Judge Patrick T. Stanton

Proposed orders must be emailed within 3 hours of court appearance.

Parties are responsible for tendering proposed orders, reviewed and approved by all parties, as a Word document via email to ccc.chancerycalendar6@cookcountyil.gov within 3 hours of their court appearance.

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Emergency motions must be submitted by 1:00 PM the day before desired presentment, with file-stamped copies of motion, exhibits, and complaint; notice to opposing parties required.

A party must submit a file-stamped copy of the emergency motion, any exhibits, and the complaint setting forth the underlying cause of action to the Court and request a hearing no later than 1:00 p.m. on the day before desired presentment. Once file-stamped courtesy copies are received, the Court will review the matter and set a hearing date. The movant must provide notice to the opposing parties or their counsel. Emergency motions should not be spindled for presentment.

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Trial materials must be exchanged and presented to the Court one week before final pretrial or one week before trial if no final pretrial.

One week prior to the final pretrial, each party shall exchange and present the Court with all 'Trial Materials' enumerated below. If no final pretrial is scheduled, the trial materials shall be exchanged and presented to the Court one week prior to trial.

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Courtesy copies of notice of motion and motion must be emailed to chambers at least three business days before presentment.

Courtesy copies of a file-stamped notice of motion and the file-stamped motion must be delivered to the court at least three business days prior to the presentment date. Parties shall deliver the notice of motion and the motion by email, with exhibits, to the Chambers email address.

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Motions exceeding 20 pages must also be provided in physical format to the Court.

Any motions exceeding 20 pages in length (including exhibits) shall also be provided in physical format to the Court.

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Before Clerk's Status, movant must provide electronic and physical courtesy copies of all relevant pleadings, papers, case law, and the operative complaint with exhibits.

Prior to the Clerk’s Status, the movant shall provide the Court with electronic and physical courtesy copies of all relevant pleadings, papers, and substantive case law. This includes a copy of the operative complaint or petition, with exhibits.

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At first case management appearance, parties should have courtesy copies of file-stamped pleadings ready to submit.

At the first appearance for any case, the parties should be prepared to submit courtesy copies of their file-stamped pleadings, e.g., complaint, answer, affirmative defenses, cross-claims and counterclaims.

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Courtesy copies for settlement conference must be provided via email or physical copy at least five business days before the conference.

Courtesy copies should be provided to the Court via email or physical copy at least five business days before the settlement conference.

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Sealing requires a motion addressing specific documents, good cause, and prior attempt to agree on redactions.

Parties may agree to the entry of protective orders, but they may not agree that documents are to be filed under seal without presenting a motion addressing the specific documents to be filed. Such motions may be granted only in limited circumstances upon good cause shown. Before presenting such motions, parties shall seek to agree on redactions that will allow documents to be filed in the public court record. If agreement is not possible, the party wishing to file a confidential document under seal must seek leave of court.

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Settlement conference materials intended to be confidential must be marked; otherwise assumed shared; non-confidential materials should be shared with other parties.

If any materials are submitted which a party would like to remain confidential, the materials should be marked as such; otherwise, the Court will assume it has been seen by all parties (if it is not confidential, please provide a courtesy copy to the other parties).

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Contested motions require a briefing schedule including a Clerk's Status date; Clerk's Status is held via Zoom on Wednesdays at 9:00 AM; hearing date set at Clerk's Status; motion stricken if movant fails to appear.

Parties may provide the briefing schedule in their proposed orders. The Court’s form order may also be used for a briefing schedule on a contested motion. The briefing schedule shall include a date for Clerk’s Status. At the Clerk’s Status, held at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesdays via Zoom, a hearing date on the motion will be set. It is imperative that the parties appearing at the Clerk’s Status have the responsible counsel’s availability for the hearing date. Prior to the Clerk’s Status, the movant shall provide the Court with electronic and physical courtesy copies of all relevant pleadings, papers, and substantive case law. This includes a copy of the operative complaint or petition, with exhibits. The motion will be stricken if the movant fails to appear for the Clerk’s Status.

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Communications with the Court must be through filed documents; law clerks may be contacted by email or phone only for administrative and scheduling matters.

Communications with the Court should be solely through filed pleadings, motions, applications, petitions, briefs, legal memoranda, etc. Communication with the Court’s law clerks is allowed only to address administrative and scheduling matters via email and telephone.

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