Thomas McWain

Thomas McWain

Founder of Check My Transcript · Coin & bullion dealer · New Jersey

Profile

Thomas McWain, known to most people as TJ, is a New Jersey business owner with two very different specialties: making legal transcripts error-free, and buying and selling coins.

As the founder of Check My Transcript, Thomas works with court reporters who need a second set of eyes before a transcript is certified. His reviews focus on the conventions that keep a record clean and defensible, including speaker identification, question-and-answer structure, exhibit references, [sic] notation and consistent formatting from the first page to the last.

Thomas is also an active numismatist. A longtime collector, he runs a live-selling business on Whatnot specializing in world coins, banknotes, silver bullion and certified graded coins, with shows built around collector conversation as much as sales.

He is self-taught in automation and builds AI-assisted workflows for his own businesses, with a focus on tools that remove busywork without sacrificing accuracy.

At a glance

Name
Thomas "TJ" McWain
Based in
South Jersey, New Jersey
Business
Check My Transcript, founder
Collecting
World coins, currency, silver, graded coins
Skills
Transcript proofreading, legal formatting, numismatics, workflow automation

Current work

Check My Transcript

Founder · New Jersey

Proofreading service for court reporters covering depositions, hearings and trials. Corrections are delivered by page and line so reporters can finalize quickly.

Live coin & bullion shows on Whatnot

Owner · @_tjmackwayne_

Regular live auctions and sales of world coins, banknotes, precious metals and slabbed coins for collectors nationwide.

Articles

9 Errors I Catch Most Often in Deposition Transcripts

Medium · October 2026

Thomas McWain's checklist of the transcript errors court reporters most often miss before certification.

Contact & profiles