EDITOR:I just learned that Feb. 17-24 has been declared National Court Reporter & Captioner Week in the U.S. Highlighting the work of this profession is important. I’m proud to have been a court reporter for over 40 years. Like my colleagues, I have captured the verbatim record for the judicial system in murder trials, corruption trials and large corporate lawsuits. Court reporters owe allegiance to neither side in litigation, and record history without bias. While other countries rely on summaries of the proceedings or minutes taken by the judges or attorneys, in the U.S. we have impartial court reporters who …