eFilling Services

Thuriam's eFiling Service uses the internet for the filing of briefs, pleadings, motions, and other lawyer-generated documents for the courts.

We assist attorneys and corporate counsel in eFiling for a handful of trial courts which allow this service. We can assist in eFiling complaints and pleadings in securities class actions in Northern District of California's Securities Class Action Clearinghouse. In debt collection cases in Shawnee County, Kansas and District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The following is list of all Federal courts accepting electronic filing, which we can do. As of December 2003, there are 19 District Courts and an even 50 Bankruptcy Courts listed. Not a single Federal appeals court is on the list.

The filing of paper pleadings with the court imposes significant burdens on the court's personnel and facilities. The pleadings must be kept in an organized fashion, and of course they take up a tremendous amount of room. Thuriam's eFiling system uses XML to leverage on interoperability and easy retrieval and storage of legal materials. The same system is enabled as web service and can be viewed through browser or any other client.

Functional Standards

 The Consortium for National Case Management Automation Functional Standards Project has published a number of Functional Standards in order to formalize technology issues and to "help state courts more effectively use their financial and staffing resources" to develop a "state-of-the-art computer system". Some of the Standards have been approved, and others are in the comment process. The listing as it currently stands is:

	Introduction to Case Management Standards
	Civil Functional Standards
	Domestic Relations Functional Standards
	Criminal Functional Standards
	Juvenile Court Case Management Functional Standards
	E-Filing Functional Standards
	Electronic Court Filing XML Standards

As the functional standard evolves, Thuriam will adapt to provide the best Service. At present you can upload draft legal memoranda, pleadings, motions and briefs for both federal and state courts to our system and we will do eFiling for a nominal fee .