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Third Day Solutions developed and
implemented a case management system to support the Tennessee Supreme Court and
Appellate Courts. This is the primary case management system utilized by the
Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts. The initial phase of the project
involved developing a design based on Third Day Solutions' previous experience
with the Mississippi Supreme Court. Customizations desired by the State of
Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts were designed, programmed,
documented, and implemented. The second phase of the project focused on
development, testing, training, and implementation of the Justice Information
Tracking System (JITS).
Third Day Solutions continues to provide ongoing support and enhancements for this system.
Among the enhancements Third Day Solutions has provided over the years are:
- Modifications to the accounting software to accommodate changes in Tennessee
tax penalty laws.
Automated invoicing of litigation tax and tax-filed cases.
Upgraded JITS to support Oracle 9(i), Delphi 7.0, and Crystal Reports 9.0.
- Integrated document imaging capability, which allows Tennessee to capture
digital images of orders, bonds, and judgements.
Tennessee Indigent Defender Expense System
Third
Day Solutions is currently developing and implementing a system for
the State of Tennessee Administrative
Office
of the Courts (AOC) to track expenses for indigent defendants Tennessee AOC is
responsible for managing and auditing the payment of the expenses incurred by
the provision of services to indigent defendants.
Tennessee
law provides the framework AOC must follow in dealing with these expenses. Currently, the AOC does not have a centralized electronic
system for tracking indigent defender expenses. The new system being developed
by Third Day Solutions, in conjunction with AOC staff, allows automated processing of claims
and payments associated with criminal defense of indigents, along with auditing
and reporting capabilities.The system is developed utilizing the .NET platform with an
Oracle 9(i) database.Users of the TIES system benefit from a multitude of new
functions and enhancements to the current method of managing indigent defendant
expenses. In particular, TIES can:
- Manage pre-approvals for expenses. Audit total amount approved and paid per expert witness. Identify invoiced services that should have been pre-approved but were not. Default maximum payments to each case based on a table-driven fee schedule and
table driven case type. Support multiple fee schedules. Manage overpayments Audit payments to attorneys (lead and co-counsel) per case. Identify potential duplicate billings. Verify correct judge signoff against county/district/court where work was
performed Identify over-billings based on multiple cases disposed in a single hearing Maintain and apply state rates for miscellaneous fees based on date of expense
(i.e. travel, copies, court reporter transcript fee, etc.) Allow for entry and maintenance of invoice information for attorney fees, Court
of Appeals fees, Dependency Neglect/Termination attorney fees, judicial
hospitalizations, expert witness costs, investigator costs, and other
miscellaneous expense bills. Assist in the production and tracking of letters and notices Assist in tracking responses to over-claims letters Provide a means to invoke imaging software for purposes of scanning documents
- Allow the user to review a status history for each document.
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