Marijane Stomberg

Marijane Stomberg, born in Pontiac, Michigan, and I attended university, then found machine shorthand study at Pontiac Business Institute, and then attended Stenotype Commercial College, Detroit, Michigan. The first judge I worked for was the Honorable James L, Ryan in Wayne Circuit Court. I also worked in the freelance court reporting area, taking depositions and substituting in many courts for the experience; common pleas, county, and circuit. I married and had two wonderful children. One of the major attractions to the court reporting business was that I could often work for myself and decide my own time routine, allowing me adaptability with my children. I moved to the Houston area and worked in the federal court system, and the state court system, formed my own deposition business again, took many out-of-state depositions, and worked for other reporting agencies. I also was called to take depositions for the United States District Attorney's Office and governmental agencies from Washington, D.C. I briefly taught court reporting at Oakland University, MI. In the Houston area, I worked for outstanding judges, the Hon. Harriet O'Neill, Hon. Harvey Brown, and was a Deputy Court Reporter for the Hon. Caroline Baker, at the request of her official reporter Kimberly Kidd Myers. They were all extremely gifted and I was so lucky to work with them.

My adventurous spirit drove me to the ocean, so I was lucky and happy to work in the Beverly Hills area, taking depositions, and then in the Los Angeles Superior Court, and that was rewarding and life-embellishing. On retirement from reporting, I started to write and went back to college to study English Composition, Art History, and French. I love writing and that has become my passion, along with art, as I Iove creating beautiful paintings, and I find answers in writing and art and the study of life.