Court Administrative Services, LLC provides services that are focused on the needs of the federal court units throughout the United States and its territories. Our experienced staff, combined with the “hands-on” experiences of our partners, allow us to provide the support you need. Please Contact Us for information about how we may be able to help.
- Comprehensive Internal Audits:
- Our comprehensive internal audit tests each administrative area covered under Volume 11 of the Guide to Judiciary Policy and the program areas covered by the financial audit program used in the cyclical audits. In addition, we have added other areas of risk we have identified along the way. This service is designed to help the court unit executive achieve the “peace of mind” he or she needs, given their “pecuniary liability” and their related responsibilities. With this service, CAS can also provide reasonable assurance that the court unit will perform very well in their cyclical audit.
- Internal Control Assessments:
- CAS stays on top of any changes made to the federal judiciary’s Self-Assessment Tool to ensure it can help federal court units, looking to meet the minimum requirement, perform an annual internal or “self” audit. Although this tool was designed to help court units perform the audit on their own, all of our clients using this service find that CAS can simply do it more efficiently and effectively. With our competent staff and our network of experienced former financial managers, we do daily what court units do yearly.
- Internal Audits of Non-Appropriated Funds
- Our internal audit of attorney admission funds and judicial conference funds begins and ends with assessing the court’s compliance with the local plan approved by the Court and the areas covered within Volume 4 and 11 of the Guide to Judiciary Policy. This service is designed to give the Clerk of Court or Circuit Executive the “peace of mind” that disbursements from the fund “benefit the members of the bench and bar in the administration of justice”. With this service, CAS can provide reasonable assurance that the Court has not used funds to augment appropriations, personally benefit any court employee, or pay for official or personal travel. Also, our internal audit report, which includes a statement of financial activity, can help meet the annual reporting requirement to the Court.
- Developing Internal Control Manuals:
- Whether you need your current internal controls manual reviewed and amended each year or are in need of a “fresh start”, CAS can help. We ensure your manual is sufficiently comprehensive, is consistent with federal judiciary guidelines, accurately reflects current operations, and is “user friendly”. Our goal is not to just make sure you have a manual but employees use it – and want to use it.
- Risk Management:
- Court unit executives from time to time need some advice on how to proceed with a certain transaction or personnel concern. CAS is a phone call away to help. Our team of experts include former audit and legal experts within the federal judiciary that can provide the help you need quickly and effectively.
Need help in “gearing-up” for the “cyclical” audit? CAS can also work quickly to focus on those areas where the “top ten” findings typically occur in those financial audits and work with you to try to resolve any deficiencies.
- Court unit executives from time to time need some advice on how to proceed with a certain transaction or personnel concern. CAS is a phone call away to help. Our team of experts include former audit and legal experts within the federal judiciary that can provide the help you need quickly and effectively.
- Training of New Financial Management Staff:
- CAS, through its network of former financial managers, can offer personalized training to a new financial manager employed by the court unit. The training is designed to be performed within a three-day period with unlimited follow-up questions for up to six months.
- Internal Controls Training:
- CAS can provide the court unit executive and senior staff with an interactive training seminar at district conferences that will help CUEs and staff to know what to do and what to look for to prevent and detect errors, loss, and abuse in their review of transactions throughout the year.