April Balcombe

April has been a certified shorthand reporter since 1993 and a Certified Realtime Reporter since 2002. She specializes in realtime streaming in complex litigation, including depositions, arbitrations, and trials. She provides final transcripts and rough drafts along with her realtime feed when requested. April's commitment and dedication to the verbatim record is commiserate with her accurate transcripts. April has realtime captioned, both in person and remotely, people such as Bill Gates, Karl Rove, Stephen Hawking, as well as countless renowned authors and professors. Her captioning has included live audiences from one person to 2,000 people to the entire state of Texas. April has captioned live, breaking news events for extended hours at a time while maintaining composure and focus during traumatic events such as the Sandy Hook and Fort Hood shootings. April’s extensive judicial experience includes civil and criminal litigation, reporting both for state and federal cases ranging including breach of contract, patent law, medical malpractice, family matters to capital murder. April lives in Southwest Austin with her husband, son and two dogs.