Case Study: U.S. Circuit Court achieves paperless, faster case processing with DocuSign

Electronic Signatures Accelerates Justice in Courts

DocuSign helped a mid‑Atlantic Circuit Court — the state trial court that handles nearly 20,000 cases and hundreds of thousands of paper filings each year — overcome a slow, costly print→sign→scan workflow. The Court’s reliance on mailed, hand‑delivered, or printed documents created high operational costs, inefficient processing and burdensome physical archiving.

Deploying the DocuSign Signature Appliance enabled secure, standards‑based electronic signing of Microsoft Word and PDF files, eliminating the need to print hundreds of thousands of documents annually. The solution delivers globally verifiable, legally binding records, shortened cycle times, and now serves several hundred judges, staff and external legal partners, creating a streamlined, compliant paperless process.