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Vt. eFiling: E-Filing For Firms Without Attorneys

E-Filing For Firms Without Attorneys

activein force · 2026-09-30 – presentact-effective-date

EFILING FOR “FIRMS” WITHOUT

ATTORNEYS

EFSP v1 Feb 2026

1. A ﬁrm can be any agency, oﬃce or organization, regardless of whether any attorneys actually

practice there (e.g. Probation oﬃce, Sheriﬀ’s Department).

2. The conﬁguration of the eFiling system does require at least one “attorney “entered within the

ﬁrm proﬁle, but it is acceptable to enter a “dummy” attorney (e.g. Name: “No Attorney”, Bar #:

00000). This is a step that the Firm Administrator should take once while setting up the ﬁrm.

Other ﬁrm users should NOT enter additional “dummy” attorneys.

3. The “dummy” attorney should never be used (selected as the “ﬁling attorney”) on an

actual ﬁling. Because it is not connected to a real attorney in Odyssey, the system would

reject the ﬁling.

4. The “dummy” attorney should NOT be used as a service contact for the firm.

5. When adding oneself as a new party in the case, do NOT select any lead attorney. That field is

optional and should be skipped over.

6. Once the “dummy” attorney is entered in the ﬁrm proﬁle by the Firm Administrator, all ﬁrm

users will be able to submit ﬁlings by submitting without any ﬁling attorney: the “dummy”

attorney should NOT be selected on any ﬁlings. The case will enter the system reﬂecting who

ﬁled it. The “dummy” attorney is not reﬂected anywhere in the ﬁling or in the case.

Provenance

Source: www.vtcourts.gov
Retrieved: 2026-09-30
Edition: 2026-09-30
Content hash: 78c071672825b54d56430c0de4da2321918aa1f20e27599fc593044a43ddb472

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