TrueFiling uses connections to build a network of firm attorneys, firm members, pro se filers, and court reporters.

Connections may be allowed to file on each other's behalf and access each other's filing histories, payment histories, and any shared payment accounts.

You will invite other registered TrueFiling users to join your connection network. The next time an invited user logs in to TrueFiling, a Connection Request notification will display in the top menu bar. They'll also receive an email letting them know someone wants to connect.

To become a connection, they MUST log in to TrueFiling and accept your request. They won't be an active connection until they accept the request.

You can connect only with a TrueFiling user whose email address has been confirmed. See Sign up for TrueFiling for details on email confirmation.

 

It's important to invite only trusted persons such as co-counsel or other TrueFiling users in your firm to become a connection. You are responsible for any filing, service, and payment actions that you or your connected users make as a result of a connection.

 

In courts that use case contacts, a connection can be added as a case contact and subsequently selected as a service recipient for your filing documents.

In courts that use party management, service recipients are managed by the court. A request must be submitted to and accepted by the court to add a party / attorney to a case so that they may be available for service. Depending on the court, the form used to request that a party / attorney be added to a case may support the ability to select the current user or a connection to automatically fill out some of the form fields.

 

Some courts may allow only users whose TrueFiling user role is Attorney to send a connection request. If you're filing in such a court, and your user role is not Attorney, the Add New Connection button is not visible.

 

Just as you can send a connection request, you may receive a request from other TrueFiling users in your firm or organization.