Judge Neil H. Cohen

Electronic filing with the Clerk is mandatory before emailing submissions to the court; email is not a substitute.

Note: Submission to ccc.chancerycalendar5@cookcountyil.gov is NOT a substitute for electronic filing. Litigants MUST electronically file their materials with the Clerk of the Court before submitting them to ccc.chancerycalendar5@cookcountyil.gov.

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Proposed orders must be submitted by 3:00 p.m. on the day of the remote proceeding.

Orders must be received no later than 3:00 p.m. of the day of the proceeding.

Page 1 | I. C. Remote Proceedings

Settlement conference submissions must be filed seven days before the conference.

Submissions are due seven (7) days prior to the scheduled settlement conference.

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Movant must provide notice of emergency motion to opposing party and counsel.

The movant must provide notice to the opposing party and their counsel.

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Notice of default motions must be served on all parties, even those who have not appeared.

For motions for default, notice must be served on all parties regardless of whether an appearance has been filed.

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Litigants must email courtesy copies of motions/filings at least 48 hours before presentment; paper copies not required unless requested.

Litigants must provide courtesy copies of any motions or filings they wish the court to consider at least 48 hours prior to presentment. Courtesy copies should be submitted to the court in .pdf format to ccc.chancerycalendar5@cookcountyil.gov. Paper courtesy copies are not required unless specifically requested by the court.

Page 1 | I. B. Courtesy Copies

For routine motions, movant must email courtesy copies of Notice of Motion, Routine Motion, and Proposed Order prior to the noticed date.

Routine motions should be noticed for 8:30 a.m. and do not require a court appearance. Prior to the noticed date, the movant must provide the court with electronic courtesy copies of the Notice of Motion, Routine Motion, and a Proposed Order.

Page 2 | II. A. Routine Motions

Parties should submit courtesy copies of pleadings at the first case management conference.

At the first case management conference, parties should submit courtesy copies of their pleadings.

Page 4 | III. CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES

For contested motions, the court sets a briefing schedule; oral argument is only set upon request and court agreement.

The court will set a briefing schedule on presented contested motions. Oral argument will not be set unless requested by a party and agreed to by the court.

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Parties may reschedule dates via agreed order but must first confirm availability with court; trial dates cannot be rescheduled by agreement.

Parties may reschedule dates through an agreed order, but must first contact the court to confirm the date is available. Trial dates cannot be rescheduled by agreement.

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If a motion is not fully briefed by the clerk status date, parties may email a proposed agreed order for extension; if no agreement, the moving party must file a motion and email a copy to the court.

If the pending motion will not be fully briefed by the Clerk Status date, the parties may email a proposed agreed order extending the briefing schedule to ccc.chancerycalendar5@cookcountyil.gov. If the parties cannot agree on an extension, the party seeking the extension shall file a motion in the usual manner and email a copy of the motion to the court.

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For emergency motions, parties may contact the court by email with courtesy copies of the motion and supporting papers.

Emergency motions, including motions for temporary restraining orders, are scheduled by the court. Parties may contact the court by email including electronic courtesy copies of the motion and all necessary supporting papers.

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Submissions to the court must be emailed in PDF format to ccc.chancerycalendar5@cookcountyil.gov.

Each party shall submit his/her/its submissions, and all exhibits thereto, to the court by emailing same in .PDF format to: ccc.chancerycalendar5@cookcountyil.gov

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Objections to routine motions must be made by email or telephone by 4:00 p.m. the day before presentment.

A party may object by contacting the court by email or telephone by 4:00 p.m. on the day prior to presentation.

Page 2 | II. A. Routine Motions

The court can be contacted by email or telephone for questions about court procedures.

For further questions, the court can be contacted by email or telephone.

Page 1 | I. A. Questions Regarding Court Procedures

Clerk status conferences are conducted by email unless the court orders otherwise.

Unless otherwise necessary and ordered by the court, all Clerk Statuses shall be conducted by email.

Page 3 | 4. Contested Motions

Submit proposed order for removal via email to ccc.chancerycalendar5@cookcountyil.gov.

If a case is removed to federal court, please submit a proposed order to the court at ccc.chancerycalendar5@cookcountyil.gov which “strikes the future court date of [date] for the reason that the case has been removed to the [e.g. Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.]”

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