Elizabeth A. Walsh is a judge in a district of the Circuit Court of Cook County, the Illinois trial court serving Chicago and suburban Cook County.
The published procedures include a Law Standing Order for Law Calendar X-2205, effective September 3, 2025.
Courtesy copies are required for briefs. Details: delivery no fewer than seven days before hearing. The movant must deliver paper courtesy copies of briefed motions no fewer than seven days before the hearing, subject to any different date set by Court Order.
Judge Elizabeth A. Walsh's rules set a pre-motion procedure for briefs. The Court will generally schedule oral argument for any briefed motion.
Judge Elizabeth A. Walsh's rule states these limits: 15 pages. Briefs are limited to 15 pages unless the Court orders more, and requests for additional pages are not routinely granted.
Judge Elizabeth A. Walsh's formatting rule includes double-sided. All briefs should be submitted double-sided.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Settled cases involving minors, disabled persons, and survival/wrongful death claims must use the appropriate form order dismissing the case for Court approval, set as a date certain, to avoid losing jurisdiction after 30 days.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Trial Certification Orders must use the most recent form, set a trial-setting date in Room 2005 within 14 days (or preserve an existing trial date), and strike future CMC dates in Room 2205.
Parties may contact Judge Elizabeth A. Walsh's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. The Court will not move or strike CMC dates, modify deadlines, or litigate issues by email even with an Agreed Order absent exceptional circumstances or Court rescheduling, with a limited exception for duplicate/mistaken dates.
Yes. Judge Elizabeth A. Walsh requires bundling for covered papers. Motions to strike briefs, affidfields, or portions of either are decided with the underlying motion without a separate response or reply.
Electronic filing is permitted for the covered filings. The Court accepts an Agreed Trial Certification Order at any time by email, even before the trial certification date.
The rule addresses filing timing, filing status, or cure windows. A pre-trial memorandum may be submitted by drop-off or email three days before the conference.
The movant must deliver paper courtesy copies of briefed motions no fewer than seven days before the hearing, subject to any different date set by Court Order.
All briefs should be submitted double-sided.
Deposition transcripts should be submitted in mini-script format (4 pages per printed page) and double-sided.
Briefs are limited to 15 pages unless the Court orders more, and requests for additional pages are not routinely granted.
Motions to strike briefs, affidfields, or portions of either are decided with the underlying motion without a separate response or reply.
The Court will generally schedule oral argument for any briefed motion.
The Court accepts an Agreed Trial Certification Order at any time by email, even before the trial certification date.
Trial Certification Orders must use the most recent form, set a trial-setting date in Room 2005 within 14 days (or preserve an existing trial date), and strike future CMC dates in Room 2205.
The Court will not move or strike CMC dates, modify deadlines, or litigate issues by email even with an Agreed Order absent exceptional circumstances or Court rescheduling, with a limited exception for duplicate/mistaken dates.
Orders must be retrieved from the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County (CCC) Portal.
Settled cases involving minors, disabled persons, and survival/wrongful death claims must use the appropriate form order dismissing the case for Court approval, set as a date certain, to avoid losing jurisdiction after 30 days.
Petitions to approve settlement orders must be presented electronically by emailing the unfiled petition and proposed order to the Calendar X email.
After a settlement petition is approved, the Court will direct the petition to be e-filed and will then enter the order.
A pre-trial memorandum may be submitted by drop-off or email three days before the conference and must include a summary and the last demand/offer/policy limit.
A pre-trial memorandum may be submitted by drop-off or email three days before the conference.
A case not already on Calendar X must be transferred to Judge Walsh by order obtained from Courtroom 2005 before a pretrial conference.