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Electronic Filing is so close, yet so far.
Yet when it comes to filing a document in court, or holding a routine scheduling conference with a judge, horror stories abound. Attorneys rush to meet the overnight delivery service deadline or hire messengers, who have been known to get lost or waylaid or to file the papers in the wrong court. Lawyers wait for hours for a 10-minute scheduling conference with a judge, during which they forget to mention a critical piece of information. And don't even think of the consequences of getting stuck in traffic and missing those critical 10 minutes. The list begins with the High Court of Australia and runs through the courts of Washington state.