With over 90 million cases filed in the nation's 17,500
courts every year, more than 1.5 billion documents are
generated in U.S. state courts. Increasing storage and
handling costs force courts to cut corners to deal with
this ever-increasing mountain of paperwork. More than
$2.5 billion is spent annually on storage alone; $11
billion is spent on delivering documents to the court;
court personnel expenditures associated with paper filing
account for as much as 90% of a court's operating budget.
Overworked judges, court administrators, court clerks,
and attorneys are forced to deal with the delays of a
paper-based system. Files get lost, time is spent
shuffling paper, cases are delayed, and most importantly,
justice is delayed.
counterclaim has developed innovative judicial information
management solutions to help courts deal with this judicial
logjam. The counterclaim solutions allow court staff and
attorneys to use their time more efficiently. From the
desk of the attorney to the desk of the judge, judicial
information travels electronically. Cases and documents
are no longer lost, less paper is generated, and workflow
becomes more efficient as less staff is needed to handle
documents.
