The 16th District Court in Livonia, Michigan has had online traffic adjudication since April 2016. As of May, 2020, they have handled over 8,100 cases online!
Hear from Magistrate Barbara Scherr, in an excerpt from a 2018 webinar, how the option for the public to handle their business online reduces foot traffic at the court.
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May 19, 2020 – Doug Van Epps presented on MI-Resolve ODR at the “Expanding Court Operations II: Outside the Box Strategies.” Van Epps is the Director, Office of Dispute Resolution at the Michigan Supreme Court. Over 2,000 people registered for the event, which was hosted by the National Center for State Courts. Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget McCormack moderated the event.
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The Farmers Branch Municipal Court (Texas) has had online case resolution in place since January 2018. As of May, 2020, they have handled over 5,000 cases online!
Hear from City Prosecutor Nicole Corr how it has changed her work at the court.
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Congratulations to the Fort Collins Municipal Court for extending access to the court online. They launched the option for motorists to request that their red-light violation be reviewed online in April, 2020.
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Congratulations to the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, in Miami-Dade County. The court has launched an online case resolution site for traffic citations via Matterhorn.
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The 17th District Court in Redford Township, Michigan, now allows drivers to dispute their traffic citations online via Matterhorn.
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Nicole Wilmet from Resolution Systems Institute (RSI) spoke with Doug Van Epps and Michelle Hilliker from the Michigan Supreme Court Office of Dispute Resolution.
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April 29, 2020 – The Indiana Lawyer profiled experts in online dispute resolution and online mediation. The article, by Olivia Covington, featured experts such as Doug Van Epps, director of the Michigan Court’s Office of Dispute Resolution, and Pew Charitable Trusts’ Erika Rickard. The article also uses Michigan’s MI-Resolve system as a case study showing the benefits.
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People in Oakland County now have the option to resolve disputes online via MI-Resolve, sponsored by the Michigan Supreme Court and powered by Matterhorn. MI-Resolve provides an option to work through disputes online with the support of mediators. As of late April 2020, MI-Resolve is now available in 18 counties in Michigan.
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Read the interview for Online Courts Questions and Answers with Matterhorn #3. Tracy McElroy, Pinal County (Arizona) Family Conciliation Services Director discusses the Superior Court of Arizona’s online platform for family and domestic cases.
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