The court's notices, filed on the right matter for you
Compass by WattReach reads the court's e-filing notices as they arrive and files each one it can match on the matter it belongs to, in the court's own words. A hearing notice becomes a step for your staff to enter the new date.
The Inbox, Court tab: a hearing notice filed on its matter, and the step it raised for a person to enter the new date.
Deep integration with the courts
Your attorneys have the court's e-filing system copy its notices to the firm's Compass address, and Compass files each one it can match on its matter by case number and court, and tells the attorney. A hearing notice becomes a step for your staff to enter the new date, the firm is reminded before each hearing on its calendar, and a notice Compass cannot place waits in "Needs a look" for a person. The court features read one state's e-filing notices and case pages today, and WattReach switches them on per firm.
What you get
Filed on the right matter.
Each notice is matched by its case number and its court, so two cases with the same number in different courts are told apart. A notice Compass cannot place waits in "Needs a look" for a person, and nothing is filed on a guess.
A step for each hearing notice.
A notice of a hearing becomes a step on the matter to enter the new date, so the date reaches the calendar through a person who has read the notice.
The court's case page, read from one paste.
Paste a supported court's public case page onto a matter, and Compass reads the events, charges, pleas, outcomes, judge, fines and next date into the file.
The judge is asked, not overwritten.
When a notice names a different judge from the file, Compass asks a person whether to take the new name or keep the one on file.
Reminders before hearings.
Compass reminds the firm of upcoming hearings as many days ahead as you choose, of hearings that move, and of plea and sentencing hearings three business days ahead.
Who hears what
The attorney on the matter is told when a notice is filed. The firm chooses who receives every notice and who hears only about the ones Compass could not file. A notice about a case the firm does not have yet can open a new client file and matter when the case is the government against one person, and anything less clear goes to a person. If a firm's notices stop arriving on a weekday when they usually would have, WattReach is alerted that day.
How it connects to the rest of Compass
The notices land on the matters in case management, where phases can count their steps back from the next court date. The charges on those matters link to the law library where it has an entry, and where the firm has switched the client portal on, the client sees their next date there.
Questions
How does Compass integrate with the courts?
Each attorney sets the court's e-filing system to copy notices to the firm's Compass by WattReach address, and Compass files each one it can match on its matter by case number and court, in the court's own words. The attorney on the matter is told when it arrives.
Does Compass enter court dates automatically?
No, Compass by WattReach does not enter court dates on its own: each hearing notice it files raises a step for your staff to enter the date, and pasting a supported court's public case page onto a matter reads in its next date. The firm is then reminded before each hearing on its calendar.
What happens when Compass cannot match a notice?
A notice Compass by WattReach cannot place on a matter waits in "Needs a look" for a person, and nothing is filed on a guess.
Which courts does Compass work with?
Compass by WattReach reads one state's court notice formats today, and the walkthrough confirms whether your courts use them.
What if the court's notices stop arriving?
If a firm's court notices stop arriving on a weekday when they usually would have, WattReach is alerted that day.