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Case Management Section
The Case Management Section provides three primary
services to courts in Ohio: caseflow management assistance and
training; statistical report collection and analysis; and visiting
and retired judge assignments.
Section staff provide caseflow management assistance
by identifying where preferred practices, such as calendar
management, trial management, backlog reduction and
technology can enhance case management efforts. Case
Management staff are available for on-site or telephone
consultation with all levels of court personnel, including judges,
court administrators, clerks and support staff, as well as for
caseflow management training.
The Case Management Section also provides guidance on
the pending-case status reports required of Ohio courts. The
section provides statistical report form training to judges and
court staff, and analyzes, audits, and publishes statistical data
from the courts.
Lastly, the section administers the judicial assignment
program of the Chief Justice, who is authorized by the state
constitution to assign sitting and retired judges to preside in
Ohio courts to ensure the timely and efficient administration of
justice.
During 2008, the Case Management Section presented four
caseflow management training seminars to various courts
during which 162 attendees — including 18 judges — learned
the fundamentals of caseflow management and basic court
performance measurement techniques using the National
Center for State Courts’ “CourTools” concepts.
Caseflow management assistance also was provided to courts
in Butler, Champaign, Clark, Cuyahoga, Delaware, Franklin,
Greene, Lorain, Montgomery, Morrow, Ross and Stark counties
in 2008.
The Case Management Section staff also provided statistical
report form training to common pleas, municipal, county and
mayor’s courts throughout 2008. During those courses, 196
court staff members learned the proper method by which to
complete the Supreme Court of Ohio statistical caseload report
forms.
Further, the Case Management Section implemented a
business intelligence computer application that provides for
expanded caseload and performance reporting and analysis of
trial courts.
2008 Annual Report • The Supreme Court of Ohio
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