I started managing the Billings office for Fisher Court Reporting in February of 2022.<br><br>Before coming to Fisher, I spent seven years working with civil law attorneys as a legal assistant/secretary and office receptionist.<br><br>I am a Billings native, as is my husband and two lively boys. During my off time I enjoy teaching belly dance, painting, listening to various books and catching up on my favorite true crime podcasts.

For all scheduling inquiries, you can reach me at <a href="mailto:schedule@fishercourtreporting.com">schedule@fishercourtreporting.com</a>.

About Us

FOUNDED IN 1978 in Bozeman, Montana by Chuck and Laura Fisher, FISHER COURT REPORTING has offered Court Reporting, Videography, and full-service hospitality to Bozeman and the greater Montana region for over 45 years.

In the last two decades, we have evolved and added valuable services to our menu. As FISHER COURT REPORTING, VIDEO & TRIAL (and more!), and with a STATEWIDE NETWORK OF OFFICES, we have expanded, applying our years of expertise, and adding cutting-edge cost and time-saving alternative technologies to better serve our clients. We offer, not only deposition, video, remote conferencing and trial services for attorneys, we also provide meeting support, video recording and live streaming, equipment options, live production and presentation facilitation for the broader community of business professionals and organizations.

Our team works hard to perpetuate our reputation for quality and service. Our partnership with a great group of expert freelance court reporters, and a staff of competent and skilled associates that have a client-first and can-do attitude, make us your go-to support partner that enables you to focus on your business at hand while leaving the technical and logistical challenges to us.

Chuck Fisher

Laura Fisher

Carisa Fisher

Kasey Fisher

Dereck Fisher

Lori McMullen

Johanna Mersen

Carianna Lindau

Bridger Arthun

Joe Thompson

Deb Fabritz

Robyn Ori English

Barb Batts

Mary Sullivan

Julie DeLong

Rainey Stockton

Heather Thomas

Josey Loney

OWNERS & STAFF

Charles Fisher

Chuck was born in a manger in Thermopolis, Wyoming…he would tell you.

He grew up with his three sisters, mom and dad in Miles City, Montana, running around the hills along the river and adventuring before his parents moved the family to Wolf Point where they ran the local Sherman Hotel. Chuck helped with the hotel, and in the summers, Chuck worked on ranches that the O’Brien family owned. Chuck played drums in a band called the Exterminators and finished high school. Upon graduation, Chuck and his friend enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corp and set off for bootcamp in California, and then were sent off to Okinawa and Vietnam; a harrowing and character-building experience. He is very proud of his service to our country.

After a tour in Vietnam, he returned to Montana and moved to Missoula to begin college at the University of Montana on the GI bill, but found that the university wasn’t really for him at the time. Having a mind and acumen for business and a penchant for hard work, he got into the recycling business with some friends and started the first recycling centers around Montana. He met Laura during this time, and they soon married. When they found out they were having their first child, they decided to seek a new professional career path. Searching for information on court reporting and for a change of scenery, they loaded up and headed off to Phoenix where he began school. Missing home and discovering that Phoenix was not quite where they wanted to start their business, Chuck and Laura decided to finish his schooling in Seattle, and then return home to Montana to establish their business. And Fisher Court Reporting was born.

Chuck has spent over 45 years court reporting and building his business with Laura, working out of various buildings in Bozeman, moving eastward down Mendenhall, ultimately to a little brick house where they spent most of their time churning and growing. He also relentlessly traveled the state and around the country reporting and has incredible stories to tell about all the crazy and interesting adventures he’s had with many attorneys around the state.

About 15 years ago, having a vision to help alleviate some of that ongoing travel for the business, Chuck decided to open several Fisher hubs around the state to offer video conferencing and to be able to connect people for business in a meaningful way that would help save time, travel and expense. The business has continued to grow from there and currently supports a crew of 20+ people.

Over the years, Chuck and Laura loved to have a boat and bring their kids to the cabin at the lake during the summers. He loves music, playing the guitar, landscaping and working on projects. He mostly loves flying his Cessna 182 airplane which has continued for decades, flying all over the country, Canada, into the back country, and lately down into Mexico on the Baja, where he a Laura have found a wonderful little community to enjoy the sun and boat on the ocean amongst the sea creatures, when they’re not up in Montana working. He adores his 5 grandchildren who adore their “Pop”.

You can reach him at: charles@fishercourtreporting.com.

laura Fisher

Laura grew up in Missoula with her parents, three sisters and a brother, played the viola in the school symphony while attending Sentinel High School and then attended the University of Montana and Technology College.

Upon graduation, she met Chuck in Missoula while at the university. They soon married, and while Chuck worked to establish a recycling program in Missoula and the State of Montana, Laura worked at various jobs in Missoula in the medical field and then at the County handing out food stamps. They moved to Richland, Washington, where she worked at Westinghouse, then back to Great Falls, Montana to be with family. When they found out they were having their first child, they realized they needed to establish a more stable career in order to support their young family. Chuck came upon the idea of becoming a court reporter through a friend in Miles City and decided to move to Phoenix where Chuck attended school. While there, she worked in a court reporting firm, learning the ins-and-outs of the business, and as an administrator at the hospital, all while Chuck took classes. Disliking the desert heat, they decided to move to cooler Seattle where Chuck finished his schooling.

Knowing in her heart that she loved Montana, Laura convinced Chuck to move back to Bozeman where they founded Fisher Court Reporting in 1978 once Chuck graduated. They set up shop on West Mendenhall in Bozeman, and began pounding the pavement to meet attorneys and book depositions as they grew their family and tirelessly worked to establish the business. Laura did proofreading of transcripts, business management, finances, and was likely one of the first legal videographers in the state. They purchased a giant, overly expensive video camera when they first came out on a consumer-commercial level and started taking video while Chuck reported. Over the years, she has continued to work incredibly hard, traveling the state over, videoing depositions, managing the business, and working with Chuck to cultivate a great group of reporters and staff and to grow a wonderful clientele as the business has expanded across the state.

Laura loves to paint, to cook, to read, to travel and fly with Chuck on their excursions around the states and down to their little “casitas” on the Baja in Mexico when not up in Montana working, and to boat on the lake and ocean. She mostly loves spending time with her kids and family, and her 5 beautiful grandchildren.

You can reach her at: laura@fishercourtreporting.com.

carisa Fisher

My tasks at Fisher include trial support and visual strategy development, technology management, video production, general business development, marketing, meeting hosting, events, training, and a variety of other tasks.

Over the past fifteen years, since returning home and joining the family business, I have gotten the opportunity to participate in some premiere trial strategy training courses, developing my skills in visual storytelling and strategic analysis of cases. I’ve been a part of some great trial teams and have worked with attorneys on challenging and interesting projects. I enjoy contributing in the court room, working with attorneys to build the strategic visual backbone of their case, providing TrialDirector support, bringing in effective electronic courtroom setups, as well as creating video settlement pieces and facilitating focus groups in preparation for trial.

Having grown up in this beautiful state, I’ve always been a Montana kid at heart, despite perhaps a wanderlust for foreign lands and travel in general. I attended the University of Montana following high school, and then moved to Seattle, finishing my degree in English Literature at the University of Washington.

During my time in Seattle, I became involved in public relations, advertising and marketing, and over the years, have worked for some amazing companies, including Vandenberg Communications, Publicis Seattle, and Neverstop. These opportunities gave me exposure to high-level business and high-profile cultural marketing, as well as some great experience and skills in multimedia development, communications and business overall.

Some of my more notable projects included contributing to PR campaigns for wineries in the Washington wine country, for bands including Brad, Chris Robinson and Pearl Jam, and for projects like Voters for Choice and Donate Life Northwest. I also gained experience as an account manager and producer for projects including a sponsorship for Microsoft Zune for Tokion Magazine’s CreativityNow Conference held at Cooper Union School in NYC, a website piece for Where in the World is Matt Lauer for NBC, a webisode portal for Microsoft Vista, and a multifaceted campaign and event at the Democratic National Convention in Denver for Cricket Wireless. I also had the opportunity to work on other new business pitches for Nike, Banana Republic, W Hotels, Belvedere Vodka, and many more interesting brands.
I returned home to Montana in late 2008 to help expand and develop the family business. I enjoy being able to provide great service and support to our clients, and to work to evolve our offerings to be as progressive and useful as possible.

Personally, I love playing in the mountains, skiing, camping, and spending time with friends and family, which include my 5 adorable nieces and nephews. My passions lie within the intersection of business and creativity. I love technology, photography and video production, entrepreneurial pursuits, architectural and interior design, the art of food and wine, travel, creative and inspired living, and singing and playing music.

You can reach me at: carisa@fishercourtreporting.com.

kasey Fisher – RPR

Hi, I’m Kasey, one of the Fisher daughters and court reporter in our family business. Having been raised in this great industry and company with my parents, I knew court reporting was what I wanted to do when I grew up! I went to court reporting school at Green River Community College in Auburn, Washington from 1999-2002 and immediately returned to Bozeman to begin my career and have been at it ever since!

When I’m not pounding out the pages on my machine, I am enjoying lots of quality time with my three kids. My kids are super busy, with my son playing for the Bozeman Hawk football team and hunting, my daughter playing hockey all across the country, and her twin sister playing lacross and creating beautiful art. You will find me on the sidelines at each of their events cheering them on!

In addition to being super mom to my awesome kids, I love to SCUBA dive, travel near and far, camp, boat, ski, run a little, and spend time with my family and friends and cooking for them!

You can reach me at: kasey@fishercourtreporting.com.

dereck Fisher

My goal is to bring our company’s incredible list of services full circle by providing expertise in legal video and the award-winning trial presentation software TrialDirector.

In 2008, I traveled to Arizona to complete and receive the Certified Trainer Certificate from Indata. Since that time, I have assisted in case preparation, courtroom setup, video and document presentation, and trouble-shooting of any technical issues on a variety of cases.

A Certified Trainer of Trial Director 6, I am involved in the Legal Video, Video Conferencing, and heavy lifting here at Fisher. I am proudly indebted to our family business and have been a witness to the years of hard work and hospitality that goes into creating and providing a quality, reputable service. I have worked in many fields, but I truly love the way I get to bring my hands-on and personable attention to service to our clients.

I’m a Bozeman native, and grew up enjoying Montana and all the great outdoors have to offer, including my passions of water and snow skiing. I have two wonderful kids Jack and Mya. I live with a lot of gratitude and sincerity in my heart and I love to laugh. It’s great to be able to travel the state through this business, and I feel lucky to be able to live and work alongside my family in a place that I love so much.

dereck@fishervideoconferencing.com

lori mcmullen

Hello! I’m Lori McMullen, Administrative Manager for FISHER since 2004.

I grew up milking cows and stacking hay bales on my family’s ranch. I’m a nutritionist by education (Go Cats!) but have enjoyed the deposition world for many years. As an industry veteran, I hope I can guide you through scheduling your next proceeding no matter how complex.

For all administrative and general inquiries, you can reach me at: lori@fishercourterporting.com.

johanna mersen

Hi, I am Johanna Mersen, a Glasgow, MT, native and have called Bozeman home for the past few decades. I enjoyed my position as Production Manager for CFCR for the last 5 years.

Reading, golfing, concerts, and cooking are a few of my favorite things. I graduated from Montana State University a very, very long time ago. My book club and Sweet Pea Lions group have been essential to beating the winter blues and keep me active in our wonderful community.

For all document production inquiries, you can reach me at: maindesk@fishercourtreporting.com.

Carianna Lindau

I started managing the Billings office for Fisher Court Reporting in February of 2022.

Before coming to Fisher, I spent seven years working with civil law attorneys as a legal assistant/secretary and office receptionist.

I am a Billings native, as is my husband and two lively boys. During my off time I enjoy teaching belly dance, painting, listening to various books and catching up on my favorite true crime podcasts.

For all scheduling inquiries, you can reach me at schedule@fishercourtreporting.com.

Bridger Arthun

Hello! I am Bridger Arthun, Video Specialist and Administrative Associate here at Fisher. Born and raised in Bozeman, I graduated from Montana State University in 2020 with Business Management Major, Microbiology Minor. Go Bobcats!

I was introduced to videography when I got my first camera as a 10-year-old. Making videos with friends, videos for school, and simply having fun with a camera as a child set the stage for a role in videography. At Journey Church, I served as a volunteer camera director throughout college, from 2016-2020. During college, I also acted in various film student projects, further diving into the world of video production.

At Fisher, I primarily film, edit, and process deposition footage. I look forward to developing business promotional material, crafting settlement video brochures, converting various video file to digital format, helping facilitate live events, and providing trial direction as a Certified Trial Director specialist!

Aside from videography, my college major and previous roles have been business focused. La Chatelaine Chocolat Co. is a local, artisanal, French chocolate shop where I worked throughout and after college as a retail salesperson, production assistant, and manager. I previously also worked as a Customer Success Associate at Figure Technologies from 2021-2022. At Fisher, I look forward to using my business experience and education to further flourish our brand and assist in administrative duties.

Outside of work, my hobbies include playing and watching sports such as basketball, football, and disc golf. I enjoy taking rides on my Honda Shadow, floating, camping, video games, enjoying a good local craft beer, and doing all those things with good friends.

For all video production inquiries, you can reach me at video@fishercourtreporting.com.

JOE THOMPSON

Joe is originally from Billings, Montana. He graduated with a degree in Film and Television Production from Montana State University in 2020. While attending college, he worked on various video productions that varied from broadcasting the Congressional Race Debates to streaming Montana State Football games. After graduation he worked in the Counter-UAS industry for the DoD. Learning much about drones and drone systems he became a certified drone pilot through the FAA and frequently flies across the state. He can often be found shooting film photography and fly fishing inside Yellowstone National Park.

For all video production inquiries, you can reach me at video@fishercourtreporting.com.

FREELANCE REPORTERs: Some of our partners

To request and schedule any of these experts, please email schedule@fishercourtreporting.com or call 1-888-344-4472.

DEB FABRITZ – rpr

Deb graduated from American Institute of Business in 1979 in Iowa where she grew up (that long ago!).

She started her court reporting career in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1985, she returned home after a family death and started her own agency. She married and moved to the Chicagoland area in 1990 and kept busy working for two agencies in the area. She moved to Montana in 2009 and says she will never move from here!

She and her husband like driving the backroads of Montana, fly fishing, golfing, hiking and snowmobiling. She has two sons.

ROBYN ORI ENGLISH

Robyn attended court reporting school in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1985. The majority of her career was spent as an Official Court Reporter for Judge Gary, Judge Honzel, Judge Tucker and Judge Berger. In 2015, she joined Fisher Court Reporting as a freelance reporter and still covers at the court intermittently.

Married in 2016, she has 2 kids of her own and a wonderful bonus of 3 more kids. Robyn lives in Dillon and travels the state to cover depositions heading towards 40 years of a
wonderful career. She loves her profession and is active in her hometown’s high school promoting the business of court reporting.

MARY SULLIVAN – RPR, RMR, CRR

Mary was born and raised in Madison, South Dakota. Upon graduating from the Stenotype Institute in Sioux Falls in 1981 at the age of 19, she accepted a job in Missoula, sight unseen. She knew when she arrived, she had come home.

In 1992, Mary established Sullivan Court Reporting in Missoula. In 2017, she became a contract court reporter with Fisher Court Reporting, covering jobs in Missoula, and towns throughout the Western half of the state.

She is married and has two sons, Brian and Patrick, who both live in Montana.

When she isn’t reporting, she enjoys gardening, knitting, sewing, baking, serving, and becoming adopted grandparents to young families at church.

Barbara Batts – RMR, CRR

Reporter for 35 years in Billings and Maui.

Registered Merit Reporter and Certified Realtime Reporter.

Interests: Books, music, movies, hiking, hot yoga, my puppy Hobie, spending time with friends and family.

julie delong – RPR

Julie DeLong (Sampson) graduated with her Court Reporting degree in 1987 from the College of Legal Arts , Portland, Oregon. The majority of her career has been working as a freelance reporter, working as a contract reporter for Fisher many of those years. Julie also brings many years of courtroom experiencing, serving as an Official Reporter for two years in the Workers’ Compensation Court, five-plus years in State Court, and, most recently, five years as the Official Reporter in the Great Falls Division of the Federal Court, serving under both Federal Judge Sam E. Haddon, and then his successor, Federal Judge Brian M. Morris.

Julie remarried in November 2016 and relocated to from Great Falls to St. Ignatius to live with her husband, David. She has rejoined Fisher as a freelance reporter and covers mostly the Missoula to Kalispell area, and anywhere between on Highway 93. You may even see her in Bozeman, Butte, Helena, Great Falls, Billings or otherwise.

Julie and her husband have 6 grown children and 8 grandchildren.

RAINEY STOCKTON

Hi, I’m Rainey. I have been a court reporter for 42 years now and am very fortunate to enjoy my job very much! I have reported in Portland, Maine; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Idaho Falls, Idaho. Being a Native Montanan, I’m so happy to be back home working as a freelance reporter and taking jobs with Fisher Court Reporting.

I have a Golden Retriever named Annie Oakley, who, I swear, was put on this earth to entertain me. My hobbies include horseback riding, gardening, four-wheeling, traveling, decorating, and singing. Being with friends and family is my biggest joy!

The proudest moment in my life is breaking a Wild Mustang from the Pryor Mountains in Montana when I was 12-years-old.

heather thomas

Heather Thomas is a native Floridian. While going for her bachelor’s in business administration, she heard the calling to be a court reporter and never looked back.

She graduated from the Stenotype Institute in 1999 in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. For many years she worked with a local court reporting firm in Jacksonville, covering circuit and federal court cases, but in 2017 went out to be a freelance reporter.

While everyone else stays in Florida for the summer, she escapes to beautiful Montana and joins our team and has promised to keep Bozeman a secret.

She enjoys traveling, cooking, good company and college football – GO GATORS!

JOSEY LONEY

Bio coming soon!

Join Us: Are you a freelance reporter looking to partner with a firm? We are always looking for quality shorthand reporters to be a part of our network of professionals. Read more here.

To request and schedule any of these experts, please email schedule@fishercourtreporting.com or call 1-888-344-4472.