Circuit Court of Cook County Filing Bundling Requirements

Courtesy copies and proposed orders for remote proceedings must be submitted in one email per case; multiple emails for same case are prohibited.

Source text: All courtesy copies and proposed orders shall be e-mailed in PDF format to the judge in one e-mail per case no less than two (2) business days but no more than five (5) business days in advance of the assigned court date. Multiple e-mails for the same case will not be accepted.

Annual reports and guardian training certificates must be submitted in one email per case.

Source text: Each guardian should e-mail an annual report and certificate of completion (of the guardian training program) in PDF format to the assigned judge in one email per case no less than two (2) business days but no more than five (5) business days in advance of the assigned court date.

Admitted trial exhibits must be jointly filed with courtesy copy to chambers.

Source text: The parties shall jointly file a complete set of admitted trial exhibits and supply the Court with a courtesy copy thereof.

Evidentiary hearing materials must be joint submissions; separate allowed only with good faith disagreement.

Source text: Separate submissions are permitted only if the parties cannot in good faith agree on joint submissions

Trial materials must be joint submissions; separate allowed only with good faith disagreement.

Source text: must be submitted to the Court by joint submissions no less than thirty (30) days before the scheduled pretrial or trial (whichever is sooner). Separate submissions are permitted only if the parties cannot in good faith agree on joint submissions.

Exhibits must be provided separately in a single packet with table of contents and tabs.

Source text: Exhibits should be provided separately in a single packet with a table of contents and tabs.

Contested motions require a briefing schedule order; materials must be delivered in one package for oral argument. Forum Non Conveniens motions get written decision, no oral argument.

Source text: Contested motions require the entry of a briefing schedule order which includes a clerk status date. Upon receipt of complete briefs, pleadings, depositions and exhibits from Movant, in one delivery, a hearing will be set for oral arguments. Exception: Motions to Dismiss based upon Forum Non Conveniens will receive a written decision. No oral argument hearing will be set upon receipt of complete briefs, pleadings and exhibits from Movant. If granted the case will be transferred. If denied, a status date and time will be included in the order.

Briefs for contested motions must not be submitted until all briefing is complete, then one electronic and one physical set of courtesy copies are required.

Source text: Parties should not submit copies of any briefs relating to contested motions until all briefing is complete. Courtesy copies should be one complete set sent electronically to the Calendar R email, and one complete set of physical courtesy copies delivered to Room 2208. In the physical copy all exhibits must be tabbed and all materials must be printed double-sided.

Parties may delay submitting courtesy copies of briefings under a briefing schedule until the Clerk’s Status date.

Source text: Once parties have entered into a briefing schedule on a motion, parties can wait to submit courtesy copies of the briefings (e.g. the response and reply) until the Clerk’s Status date.

Motions may be piggy-backed on previously set case management dates without formal scheduling.

Source text: Motions may also be “piggy-backed” on a previously set case management date without formal scheduling.