Technology transforming local legal industry
Effective Jan. 1, the DuPage County Circuit Court became the first county in Illinois to implement mandatory electronic filing of civil cases. Gone now are the days when law firms sent their clerks racing to the courthouse door to beat the closing time of 4:30 each afternoon. In the news release announcing this mandatory e-filing requirement, Chief Judge Kathryn Creswell stated, “Electronic filing provides advantages in time, labor and convenience to the court, the clerk and the litigants.”
This content has been updated on 02/03/2016 at 15 h 14 min.