An official court reporter for the Cook County Circuit Court took first place in a transcribing contest during a statewide conference last month.Lorie Kennedy won the Gregory L. Sonntag Memorial Speed Contest on Sept. 6 in Springfield.The competition, part of the Illinois Court Reporters Association annual convention at the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel, took place in three parts over the course of four hours — but that’s all a blur to Kennedy now.She has spent the last 21 years as a court reporter, 13 of …