Tyler
Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) is experiencing strong growth in the
use of its Odyssey eFileGA™ solution, with the Fulton County
Magistrate Court becoming the third Fulton County court to go live with
eFileGA. The county's superior and state courts implemented eFileGA over
the past 18 months.
With three Fulton County courts now electronically filing civil cases,
counties covering 43 percent of Georgia's residents are in the process
of implementing or are live with eFileGA. Courts in most of the Atlanta
metro area are using eFileGA, including courts in Cherokee, Clayton,
Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, and Rockdale counties, with more coming,
including Gwinett, Forsyth and Spalding counties.
Courts using eFileGA are now contributing to the more than 125,000
documents and 75,000 cases that are filed daily with Tyler's e-filing
solution nationwide.
Using eFileGA helps courts streamline processes, reduce costs and save
paper. Nationally, Tyler is seeing the number of electronically filed
transactions steadily rise while processing times are getting faster,
with many filings taking less than 60 seconds.
By providing court participants with simplified and immediate access to
court documents, Fulton County is using Odyssey eFileGA to increase
efficiency more effectively using taxpayer dollars. This supports its
strategic plan, which prescribes use of "equipment and technology in a
way that enables high performance."
Cathelene "Tina" Robinson, the Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Court of
Fulton County, championed the e-filing project to provide court staff
with better technology to automate court procedures and increase
constituent access.
"It is due to Clerk Robinson's vision and dedication that our courts
have already seen tremendous value from Odyssey eFileGA, mainly through
enabling constituents to directly upload necessary case documents, which
has eliminated time-consuming processes for our staff," said Ché
Alexander, court services bureau chief. "By reducing the volume of paper
used, we have automated several court areas, while increasing court
staff communication and collaboration. We are pleased with e-filing's
benefits so far and we are eager for the additional benefits ahead."
Fulton County Magistrate Court went live with eFileGA in April 2016,
following six months of implementation within Fulton County's courts.
Odyssey eFileGA is delivered as a Tyler-hosted solution and allows users
to file documents with the courts 24 hours a day, every day of the week.
In addition to leveraging eFileGA, the Fulton County Magistrate Court is
using Tyler's Guide & File™ solution to improve access to
justice for local residents who are self-represented litigants (SRLs).
The Fulton Magistrate Court is using Guide & File to provide web-based
interviews that simplify court filing for SRLs. This results in a
reduction of erroneous filings as well as staff time answering questions
from filers outside the legal profession.
"This project is a wonderful tool that anyone can use to more easily
navigate the court system. It is such a simple idea, but a necessary
one, allowing all equal access to our courts," said Chief Justice Hugh
P. Thompson of the Georgia Supreme Court.
"Tyler is proud to use its extensive public sector experience to help
courts automate processes, offer constituents greater access to the
court, and vastly reduce the amount of tedious and costly paper-driven
work for court staff and their constituents alike," said Mitchell
Spence, senior vice president of operations for Tyler's Courts & Justice
Division. "Fulton County exemplifies how forward-thinking judicial
agencies are applying Tyler solutions and our best practices to further
enhance the breadth and quality of services that are easy to access and
use."
Overall, Odyssey serves more than 100 million residents, a third of the
U.S. population, in more than 800 counties across 23 states. With more
than 550 full-time employees dedicated to courts and justice solutions,
Tyler has the capability to manage dozens of Odyssey client
implementations concurrently.
Fulton County is Georgia's most populous county with more than 1 million
residents; it includes 90 percent of Atlanta, the state capital.
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 their
constituents. Tyler's client base includes more than 14,000 local
government offices in all 50 states, Canada, the Caribbean, the United
Kingdom and other international locations. In 2016, Forbes ranked Tyler
on their "Most Innovative Growth Companies" list, and it has also named
Tyler one of "America's Best Small Companies" eight times. The company
has been included six times on the Barron's 400 Index, a measure of the
most promising companies in America. More information about Tyler
Technologies, headquartered in Plano, Texas, can be found at www.tylertech.com.
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