Ryan Black entered the court reporting profession in 1996 as an official court reporter for the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. After 10 years of official court reporting, Ryan was promoted to Chief Official Court Reporter, where he ran an office comprising 20 official court reporters and two support staff. At that time his responsibilities included scheduling of reporters to complement a Bench of 14 full-time judges. Ryan ensured all reporters were completing their transcripts within the state-mandated time requirements. His accountability was to the President Judge, Board of Judges and the District Court Administrator; and he was also responsible for all financial and budgetary requirements of the office and numerous other administrative tasks, in addition to continued duties as official court reporter.

In 2010, after 13 years as an “official and chief official reporter,” Ryan decided to enter the freelance arena of court reporting, teaming up with, at that time, one of the great pioneers of court reporting, Mr. Al Betz, a highly respected court reporter in the Washington, DC/Baltimore, MD, metro areas.

After spending three years working with Al Betz, in 2013 Ryan decided to branch off on his own and freelance for himself and other large court reporting agencies, which he continues to this day.

Highly regarded as one of Washington, DC’s top realtime and technical court reporting experts, Ryan has covered some of the largest cases in North America.

Ryan is often requested time and time again by attorneys and court reporting agencies to cover very large, complex cases. His services regularly include providing real-time court reporting services via loaner iPads, immediate rough draft transcripts (delivered very regularly within minutes of the close of the deposition) and daily expedite services for final delivery of deposition transcripts.

Ryan takes great pride in providing the highest-quality court reporting services leaving all clients (both law firms and fellow court reporting agencies) with a unparalleled experience.