The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois has announced that a pilot program implementing electronic filing is to begin March 30, 2009.  Other counties have already implemented similar electronic filing programs and it has been used in federal courts since 2000.  The implications of allowing electronic filing are clear when it comes to the substantial time and cost savings lawyers will realize.   

The Roth Law Group will participate in the E-Filing Advisory/Leadership Committee begining January 8, 2009.  It is hoped that the plan will be approved and gain wide acceptance (or mandatory compliance) in order to move the Clerk's office into the 21st Century.