All of our court reporters have been certified by testing
Martha Davis, RPR, RMR, RDR, CRR, CCP, LCR #152
Martha is the owner and was a co-founder of Cleeton Davis Court Reporters, LLC, in 1986. She has been a court reporter since 1974. Martha has been certified by the National Court Reporters Association as a Registered Professional Reporter, Registered Merit Reporter, Registered Diplomate Reporter, Certified Realtime Reporter and a Certified CART Provider. She is also a Certified LiveNote Reporter. Martha is a past director of the Tennessee Court Reporters Association. She is involved in her church and likes to read, travel and socialize with family and friends.
Maxine Cleeton, RPR, RMR, RDR, CRR, LCR #181 (Retired)
Maxine was a co-founder of Cleeton Davis Court Reporters, LLC, in 1986. She began court reporting in 1974. Maxine has been certified by the National Court Reporters Association as a Registered Professional Reporter, Registered Merit Reporter, Registered Diplomate Reporter and a Certified Realtime Reporter. She is also a Certified LiveNote Reporter. Maxine is a past officer of the Tennessee Court Reporters Association. She enjoys reading and cross-stitching. She retired from active reporting on 12/31/2013.
Brian V. Ratekin, RPR, RMR, RDR, CRR, CCR, LCR #067
Brian has been a court reporter since 1977. He has been certified by the National Court Reporters Association as a Registered Professional Reporter, Registered Merit Reporter, Registered Diplomate Reporter and a Certified Realtime Reporter. He also holds the Certified Court Reporter designation conferred by the Tennessee Court Reporters Association. Brian was an official court reporter for the San Bernardino County Superior Court from 1978 to 1992 before joining Cleeton Davis in 1992. He is a past director and officer of the Tennessee Court Reporters Association. He is active in his church and enjoys studying and playing music.
B. J. Davis, CCR, CSR (Texas), LCR #009
B.J. started court reporting in 1965 in Dallas, Texas. He was a principal in a large reporting firm in Dallas, United American Reporting, before “retiring” and moving to Tennessee to join Cleeton Davis in 1995. B.J. holds the Certified Court Reporter designation conferred by the Tennessee Court Reporters Association and the Texas CSR designation. He enjoys tinkering with automobiles when he has the time.
Mary Lee Moore, RPR, LCR #352
Mary Lee has been a court reporter since 1980. She has been a principal in several reporting firms in Nashville before joining Cleeton Davis in 2008. Mary Lee holds the certification of Registered Professional Reporter conferred by the National Court Reporters Association. In her spare time, she enjoys camping, hiking and gardening.
Keith Lemons, RPR, CRR, CCR, LCR #211, Realtime Systems Administrator
Keith started court reporting in 1981 in Wyoming. He worked for 20 years in Wyoming as a freelance court reporter, an agency owner, and as an official reporter for 15 years in a busy district, reporting felony level criminal trials and major civil litigation. He is currently certified by the National Court Reporters Association as a Registered Professional Reporter, a Certified Realtime Reporter and a Realtime Systems Administrator. Keith has served as a state court reporting association officer, director and president in Wyoming, and is a past officer and president of the Tennessee Court Reporters Association. He is involved in the choral ministry at his church and sings, along with his wife of 30 plus years, in the Nashville Choir.
Kimberly Bateman, CCR, LCR #50
Kimberly has been a court reporter since 1999. She holds a B.A. degree in English from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She has been a principal in several reporting firms before joining Cleeton Davis in 2013. Kimberly holds the Certified Court Reporter designation conferred by the Tennessee Court Reporters Association. In her spare time, she enjoys water sports, boating, traveling, camping and spending time with family and friends.
Mary E. “Betsy” Pierucki, RPR, CCR, LCR #064
Betsy has been a court reporter since 1992, working independently and as a principal in other firms in Middle Tennessee. She became a part of the Cleeton Davis team in 2013. She is certified by the National Court Reporters Association as a Registered Professional Reporter. Betsy served on the board of the Tennessee Court Reporters Association in 2003 and 2004. She is a proud wife and mother of two girls, enjoys college football, reading and spending time with friends and family.
Trine M. Mitchell, RPR, LCR #284
Trine has been reporting in Nashville since February 2003. She started reporting in July 1987 in Miami, Florida, and then went on to cover Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach doing predominantly medical malpractice. Trine became certified by the National Court Reporters Association as a Registered Professional Reporter shortly after starting reporting in 1987. She joined the Cleeton Davis family in January 2016. Trine enjoys running, yoga, dancing, singing, cooking, anything on the water and spending time laughing with friends.
Office Staff
Marie Coode – Production Manager
Marie joined Cleeton Davis as Production Manager in September 2014. She has over a decade of experience working in a legal office. She enjoys reading, watching movies, traveling and spending time with her family.
Trish Ayotte – Office Manager
Trish joined Cleeton Davis as Office Manager in December 2016. She has 14 years of experience working in a legal office and 6 years of management experience working at both large and small firms. She recently relocated to Tennessee and loves the weather here. She and her husband have two boys that keep them busy. In her spare time, she enjoys baking, traveling, and reading.
