Clerk's Office

• Open new case files
• Docket incoming filings and correspondence
• Field inquiries by phone or at the public counters
• Review all filings for jurisdiction and compliance with the court rules
• Monitor numerous management lists to ensure that cases proceed without undue delay
• Process motions for submission to the judges
• Issue and distribute orders to the pertinent attorneys, parties, trial court judges, and staff
• Communicate with the general public, counsel of record, the parties, prospective litigants, lower courts or tribunals, and media representatives on case-related matters

The Clerk’s Office also schedules matters for case call and releases the judges’ opinions resolving those appeals.