The Law Office of Russel Murray III

The Law Office of Russel Murray III, P.C.

Interstate Custody & Colorado Domestic Relations Litigation

1450 South Havana Street
Suite 804
Aurora, Colorado 80012
303.745.7877 800.465.7877
RMurray@RM3.com

Legal News Headlines.....

September 11, 2001

A link from Lexis Nexis to help in finding information concerning New York City and related events. http://www.lexisnexis.com/resources/default.asp

August 6, 2001

Lawyer's Weekly features Russel Murray III and Kerry Lego in its feature story on Internet Visitation. Lawyer's Weekly may be found at www.lawyersweeklyusa.com.

May, 2001

Murray to present update on PKPA, UCCJEA, UCCJA, and International Custody Issues for CLECI.

On May 18, 2001, Russel Murray III will speak for CLECI on topics and issues relating to interstate and international custody matters, including those involving the PKPA, UCCJEA, UCCJA, Hague Convention, and ICARA. The program is one within the day-long annual Spring CLE of the Colorado Bar Association Family Law Section.

January, 2001

Murray to Co-Chair Breckenridge Family Law Institute, September 14, 15, 16, 2001, Breckenridge, Colorado.

Dana Cogan, M.D., and Russel Murray III, Esq. will Co-Chair the 2001 Breckenridge Family Law Institute. The Institute will be held on September 14, 15, 16, 2001. Comprised of a unique combination of family law attorneys and mental health professionals involved in family law matters, the Institute annually focuses on topics of interest and concern to the combined professions.

November, 2000

Murray presents CLE on Interestate Custody in Colorado in the New Millennium.

On November 3, 2000, for CLE in Colorado, Inc., Russel Murray presented on the topic of Interstate Custody in Colorado in the New Millennium. The presentation included references to recent Colorado statutory and case developments, an overview of ethical issues which arise in interstate custody matters, and a review of strategies employed in such cases.

September, 2000

2000 Breckenridge Child Custody Conference

On September 24, 2000, at the Breckenridge Child Custody Conference, Russel Murray III, Esq., debated Robert T. Hines III, Esq., on the issue of removal of children from the State of Colorado following the entry of Permanent Orders in a domestic relations case. In Colorado, the issue is presently controlled by four primary cases, In re the Marriages of Francis, Garst, Murphy, and Montiel. There is other law in Colorado on the issue, including the Stevings-Brown case from 1999. For an overview of the debate, the outcome of the panel and audience votes, and a review of the other debates, visit the Colorado Bar Association Site on the debates.

July 31, 2000

The team at Russel Murray III, P.C, becomes the first in the nation to e-file on JusticeLink's
new Colorado electronic filing system.

Pictured is the July, 2000 staff of Russel Murray III, P.C., and JusticeLink executives.

Standing, L-R: Caroline Cooley, Esq.; Eric Amat y Leon, Esq.; Jennifer Brockman, Paralegal (all of Russel Murray III, P.C.); Russ Hofer, Law Firm Manager, JusticeLink; Laurie Machado, Colorado Regional Director, JusticeLink; Travis Olson, Esq., Senior Implementation Manager, JusticeLink; Seated: Russel Murray III, Esq.

At 12:02 a.m., on Monday, July 31, 2000, the staff of Russel Murray III, P.C., made legal history when they filed the first JusticeLink, statewide online filing system pleading.

Colorado is the first state to have undertaken a statewide rollout of such filing capabilities, and, Murray says, " I am proud to say that we were the first to use the service, having filed the first such documents at 12:02 a.m., Monday, July 31, 2000, in the 18th Judicial District of Colorado (Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, and Lincoln counties) (http://www.courts.state.co.us/district/18th/dist-18.htm), a district which counts at least three of its four counties among the fastest-growing in the country."

On the net and in the news: E-Filing coverage:

Dibya Sarkar, Civic.com and FCW.com (December 4, 2000)
Courting the Internet
http://www.fcw.com/civic/articles/2000/dec/civ-case-12-00.asp

Tom Kenworthy, USA Today, October 9, 2000 (Page 3A, Print Edition):
Colorado Courts Cut Work With a Click-System Lets Lawyers File By Computer
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20001009/2732720s.htm

Ashby Jones, The National Law Journal, August 31, 2000: Lawyers and Technology:
Colorado's Paper(Less) Chase
http://www.law.com/professionals/legalmgt.html
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=Article&cid=ZZZQBRFHJCC&live=true&cst=6&pc=0&pa=0&s=News&ExpIgnore=true&showsummary=0

Anne Colden, Denver Post Business Writer wrote the following on August 21, 2000:
http://www.denverpost.com/business/biz0821c.htm

The Denver Rocky Mountain News, in an article by M. E. Sprengelmeyer, featured us in its Suburban pages on August 17, 2000.
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dbusiness.com covers us in two stories written by Gestin Suttle:
http://www.dbusiness.com/Story/0,1118,DEN_283581,00.html

http://www.dbusiness.com/Story/0,1118,DEN_285037,00.html
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CNET journalist Evan Hanson featured the story online:
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News @ Excite.com covers the story:
http://news.excite.com/news/bw/000807/wa-courtlink-justicelink
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The Colorado State Courts Online Page Press Release (including the newly-adopted Colorado Supreme Court Rule issued to facilitate online filing):
http://www.courts.state.co.us/iis/iisproj.htm
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New York Times (CNET, Evan Hanson, pickup)(The public availability of this link has expired, but subscribers or the use of a pay per search can still obtain copies)
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E-filing Moves Courts From Paper To The Web
By Dick Kelsey, Newsbytes
AURORA, COLORADO, U.S.A.
07 Aug 2000, 4:39 PM CST

Colorado state courts today began accepting documents electronically in the

first statewide e-filing system, seen as a way to revolutionize procedures

in the nation's two-century-old legal system.

For now e-filings in Colorado are limited to civil, domestic relations,

water and probate cases but the state is expanding its electronic system to

include criminal and other courts sometime next year, Bob Roper, the chief

of Colorado's Judicial Branch Integrated Information Services told

Newsbytes. So far 200 attorneys in Colorado have signed up for the service

with CourtLink, the private company that provides online access to more than

160 million court records in 700 courts.

While some lawyers embrace e-filing, others are not excited about it - yet,

says Roper. "We're dealing with 200 years of filing with paper, and all of a

sudden we're asking them to deal with an electronic version instead of

paper," he said. "There's going to be some resistance, but they'll get over

it."

Russel Murray, an attorney practicing in the Denver suburb of Aurora, was

the first e-filer in a week-long pilot launched in the wee hours last

Monday. "What they've done is they have put together a team of people on a

project that is really going to revolutionize the way law is practiced," he

told Newsbytes. "Any document that needs to be filed with the court can be."

The project is the work of privately held CourtLink, an online legal

services provider that acquired e-filer JusticeLink in May. Costs are picked

up by law firms registered to use CourtLink, and the system was set up at no

cost to taxpayers, requiring no legislation.

Lawyers pay for e-filing at 10 cents per page, says Henry Givray,

CourtLink's Chairman of the Board. "The court does not pay anything," he

said today. "There are no fees to the court. The people who pay are the

people who initiate it." Customers can view other electronically filed

documents related to the case for free, he said.

E-filing will reduce the massive amounts of paper necessary to conduct legal

business, as well as improve case tracking speed and efficiency and provide

online access to court records such as opinions, calendars, docket sheets

and pleadings.

Colorado Supreme Court Justice Alex Martinez, who led the effort to change

court rules to allow for e-filing on a statewide basis, said e-filing will

also save time and money, add an element of convenience to the often

cumbersome legal system and get some cases to court or settled faster.

The Colorado system is optional, and some lawyers will be slow to accept

electronic filing, said Martinez. But even the most skeptical will likely

use e-filing.

The legal system must keep up with technological advances - and the younger

generation, Martinez said. "I have been for a long time interested in making

sure the courts keep pace with technology and use technology to do the

various businesses of the courts, and that we do our share for the next

generation whose expectations of high-tech capabilities will surely be very

high."

CourtLink can be found on the Web at http://www.courtlink.com.

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