e-Filing System

Franklin County Electronic Filing System

eGovernance Board

eGovernance Board

Mr. Dana J. Hughes, Director of the Data Center

Hon. John E. O'Grady, Clerk of the Courts of Common Pleas

Hon. Jim Mason, Administrative Judge for the Domestic Relations and Juvenile Branch

Hon. Judith L. French, Administrative Judge for the 10th District Court of Appeals

Sponsor - Hon. Lawrence A. Belskis, Probate Court Judge and Ex-Officio Clerk

Hon. John P. Bessey, Presiding Judge for the General Division

Not pictured:

Hon. Guy Reece II, Administrative Judge General Division

Hon. Joseph W. Testa, County Auditor

The ability to provide electronic filing to the legal and public communities of Franklin County has been a vision of the Common Pleas Courts for several years.

In 2006 the eGovernance Board was created to investigate and implement a shared e-Filing system for Franklin County. A workgroup serving under the Board consists of IT Staff from the various Common Pleas divisions, the Court of Appeals, the Data Center, and the Supreme Court of Ohio.

Costs for the initial purchase of the system will be shared based on 2006 new case statistics of each Court and will be funded through the Courts’ computerization funds. Annual maintenance and support of the e-Filing System will be budgeted through the General Fund by the Data Center.