Clerk Dorothy Brown and Chief Judge Timothy Evans

Launch Electronic Filing Project in Nation’s Largest Court System

Monday, May 11, 2009 (Chicago) Hon. Dorothy Brown (right), Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, joins Honorable Timothy Evans, Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, at the Launch and Press Conference of an Electronic-Filing pilot in the Individual Commercial Calendar Section of the Law Division. The rollout of E-Filing, an automated system that allows the filing of court documents online, will save millions of dollars in time-savings and tax money savings as well as increase efficiency for Cook County attorneys and self-represented litigants. E-Filing is a "Green Court" initiative, developed at no cost to Cook County taxpayers.

Monday, May 11, 2009 (Chicago) Hon. Dorothy Brown (right), Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, and Honorable Timothy Evans, Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, explain the features of the Electronic-Filing system that was launched today in the Individual Commercial Calendar Section of the Law Division. The rollout of E-Filing, an automated system that allows the filing of court documents online, will save millions of dollars in time-savings and tax money savings as well as increase efficiency for Cook County attorneys and self-represented litigants. E-Filing is a "Green Court" initiative, developed at no cost to Cook County taxpayers.

Monday, May 11, 2009 (Chicago) Hon. Dorothy Brown (center), poses with Attorney Kevin Posen of Teller & Levitt, who filed a case today with the newly launched Electronic Filing system installed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Law Division. Also pictured are the principals of OLIS (Online Information Systems), the Alabama-based vendor that developed the system for Cook County, and Leticia Gomez (far left) of SmartTech, Inc. the partnering agency that provided classroom training and a 24-hour "Webinar" on E-Filing. The rollout of E-Filing, an automated system that allows the filing of court documents online, will save millions of dollars in time-savings and tax money savings as well as increase efficiency for Cook County attorneys and self-represented litigants. E-Filing is a "Green Court" initiative, developed at no cost to Cook County taxpayers.