On January 1, 2004, the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District
of Ohio will begin implementing the court’s Electronic Case Filing
(ECF) system. In order to participate in ECF, an attorney must attend
one four-hour session of ECF training conducted by this court, or state
that he/she has been certified by another U.S. Bankruptcy Court as an
ECF filer.
Training sessions will begin on January 5, 2004, and be offered twice
daily (Monday through Thursday) in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Dayton. The
morning training session begins at 8:00 a.m., and the afternoon session
begins at 1:00 p.m. (The Supreme Court of Ohio has approved the court's
ECF training session for 3.5 hours of CLE credit).
You are strongly encouraged to invite one other individual (non-attorney)
from your office to attend the training session with you. Please fill
in the “Application
for Attorney ECF Training” on our Web site, print the complete
form, and mail it to the court address contained in the application. (Alternatively,
you may print out the form first, then complete it and mail it to the
court.) DO NOT mail the “Filer Registration” form (ECF Form
No. 1) (contained in the court’s Administrative Procedures for Electronic
Case Filing). That form will be completed by attorneys at the completion
of the ECF training session.
If you indicate on your application for training that you are already
qualified as an ECF filer in another U.S. Bankruptcy Court, we will notify
you when to submit the “Filer Registration” form and when
you may begin filing on our ECF system. |
