The Legal Systems Coordinator is responsible for the Court’s computer operations and related data and information processing activities. With the help of the Legal Systems staff, which is located in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, he advises and assists the President Judge, individual judges, and the various administrative offices of the Court in all aspects of the acquisition, installation, programming and use of computers, and office automation equipment, both hardware and software.
The Legal Systems staff sets up new computer accounts when new Judges and staff join the Court, assists in training of new staff, provides orientation and training for existing staff when new software and hardware are installed, and coordinates all hardware and maintenance, resolving problems whenever possible and referring other problems to the appropriate outside source.
The Legal Systems Coordinator and other members of the Legal Systems staff work with staff from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts and the other appellate courts on shared projects including the high speed data network that links all of the offices of the three appellate courts and AOPC with each other and the Internet (PACNETT), the appellate case management system (PACMS) and the shared electronic mail system.
The Legal Systems Coordinator serves as the Superior Court’s representative on the Architectural Standards Committee that has been charged by the Supreme Court with making decisions affecting the Microsoft Active Directory network that is also shared by the three courts and AOPC.
The Legal Systems Coordinator is also responsible for using the Court’s computer resources to generate and analyze caseflow statistics and to prepare statistical reports as requested for use by the Court and for submission to the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Court.