On July 30th the United State Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida announced that it would be transitioning all bankruptcy court rooms district-wide to digital audio recordings (DAR) of all court proceedings starting on Saturday, August 1, 2015. Here are the contents of the press release from the Court:
“On August 1, 2015, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida [Miami Division] will transition to digital audio recording (DAR) of all court proceedings. The courtroom technology selected is ForTheRecord® (FTR). Installation of new hardware and software necessary to accommodate DAR has been completed district-wide in the Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and West Palm Beach bankruptcy courtrooms. For an interim period, requests for transcripts will continue to be submitted to the court-approved transcript reporting company, Ouellette and Mauldin until such time as we have had an opportunity to accept and review solicitations from transcription companies interested in being added to the court-approved list.
The court went on to state that all attorneys and other parties appearing in court needed to follow certain “guidelines” pertaining to the optimal use of the digital audio recording system in the courtrooms:
“As a reminder, we ask that you become familiar DAR etiquette and get in the habit of following these basic guidelines when appearing in all bankruptcy courtrooms:
1) Speak clearly and audibly into the microphones. Only one person at a time should be speaking,
2) Each time you speak, please identify yourself by stating your name and the party(s) whom you represent. Spell difficult names for the record,
3) The DAR is extremely sensitive to sounds. All side conversations in the courtroom may be recorded.
Please direct inquiries to: Webmaster_FLSB@flsb.uscourts.gov ”
For more information about bankruptcy court, the new digital audio recording (DAR) system and how it may affect your appearance in bankruptcy court, or if you are in need of a bankruptcy attorney or bankruptcy defense lawyer, please contact us at Korte & Wortman, P.A. at (561) 544-7071 or go directly to the bankruptcy page of our website, http://foreclosurefactor.com/practice-areas/mortgage-litigation/bankruptcy-faqs/.
We look forward to assisting you with any foreclosure, bankruptcy, credit card debt defense or other real estate legal questions or issues that you may have.
An article from the Assouline & Berlowe, P.A. law firm was read to help compile the new courtroom guidelines list used in this blog: https://assoulineberlowe.wordpress.com/2015/07/29/shhhhh-in-the-courtroom-bankruptcy-court-goes-digital/
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