FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Courtroom
Connect Delivers High-Speed Wireless Internet Access
to Philadelphia Court
Contact
Information:
Michelle Beaudry
Director, Marketing & Communications
Courtroom Connect
michelle@courtroomconnect.com
310.801.9601
(PHILADELPHIA, PA) JUNE 7, 2004 - Courtroom
Connect, the leading provider of high-speed Internet
access, printing, and remote real-time transcripts to
attorneys at court, announced today that, working with
the First Judicial District Court of Common Pleas Trial
Division, they have installed a high-speed wireless
Internet network in City Hall. The expansion of Courtroom
Connect’s wireless service to Philadelphia allows
lawyers in trial to conduct online research, access
and transfer large office files, send and receive e-mail
with attachments, access trial databases and print documents
from their laptops—all from virtually anywhere
in the courthouse. In addition to trial proceedings,
the service can be utilized for hearings and conferences.
Judge
James J. Fitzgerald, III, Administrative Judge for the
Trial Division stated, "The Court of Common Pleas
– Trial Division has been working diligently to
bring advanced technology into the court that is practical
and highly useful to the Bar and Court. Courtroom Connect's
Wi-Fi service certainly qualifies. Since the service
relies on user fees to cover costs, the Court considers
this to be an efficient and cost-effective way to offer
some wonderful technology to both attorneys and litigants.
Any attorney that uses the Internet for their practice
can benefit from having Internet access and subsequent
services at the courthouse."
John
Shin, Senior Vice President of Sales for Courtroom Connect,
had this to say, "We are very pleased about our
recent expansion into the Philadelphia courts. The legal
community in the area will now have access to this high
technology throughout City Hall. The Philadelphia Court
has demonstrated a strong commitment to increasing the
level of technology they make available to the Bar,
and we are proud to be a part of the enhancements they
are making. We look forward to working with the local
Bar to educate attorneys on this useful service.”
In
addition to a rapidly expanding list of over 20 courthouses
throughout the country, Courtroom Connect provides a
variety of other services to the legal community. For
example, Courtroom Connect offers a temporary-anywhere
service called Trial-Connect™, which enables trial
teams to order Wi-Fi Internet services for individual
trials at courthouses anywhere in the United States.
Courtroom Connect also provides Wi-Fi services to law
firms and bar associations, as well as multi-media audio/video
services for live capture and streaming of presentations,
meetings, depositions and other events that warrant
a securely integrated communication solution.
The
First Judicial District of the Pennsylvania Court of
Common Pleas will be hosting two seminars for attorneys
and support staff titled, “Leveraging Internet
Access at Trial”, in City Hall at noon on July
13th and July 15th. To RSVP for one of the seminars,
please contact Keith Walter at keith@courtroomconnect.com.
To reach the First Judicial District of the Pennsylvania
Court of Common Pleas, please contact Karen Blackburn
at 215-686-5135 or Karen.Blackburn@courts.phila.gov.
About Courtroom Connect
Courtroom Connect provides secure Wi-Fi wireless Internet
access, printing, and real-time transcripts to attorneys
at courthouses throughout the country – all at
no costs to Courts. Using their laptops, lawyers can
send e-mail, print documents, search legal databases,
and access their case management system from anywhere
in the courthouse. The service is secure, easy to use,
and fully supported by Courtroom Connect. Courtroom
Connect’s Wi-Fi network is also used to provide
services to court reporters, jurors, media, government
agencies, bar associations, law firms and other members
of the legal community.
For
more information about Courtroom Connect and its product
offerings, please call
1-877-838-9080 or access the company online at www.courtroomconnect.com.
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