Herder & Associates Court Reporters

05/03/2026

Enjoying the Arizona Court Reporters Association 75th annual convention. Honored to be this year's recipient of the "Award For Distinguished Service To The Profession."

I am extremely grateful to be part of this dynamic industry.

03/30/2026

Herder & Associates enjoyed back-to-back positive and productive weekends of volunteer projects, Rotary, and putting the final touches on our largest charity fundraiser of the year.

Thank you for your support and for helping us to help the underprivileged and those who can't help themselves.


We're just two weeks away and we want to share a few reasons why you need to bring your best game to the course;
On hole 8 each of you gets one shot to win a Genesis GV80 SUV (an $85,000 win)
Hole15, a shot for a Lexus RX 350 (a $65,000 win)
Hole 13, closest to the pin takes home cash of $1,026
Raffle prizes! A big screen TV and a $500 PXG putter

This year Chandler mayor Kevin Hartke will drop golf balls from a Chandler Fire ladder truck. The ball in the hole or closest to the hole wins half of the money raised. Last year’s winner accepted a check for just under $3,000. Be sure you purchase your tickets for $10 each at chandlerrotaryclassic.com (click on registration) or purchase on game day.

The historic San Marcos Golf Course is beautiful right now.
Use QR code or website to register!

03/07/2026

The elevated Genesis GV80 you’ve been dreaming of awaits.

Join Chandler Horizon Rotary's 33rd signature charity golf event and shoot in our Hole-In-One for your chance to win a beautiful Genesis GV80. Our community's deepest appreciation to the amazing folks over at Genesis of Chandler for offering their support to one of the East Valley's favorite fundraisers helping us to donate more than $900,000 to those in need in Chandler and surrounding area charities.

Raffle prizes, 50/50 ball drop, and much more while we lift up others in service to our community. Come join us and be part of the excitement!

Details and Register at: https://chandler-rotary-classic-5164.perfectgolfevent.com/

02/13/2026

Mayor Kevin Hartke delivered his final State of the City address last night at the Chandler Center for the Arts, wonderfully highlighting Chandler’s progress, community milestones, and future goals.

Our deepest gratitude for your and Lynne's tireless commitment and passion for our dynamic community.

You are the epitome of the Rotary tenet of "Service Above Self."

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01/14/2026

Wishing you each a prosperous and joyful 2026.

Whatever your goals, we know you'll appreciate and share:

"2026: Your Genesis",

a featured blog post by Herder & Associates at:

charity, Community Service, Faith, Personal Growth, Rotary 2026: Your Genesis I have consistently worked out in a gym 75 minutes a day, 6 days a week, for the past 45 years. First International Fitness, then Westside Barbell, then Gold’s, World Gym, LA Fitness, EOS, Mountainside, and a slew of oth...

05/26/2025

Freedom Isn't Free.

My big brother Bob enlisted at 17 and served our country in Southeast Asia at the tail end of Vietnam. Eagerly walking in his shadow, I admired him as tall, broad shouldered, outgoing and bright. Every kid in the neighborhood admired his athleticism, leadership, compassion, and how he was always the...

05/25/2025

Happy Memorial Day Holiday! 🇺🇸

, working out today with an Iraq combat veteran with a prosthetic leg... leg-pressing more than I can.



We are all so abundantly blessed...
Interesting careers, enthusiastic peers, dynamic minds, and lives.
Soaking in every minute of it and truly looking forward to seeing many of you at next weekend's 2025 ACRA Annual Convention.

https://www.acraonline.org/event-6128042/Registration

05/23/2025

Proud sponsors of the 2025 Chandler Horizon Rotary Thank You Breakfast.

05/05/2025

Winston Churchill said, "We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give."

This directly echoes the philosophy of Rotary, of selfless giving and service above self. After over 22 years, I am still in awe of consistently being surrounded by so many compassionate, dynamic, men and women of integrity.

04/11/2025

This week we had the privilege of a visit from one of our favorite community leaders, Jen Mozilo, CEO of A-Chance-2-Play (AC2P). Recently Jen held the position of Director of Operations at the Arizona Council on Economic Education.

A-Chance-2-Play exists so that all children, regardless of economic means, can participate in enriching extracurricular activities such as athletics, arts, music, and more. By lifting the economic barriers of these programs, AC2P aspires for a level playing field where ALL children have an equal opportunity for growth.
Youth consistently involved in extracurriculars are 400% more likely to go to college than kids who cannot access these programs.

Help "Level The Playing Field" for the underprivileged.

https://ac2p.org/about-organization

03/05/2025

Much like California, Arizona has seen court administration spend each year’s new funding on everything under the sun except to hire certified court reporters at competitive salaries. This is a totally predictable and avoidable shortage.

“L.A. Superior Court leaders have been warned repeatedly by their court reporter employees, unions, and by we here at CCRA that their hiring process and previous layoffs of hundreds of court reporters would eventually lead to their inability to provide litigants with a licensed court reporter and a verbatim transcript.
We wholeheartedly believe that this was the Court’s goal all along—to create a situation where they insist they must use recording machines because they can’t find any court reporters. The LA Superior Court has repeatedly and systematically rejected qualified, licensed, long-time reporter applicants in an effort to feed into their narrative of a “shortage.” Make no mistake: The “shortage” is manufactured, and LA Superior Court has been the most prominent player in that long game of attempting to phase out court reporters in favor of substandard electronic recording.”

Brooke Ryan, CCRA President

The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case from two Bay Area legal organizations pushing to address the state’s burgeoning court reporter shortage by requiring electronic recordings when court reporters are not available. A “show cause” order from the high court on Feb. 19 places a...