoys keeping abreast of the ever-changing technology that faces the legal community and obtains continuing education credits to maintain the status of a Registered Professional Reporter.  She in the past has held positions with the South Carolina Court Reporters Association and attended NCRA’s Leadership Training Conference in Washington, D.C.   She is experienced in all aspects of reporting and offers real-time services.  Eve resides in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.  “I take pride in knowing that my clients can depend on me as a reporter and a business owner to deliver the product that they need.  Being a local small business owner gives me the opportunity to personally get to know the needs of my clients and their staff.”

Mary Ann RidenourNationally Certified

Principal

Mary Ann graduated from Cittone Institute in Edison, New Jersey, in 1991. Upon graduation, she moved to Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and began her career as a freelance court reporter. In 1994, she became a founding member of Carolina Reporting. The following year she became recognized as a Registered Professional Reporter, after passing the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) proficiency exam.  In 2008, she earned her Certified LiveNote Reporter designation.

She has held numerous committee and board positions with the South Carolina Court Reporters Association since 1996 and served as president twice. Mary Ann has also held several committee positions within NCRA and for five years was their legislative liaison for nine southern states. She served as chair of NCRA’s Committee on Professional Ethics and co-chair of their Ethics First Committee.  She has published articles in the state association’s newsletter and NCRA’s Leadership Bulletin, as well as their national trade publication, Journal of Court Reporting. She has conducted seminars on both the state and national level, on topics ranging from certification of court reporters to grassroots lobbying, and creative thinking strategies.

Mary Ann and her husband, Bill, have two sons.  They reside in Summerville.

Teri SampsonNationally Certified

Teri graduated from Alfred State College in upstate New York in 1985, became nationally certified in 1995, licensed in Georgia in 2002 and in 2008 became a Certified LiveNote Reporter. In the 26 years that Teri has been a court reporter, she has worked in Charleston, with the exception of a short stint in Chicago and Atlanta, where she worked on national cases, i.e. Arthur Andersen and Wyeth. Teri writes realtime and takes depositions on a wide variety of cases, including personal injury, medical malpractice, construction, domestic and patent litigation. Teri enjoys lowcountry living with her husband and two labs.

Denise LauderNationally Certified

Denise graduated from Orlando College in 1985 with an Associate’s Degree in Court Reporting and began her career as a freelance reporter. After moving to the east coast of Florida, she became a Deputy Official Court Reporter covering criminal and civil proceedings within the Circuit Court of Brevard County. In 1996, Denise moved to Charleston where she has worked within the federal court system, covered grand jury proceedings, and participated in a wide variety of freelance work. Denise is a member of the National Court Reporters Association and the South Carolina Court Reporters Association. She participates in continuing education classes to maintain her designation as a Registered Professional Reporter, RPR. Denise lives in Mount Pleasant with her husband.

Kelly DusakMember of the National Court Reporters’ Association

New to the area, Kelly moved to Charleston in September 2011 to join Carolina Reporting. She is originally from Denver, Colorado, where Kelly went to school at the Denver Academy of Court Reporting and graduated with an Associate’s Degree in Applied Science and became a court reporter in October of 2010. She has been a member of the National Court Reporters’ Association since 2009 and is working towards her RPR to become nationally certified.