Massachusetts Trial and Appellate Courts Select Tyler Technologies to Implement E-Filing Pilot Program
April 21 2014 - 8:17AM
Business Wire
E-filing pilot program is a key part of the
state judiciary’s modernization initiatives
Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) has signed a contract with
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for Tyler’s Odyssey File &
Serve product to power a six-court electronic filing (e-filing)
pilot program, which is expected to lead an e-filing expansion to
other trial court locations across the state.
The e-filing pilot program is part of the Massachusetts
judiciary’s plan to have technology play a central role in
modernizing court operations. Tyler’s Odyssey File & Serve
software supports e-filing via a secure Web portal, which
streamlines the case filing process and provides benefits to both
the filer and the court.
“We believe that technology, including e-filing, will ultimately
lead to rapid and dramatic improvement in court operations and the
efficiency with which we serve our judicial community and
residents,” said Massachusetts Trial Court Administrator Harry
Spence. “We currently store millions of pages of court documents,
and those manual, paper-based processes require time-intensive data
entry and people must carry those files to courtrooms. Digital
storage will save the courts, attorneys, and the public significant
amounts of money, and e-filing is an important step in that
direction.”
Three pilot courts will be in the Massachusetts appellate
courts, specifically, two in the Supreme Judicial Court and one in
the Appeals Court. The other three pilot courts will be in the
Massachusetts Trial Court — commencing in one court location in the
District, Boston Municipal, and Probate and Family Court
departments, with anticipated future expansion to other locations
and court departments. In the Trial Court, the e-filing system will
be for individual attorneys and self-represented (pro se)
litigants, mostly in select civil case types. The appellate court
pilots will involve civil and criminal appeals.
“Massachusetts courts are ready to embrace a more efficient
delivery of justice through the use of technology that allows our
staff to serve the public, rather than doing data entry,” said
Chief Justice of the Trial Court Paula M. Carey. “Our mission is to
deliver justice with dignity and speed, and technology is a key
component of that mission. The e-filing pilot program is one of
many ways we are working with court leaders to increase access and
improve services for all court users.”
Tyler’s experience providing e-filing for courts was a
significant factor in Massachusetts’ selecting Tyler as its partner
for the e-filing pilot program. Odyssey File & Serve currently
processes more than 4 million filings per year and supports more
than 100,000 users nationwide. File & Serve implementations
include seven statewide court e-filing projects. The Texas Office
of Court Administration successfully deployed the mandatory
eFileTexas.gov e-filing system powered by Tyler’s Odyssey File
& Serve infrastructure.
“Nationally, electronic filing and the move to digitized court
documents have allowed courts to improve service to their
constituents while also increasing efficiency, and we believe that
Massachusetts courts and their constituents will benefit greatly
from our File & Serve solution,” said Bruce Graham, president
of Tyler’s Courts & Justice Division. “We are proud to partner
with Massachusetts courts and look forward to helping them achieve
their goals for the e-filing pilot program.”
About Tyler Technologies,
Inc.
Tyler Technologies (NYSE: TYL) is a leading provider of
end-to-end information management solutions and services for local
governments. Tyler partners with clients to empower the public
sector — cities, counties, schools and other government entities —
to become more efficient, more accessible and more responsive to
the needs of citizens. Tyler’s client base includes more than
11,000 local government offices in all 50 states, Canada, the
Caribbean, the United Kingdom and other international locations.
Forbes has named Tyler one of “America’s Best Small Companies”
seven times and the company has been included four times on the
Barron’s 400 Index, a measure of the most promising companies in
America. More information about Plano-based Tyler Technologies can
be found at www.tylertech.com.
Jetstream PR for Tyler TechnologiesTony Katsulos, 972-788-9456,
ext. 301katsulos@jetstreampr.com
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