Too Many E-s’!!! E-Service, E-Courtesy, E-Filing AND E-Discovery
Holy cow, a person can barely take a breath without a new e-something beginning… Please keep in mind that e-SERVICE or – more accurately called – service by e-mail takes effect on September 1, 2012 for most of us.
E-FILING does NOT become mandatory until April 2013 – but it is optional right now and I urge you to give it a try. A lot of people are confusing the two things, they aren’t the same and aren’t really connected. E-Filing deals with FILING your pleading with the clerk. E-Service deals with SERVING your pleading on opposing counsel. The third E- that support staff will have to deal with is E-Courtesy which deals with COURTESY COPIES of pleadings or things like proposed orders being submitted to the judge.
So, in most cases, you will e-serve your pleading on the other side, e-file your pleading with the clerk, and maybe e-courtesy your pleading to the Judge.
E-Discovery is a whole other subject and in a lot of cases, has more to do with the attorneys than the support staff.
You can find e-Courtesy information here: https://miamifrp.com/miami-dade-county-ecourtesy-submission-service/
You can find e-Filing information here: https://miamifrp.com/links/e-filing-tutorials/
You can find e-Service a/k/a Rule 2.516 information here: https://miamifrp.com/rule-2-516/
One question commonly asked of me is, “do you have to use the same e-mail address for E-Filing as you did for your Notice of Designation for E-Service.” Not really, the two aren’t tied together. E-Filing accounts have to be made in the attorneys name – using the e-mail address they have on file with The Florida Bar. It may or may not be the same “primary” address you are using on your Notice of Designation.
Also, a lot of people have asked if there were software methods to help you simplify the Rule 2.516 E-Mail Service process and guess what? There is!!!! In another post I’m going to provide you guys with this great option I found called LiteServe…
Thanks for posting this information. As someone who works as support staff in a law firm I have sent out tons of Notice of Designation of Email Addresses the past week or so. Your information made absolute sense and was very helpful! Thanks!
Thanks Jo!
Thank you so much. I love reading your posts.
Thank you Christine!