Judge Jonathan Clark Green
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
- Rules last changed:
Limits & Logistics
Document Limits
Courtesy Copies
All filings
- 1 copy • Email • Within Time Required
- 1 copy • Hand Delivery • 14 Days Before Trial Or 10 Days Before Pretrial Whichever Earlier
- 1 copy • Hand Delivery • Next Court Business Day After Electronic Due
- Email • Per Rule 6
Courtesy copies
- Same Day As Delivery To Courtroom Staff
Default Motions
- One Week Before Hearing
Filings > 10 pages
- 1 copy • Hand Delivery • By Courtesy Copy Due Date
Communication
Chambers5 contacts
- law.calicc@cookcountyil.gov
- andrea.barnes@cookcountyil.gov
- (312) 603-5943
- (312) 603-7546
- (312) 603-7545
Clerk2 contacts
- (312) 603-5025
- (312) 603-6878
Page & Word Limits1 rule
Settlement Memoranda limited to 5 pages; exhibits limited to 10 pages.
The Settlement Memoranda must not exceed five (5) pages, and no exhibits in excess of ten pages are permitted, exhibits being allowed only to the extent that they are either necessary for or capable of explaining or simplifying material contained in the Settlement Memorandum.
5 pages
Exhibits
10 pages
Document Format Requirements8 rules
If exhibits exceed 300 pages, provide on USB flash drive (not password protected) instead of paper.
If a party's exhibits exceed 300 pages in total, the exhibits must be provided on an USB flash drive (not password protected) and not on paper.
Other
All motions and briefs must include page numbers.
All motions and briefs must be paginated.
Each document in a routine motion filing must be sent as a separate electronic file.
When sent, the routine motion and each document filed with it must be sent as a separate electronic document to the Court.
Exhibits/attachments exceeding 300 pages must be provided in PDF on a USB flash drive instead of paper.
If the exhibits or attachments to any motion or brief exceed 300 pages, said exhibits and attachments must be separately provided in pdf form on a USB flash/portable drive instead of by paper copies.
Hard copies with over 5 exhibits or exceeding 30 pages must have each exhibit/document separately tabbed; opposing counsel must cooperate.
Regarding the hard copy of any document which contains over five (5) exhibits or attachments, or if the same exceeds 30 pages, each exhibit or document must be separately tabbed. Opposing counsel must cooperate in providing tabbed copies.
Trial materials must be in a three-ring binder, tabbed; permanently bound materials prohibited.
Each party must provide the hard copy trial materials in a three-ring trial binder. All documents in the binder must be tabbed. Permanently bound materials are not permitted.
Exhibits must be numbered, not lettered.
All exhibits must be numbered and cannot be designated by letters of the alphabet.
Exhibit list must have columns for identification, offer, objection, objection ruling, and admission/refusal.
Each exhibit list must set forth for each exhibit, to the right of the number and description, separate columns for the exhibit's identification, offer, objection, objection ruling, and admission/refusal.
Document Filing Requirements11 rules
Notices of motion must include the Calendar I email address and Case Coordinator.
All notices of motion must include the email address of Calendar I (law.calicc@cookcountyil.gov) and the Case Coordinator.
Document Type
Notice Of Motion
Each routine motion must include a proposed order.
Routine motions emailed to the Court must include a proposed order for entry.
Document Type
Routine Motion
The Notice of Routine Motion must inform parties that no appearance is required and that objections must be communicated to the Courtesy Copy Email Address and Law Clerk/Case Coordinator before the set time.
The Notice of Routine Motion must notify the parties entitled to the notice that (a) no court appearance will occur, and (b) if there is any objection to the Routine Motion, the objection must be telephoned and/or emailed to the Courtesy Copy Email Address and to the Law Clerk or the Case Coordinator prior to the time set for the presentation of the motion in the Notice of Routine Motion.
Document Type
Notice Of Routine Motion
Memoranda of Judgment must be in hard copy, include the Judgment Order, and orders older than 90 days must be certified.
All Memoranda of Judgment presented must be in hard copy and must include the Judgment Order. Any Judgment Order older than ninety (90) days must be certified by the Clerk of the Court.
Document Type
Memorandum Of Judgment
Ex parte motions must include an order; confessions of judgment must include proof; dismissal orders must strike future dates.
The following motions, orders, and/or memoranda only may be submitted off call ex parte and without notice to the Case Coordinator: ex parte motions for voluntary dismissal if allowed under law, confessions of judgment, and memoranda of judgment. All motions must include an order. All confessions of judgment must include sufficient proof of the confessed judgment and entitlement thereto, including authorized appearance of the party confessing if so required by the confession provision. Regarding memoranda of judgment, see also Rule No. 11 above. Any dismissal order must include a sentence identifying and striking all future dates previously set in the case, if any.
Document Type
Ex Parte Motion
Agreed orders must contain signatures of all parties; dismissal orders must strike future dates; HIPAA orders must conform to approved order.
The following agreed orders may be submitted to the Courtroom 1906 staff at any time and entered off call (that is, without a court date notice): settlement orders, voluntary dismissal orders, agreed protective orders, and HIPAA protective orders. Agreed orders must contain the signatures or facsimile signatures of all parties or counsel who have appeared. Any agreed dismissal order must include a sentence identifying and striking all future dates set in the case, if any. HIPAA orders must conform to the order approved by the Law Division.
Document Type
Agreed Order
Motions to compel must contain a written statement required by Supreme Court Rule 201(k).
Any and all motions to compel discovery under Supreme Court Rules 201 or 219 must contain a written statement required by Supreme Court Rule 201(k). Failure to comply strictly with Supreme Court Rule 201(k) and with the
Document Type
Motion To Compel
Non-final orders cannot include SCR 304(a) language without a separate motion petitioning the court.
No SCR 304(a) language may be added to non-final orders without first petitioning the court by separate motion for such language to be added.
Document Type
Non Final Order
Settlement Memorandum must not be filed or served; submitted confidentially to the Court.
The Settlement Memorandum required of each party under Section II of the Uniform Standing Order must not be filed with the clerk of the court and is not to be served on any other party. The Settlement Memorandum is submitted by each party to the Court confidentially, and the contents of the Memoranda will not be disclosed without the submitting party's express consent.
Document Type
Settlement Memorandum
Briefing schedule orders must strike the motion presentation date.
Briefing schedule orders, providing reasonable times for the filing of briefs, may be submitted as agreed orders pursuant to GAO 20-9, Section 4.1.3. and must provide that the motion presentation date, if any, is stricken.
Document Type
Briefing Schedule Order
Non-Illinois authorities must be provided as full copies; citation alone is insufficient; electronic copies must be separate.
Citation to Illinois cases or legislation in accordance with a citation style approved by Illinois and Cook County court rules is sufficient. Case law or any other authority outside of the State of Illinois (including federal case law in Illinois-based federal courts) must be provided to the Court by full copy of the same; citation is insufficient, alone. No case may be cited to Westlaw alone, unless a full copy of the case is provided along with the brief. All electronic copies must be separate.
Document Type
Brief
Filing & Service rules
Filing Timing and Cure Windows
Routine motions must be filed no later than three court days before the presentation date.
Routine motions may not be filed any later than three court days before the presentation date set in the Notice of Routine Motion.
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Settlement Memorandum due 7 days before settlement conference.
The Settlement Memorandum is due seven (7) days before the settlement conference, delivered in accordance with Rule No. 6 above.
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Hearing date must be at least 7 calendar days after the last brief is due.
The scheduled hearing date cannot be earlier than one (1) week after the due date of the last brief.
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Service and Proof of Service Rules
After scheduling an emergency motion, the movant must immediately notify all parties and affected persons.
Once an emergency motion is scheduled, the movant must provide immediate notice to all parties of record, all parties served and not in default, and all persons who will be affected by the proposed emergency order and not already appearing in the case.
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Courtesy Copy Requirements
Courtesy copies required for all motions and related papers per Rule 6.
Courtesy copies of all motions and related papers must be provided to the court as set forth in Rule No. 6 below.
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For emergency motions, courtesy copies must be provided on the same day the motion is delivered to Courtroom 1906 staff for scheduling.
The movant must provide courtesy copies of the motion and all relevant papers to the Court pursuant to Rule No. 6 below, and the copies are due on the same day the motion is delivered to the Courtroom 1906 staff for scheduling.
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For all motions, courtesy copies of the motion and notice must be provided at least one week before the hearing date, and must include any filed responses or related documents.
In regard to all motions filed in the case, the moving party shall provide to the Court courtesy copies of the motion and notice of motion at least one week (seven (7) days) before the presentation date or hearing date set for the motion. If before the date the courtesy copy is due, responses or other briefs are filed by any other party, the moving party must include all such responses or briefs in the set of courtesy copies provided. If the motion relates to a pleading, discovery, or any other document, said document must also be included with the courtesy copies. The movant is responsible for providing all required courtesy copies.
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Electronic courtesy copies must be emailed to the Court's courtesy copy email and Case Coordinator, include date/time, be immediately printable, and not be links or zip files; USB flash drive may be used if too large.
to the Court in electronic form by email to the Court’s courtesy copy email address at law.calicc@cookcountyil.gov and the Case Coordinator within the time required. (See J6(a) above.) (The inclusion of the aforesaid emails in the course of the movant’s E-filing of the motion with the Clerk of the Court will not satisfy the requirements of this rule.) Each courtesy copy document must be separate, but can be included in one email. The email must also be addressed or copied to all other parties of record. The email must include the date and time the matter is to be presented or heard. The emailing of a link to a separate electronic location for retrieval of the document or a zip file containing the document is not permitted. Electronic courtesy copies must be immediately printable, without passcode or security restriction. If the courtesy copies are impractical to email due to excessive size, a USB flash drive (not password protected), hand delivered, may be accepted in lieu of the electronic copy, upon specific request to the Court for the same.
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Hard copy courtesy copy required when attached document or exhibit exceeds 25 pages, excluding body of motion/briefs/pleadings attacked.
If an attached document or exhibit thereof exceeds 25 pages in length, a hard copy of all the material in the courtesy copy package must be timely hand-delivered to the Court in addition to the electronic copy. This page-count requirement does not include pages contained in the body of the motion, the body of any briefs, or pleadings attacked in a motion to strike or dismiss.
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Courtesy copies for default motions are due one week before the default or prove up hearing.
Regarding a motion for default, the movant must comply with Section I. E. of the Uniform Standing Order, the 'Required Documents' being required courtesy copies provided in accordance with Rule No. 6 above, which are due one week before the default or prove up hearing date.
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Courtesy copies of motion and briefs due on same date as reply.
Agreed briefing schedules must provide that courtesy copies of the motion and briefs are due on the same date the reply is due.
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If authority materials exceed 10 pages, deliver hard copy to Courtroom 1906 by courtesy copy due date; tabbed if multiple documents.
If case law, foreign statutes, and/or other authority is provided along with the motion, brief, or memorandum, and if any such material exceeds 10 pages, a hard copy must be delivered to Courtroom 1906 by the courtesy copy due date. If hard copies are required and they include more than one document, the documents must be tabbed.
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If authority materials exceed 300 pages, deliver on USB flash drive (not password protected) instead of paper.
If said law or authority exceeds 300 pages, it must be delivered on a USB flash drive (not password protected) and not on paper.
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Deliver courtesy copy of trial materials 14 days before trial or 10 days before pretrial (whichever earlier) in electronic and hard copy; hard copy in three-ring binder, tabbed, no permanent binding; exhibits numbered; exhibit list with specific columns.
A courtesy copy of all of the trial materials must be delivered to the Court fourteen (14) days before trial or ten (10) days before the pretrial conference, whichever date is earlier, in electronic and hard copy form. Each party must provide the hard copy trial materials in a three-ring trial binder. All documents in the binder must be tabbed. Permanently bound materials are not permitted. All exhibits must be numbered and cannot be designated by letters of the alphabet. Each exhibit list must set forth for each exhibit, to the right of the number and description, separate columns for the exhibit's identification, offer, objection, objection ruling, and admission/refusal.
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Movant may optionally hand-deliver hard copies to Courtesy Copy Tray outside Courtroom 1906 by next court business day after electronic copies due, including date/time of hearing.
The movant may provide hard copies, in addition to electronic courtesy copies, of its courtesy copy motion papers to the Court if the movant so chooses. The movant provides hard copies by hand delivering the same to the Courtesy Copy Tray outside Courtroom 1906 by the next court business date after the date the electronic courtesy copies are due, unless otherwise allowed by court order. The hard copy delivery must include the date and time the matter is to be presented or heard.
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Pre-Motion Conference Requirements
Opposing party must serve a written response to a motion in limine within 10 days.
If any motion in limine is served, the opposing party must serve a written response within ten (10) days. Any such response shall become a part of the trial material.
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Chambers Communication Rules
Emergency motions must be scheduled with the Case Coordinator in advance with Judge's approval, and email addresses of noticed parties must be provided to the Case Coordinator and Law Clerk immediately after scheduling.
A movant must schedule the motion with the Case Coordinator in advance, and any such scheduling will be done with the approval of the Judge. No unscheduled emergency motion will be heard. ... Email addresses of parties being noticed must be provided to the Court's Case Coordinator and the Law Clerk immediately after the motion is scheduled.
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Routine motion and notice must be emailed to the Law Clerk, Case Coordinator, and law.calicc@cookcountyil.gov at least one week before the set date.
The routine motion and notice of routine motion must be emailed to the Law Clerk, to the Case Coordinator, and to law.calicc@cookcountyil.gov along with the Notice of Routine Motion at least one week before the date set in the Notice of Routine Motion.
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Orders must be emailed to the Case Coordinator before 12:00 p.m. on the day pronounced; hard copy also acceptable if delivered by 12:00 p.m.
Orders must be emailed to the Case Coordinator, Andrea Barnes (andrea.barnes@cookcountyil.gov) & (law.calice@cookcountyil.gov) before 12:00 p.m. of the day the order was pronounced by the Court. Alternatively, hard copy orders are also acceptable if delivered by 12:00 p.m.
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Communications to court staff must include case name, docket number, next court date, and copy all parties.
In any communication to court staff, the case name, case docket number, and next scheduled court date must be plainly set forth in the communication. All parties appearing in the case must be copied on written communications to court staff.
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Piggy-backed motions are permitted if scheduled with the Case Coordinator at least one week in advance.
The 'piggy-backing' of motions onto a previously scheduled date is permitted so long as the movant separately schedules the 'piggy-backed' motion with the Case Coordinator at least one week in advance of the date. Piggy-backed motions that are not properly set and scheduled the call through the Case Coordinator will not be heard.
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Counsel must notify courtroom clerk and case coordinator three days before court date if interpreter needed; notice may be by email.
If a case or hearing requires the services of an interpreter, counsel on the case must let the courtroom clerk and the case coordinator or other courtroom staff know three days before the court date. Such notice may be provided by email. A represented plaintiff is obliged to make such requests as instructed above if the party knows the defendant is unrepresented and requires an interpreter.
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Movant must notify Case Coordinator and Law Clerk by email in advance if they know they will withdraw a motion with a set hearing date.
If a hearing date on a motion has been set by court order, but the movant knows in advance that it will be withdrawing its motion for any reason, the movant must notify the Case Coordinator and Law Clerk (if assigned) by email in advance of the hearing.
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