circuit court clerk dorothy brown`s major accomplishments

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CIRCUITCOURTCLERKDOROTHYBROWN’SMAJORACCOMPLISHMENTS
ElectronicFiling(E-Filing)inLaw,Civil,Chancery,
ChildSupport,DomesticRelationsandProbate
Divisions,enablingthefilingofcasesviathe
Internet;comingsoontoCriminal,Trafficand
Countydivisions.
InnovativeFREEMobileApp,“CourtClerkMobile
Connect,”placescourtcaseinformationonusers’
mobiledevices.Builtin-house.
ConvenientOnlineServices,including:
• OnlineTrafficTicketService:Plead,Payor
Sign-upforTrafficSafetySchoolviaInternet
• MortgageForeclosureSurplusSearch:Find
outifowedmoneyafterlosingpropertyto
foreclosure
• UnclaimedChildSupportCheckSearch:
Locatemissedchildsupportpayments
• OnlineOrdersofProtectionservice:Prepare
applicationsforProtectionOrdersviathe
Internet
Elevenconsecutiveyearsofcommunity-based
Adult&JuvenileFull-ServiceExpungement
Summits;establishingCookCountyClerkofCourt
asanationalmodelandproducingthe
“ExpungementSummitGuide,”instructional
bookletforotherjurisdictionsthroughoutthe
country.
E-Mittimustechnologyincriminalcourtrooms
eliminateshandwrittencustodialcourtorders
expeditestheflowofclearandaccurate
informationbetweencourtjudges,courtclerks,
andsheriffs.
ElectronicTicketstechnologyinstalledinvarious
CookCountymunicipalitiesautomatesthe
creation,capture,transmission,andstorageof
traffic-stopcitationsfromthesquadcardirectlyto
theelectronicsystemattheClerkoftheCircuit
Court.
ImagingandDocumentManagementStorage
systemthroughouttheClerk’sOffice;scanningand
creatingdigitalimagesofalmost200millioncourt
documentsaccessibletocourtusersonPublic
AccessTerminals.
ElectronicImageReviewAreasinallClerk’sOffice
locations,includingfiveDistrictoffices.
“GoGreen”initiativesoffice-widepromotinguse
ofelectronicimagesandelectronicfiling,limiting
customersubmissionofpaper.
Upgraded,user-friendlyPublicAccessTerminals
forpublicviewingandprintingofdigitizedcourt
documents.
First“AmnestyWeek”attheClerkofCircuitCourt
ofCookCountywaivedcollectionfeesonpastdue
fines.
LeadingeffortsoftheCookCountyIntegrated
CriminalInformationSystem(CCICJIS)Committee;
produceCCICJISChangeManagementJournal.
Annual“ClerkofCourtLive!”onCAN-TVseries,
informativetvshowsonClerkofCourtoperations
andservices.
InnovativeInteractiveOrdersSystemin
conjunctionwithOfficeoftheChiefJudgewill
replacehandwrittencourtsheetswith
electronicallyproducedcourtorders.Builtinhouse.
CIRCUITCOURTCLERKDOROTHYBROWN’SFUTUREPLANS
NewE-CaseManagementSystem:State-of-theArtCaseManagementSystemforallcase
types:Civil,Criminal,Traffic,Juvenile,ChildProtectionandDomesticViolence.
E-Courtrooms:Courtroomsequippedtoprojectelectronicimagesofcasefiles,evidenceand
exhibitstojudges,attorneys,partiestoacase,jurorsandwitnesses.
E-RecordtheOfficialCourtRecord:Allcasefiledocumentsinanelectronicimageformatto
displayincourtroomsandtothepublic.E-Recordwillbetheonlyfilemaintained.
ElectronicImagesovertheInternet:Attorneyswillhaveaccesstoallelectronicimagesfromthe
comfortoftheirhomesorofficesandattheirfingertipsonmobiledevices.Self-represented
litigantswillhaveaccesstotheelectronicimagesofcasesthattheyarepartyto.
ExpungementCenter:AfullserviceAdultandJuvenileExpungementCenterthatwilloffer
comprehensiveservicestohelppeopletogetasecondchanceinlifebygettingtheircriminal
recordsexpungedorsealed.