DEVELOPMENT
Overview
The Law Firm Carolinas web application is a leading law firms across North and South
Carolina,
dedicated to providing comprehensive legal support for homeowners and homeowner
associations. The
application offers HOAs and individual homeowners access to experienced legal counsel
familiar with the
specific laws and challenges within the region. It provides assistance with governing
documents,
community disputes, property rights, or navigating real estate matters. The application
ensures you
receive informed, efficient, and locally focused legal solutions tailored to protect your
interests and the
well-being of the community.
Problem Statement
The project addressed several key challenges:
- Lacks the feature to record Lien Holders : The system needs a way to
record information about
junior lien holders, who must be treated similarly to owners in the foreclosure process.
- Incomplete and lacking region specific foreclosure steps: The system
needs to develop
functionalities for foreclosure process that is actually being followed in the specific
region.
- Lacking functionality for automatic emails and notifications: Need to
turn over loads of
accounts automatically, which was done manually by management companies is again a
tedious and time consuming process.
- Old and outdated programming techniques:
The application was developed using old and
outdated programming techniques, that needed modernization as per the industry
standards.
Affected Areas
The problems identified affected several areas:
- The application lacked functionality to properly manage junior lien
holder information. This negatively impacted data integrity and the legal process.
- The application lacked functionalities for the foreclosure process, that affects the
application in
many ways.
- Legal Challenges and Delays
- Reputational Damage
- Financial Losses for Clients
- Due Process Violations
- Lack of automatic emails and notifications increases the risk of errors and missed
deadlines,
reduces overall efficiency and productivity and compromise the quality of client
service.
- Old and outdated programming techniques can severely hinder an application compared to
modern approaches in the ways
- Tightly Coupled Code: Hard to modify.
- Lack of Separation of Concerns: Harder to understand,
maintain, and test.
- Security Vulnerabilities: More susceptible to attacks.
- Slower development: Changes take longer to implement.
Solution
The Law Firm Carolinas web application was developed to provide the following solutions:
-
Functionality to add Lien Holders: The application should incorporate
user-friendly modal
interfaces to facilitate the addition, modification, and display of Lien Holder
information.
-
Region specific foreclosure steps: The application should implement
foreclosure procedures
tailored to specific jurisdictions, with each subsequent step becoming accessible only
upon the
successful completion of its predecessor.
-
Automatic Emails and notifications:
The application should use libraries to facilitate automated
email and notification functionalities, operating as background services.
-
Old and outdate programming techniques: Requires modernization with
updated programming
techniques and modern design patterns and architecture as per the industry standards.
How We Implemented
The solution was implemented using the following approach:
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Implementation of Lien Holders: User-friendly modal interfaces were
developed to display lien
holder information, and stored procedures were implemented for database operations to
facilitate efficient and rapid data retrieval.
-
Automatic Emails and notifications: Automated emails and notifications
were implemented to
provide staff members with daily updates, utilizing Hangfire as a background service to
ensure
asynchronous delivery.
-
Old and outdate programming techniques: Implementing the Repository
pattern, employing
Dependency Injection, and utilizing Dapper(the micro ORM), significantly enhanced the
application's architectural design and maintainability.
Outcome
The application underwent significant enhancements to optimize its functionality and
efficiency in
managing foreclosure processes and user-friendly interfaces. To ensure adherence to legal
requirements,
region-specific foreclosure steps were integrated, enforcing a sequential workflow.
The application underwent significant enhancements to optimize its functionality and
efficiency in
managing foreclosure processes and user-friendly interfaces. To ensure adherence to legal
requirements,
region-specific foreclosure steps were integrated, enforcing a sequential workflow.
