Circuit Court of Cook County Courtesy Copy Requirements

Courtesy copies are prohibited from being delivered to the Clerk's Office, but judges may accept them independently.

Source text: _Courtesy copies_. Courtesy copies may not be electronically filed with or otherwise delivered to the Clerk's Office. Nothing in this order shall be interpreted to limit the manner in which a judge may accept delivery of courtesy copies.

Routine motions require notice, motion, proof of service, and draft order emailed two full court days before the noticed date; no appearance required at 8:45 a.m.

Source text: A routine motion should be noticed for 8:45 a.m. on any court day. A copy of the notice, motion, proof of service, and draft order must be emailed to ccc.chancerycalendar4@cookcountyil.gov at least two full court days before the noticed date. The movant should not appear at 8:45 a.m. on the hearing date. Unless the Court’s staff notifies the movant otherwise, stamped copies of the Order will be emailed to the parties as soon as practicable by the Circuit Court Clerk.

Motions must have a courtesy copy emailed to chambers at least two full court days before the noticed hearing date.

Source text: A courtesy copy must be emailed to Calendar 4 at ccc.chancerycalendar4@cookcountyil.gov at least two full court days prior to the date on which the motion is noticed. Failure to do so may result in the motion being stricken.

Piggyback motions to status conferences require a courtesy copy emailed at least two days before the hearing date.

Source text: Parties are welcome to present motions on a previously set status or case management date, as long as they email a courtesy copy to the Court at least two days in advance of the date. In other words, “piggybacking” motions to status conferences is acceptable.

All courtesy copies must be emailed to chambers; paper copies are prohibited unless specifically requested by the court.

Source text: Calendar 4 is paperless. All courtesy copies must be sent by email to ccc.chancerycalendar4@cookcountyil.gov. If the Court requires paper copies, the Court will notify you. Please do not submit any paper copies unless specifically requested to do so.

Parties must submit file-stamped courtesy copies of all pleadings, motions, and notices of motion via email to the specified chambers address.

Source text: The Court does not automatically receive copies of filings made through the Clerk’s electronic system; thus, parties must submit file-stamped courtesy copies of all pleadings, motions, and notices of motions to the Court via email to CCC.ChanceryCalendar10@cookcountyil.gov.

Regular motion courtesy copies must be submitted via email at least two full court days before presentment; late submission may result in the motion being struck.

Source text: Courtesy copies of the notice and motion must be submitted via email to ccc.chancerycalendar7@cookcountyil.gov at least two (2) full court days before the date of presentment. In the event courtesy copies are not tendered to the Court on time, the Court may strike the motion, refuse to hear the motion presentment, or enter another appropriate order.

Movant must submit courtesy copies of relevant pleadings and full briefing on or before the scheduled clerk’s status date.

Source text: On or before a scheduled clerk’s status date, the movant shall submit courtesy copies of all relevant pleadings and the full briefing on the motion, including any opposing party briefs.

Movant must submit courtesy copies of the motion, exhibits, and relevant filings at least two full court dates before presentment or status date.

Source text: At least two full court dates before the scheduled motion presentment or a pre-scheduled status date, the movant shall submit courtesy copies of the file-stamped motion, exhibits, and any relevant filings.

Complaint courtesy copies are due by 9 a.m. on initial case management dates; subsequent pleadings are due upon filing.

Source text: Parties shall submit courtesy copies of the complaint by 9 a.m. on the initial case management dates. Parties shall submit courtesy copies of any subsequent pleadings once they are filed.

All courtesy copies must be emailed to the specified address with case number in subject line; hard copies are prohibited except as allowed by court order or request.

Source text: All courtesy copies must be timely submitted to the Court by email at ccc.chancerycalendar7@cookcountyil.gov and shall include the case number in the subject line. Parties should not provide hard courtesy copies to the Court except as provided under the “Trial & Evidentiary Hearing” section of this Standing Order or as requested by the Court.

Movants must deliver one set of courtesy hard copies of motion papers, briefs, exhibits, and cited cases to the Court on the business day following the reply brief due date, with exhibits formatted mini/four-to-a-page.

Source text: The following business day, ___/___/_____, the movant(s) shall deliver courtesy hard copies to the Court of the Motion/Petition and all briefs, one set of exhibits including transcripts (mini/four-to-a-page), relevant/unique cited cases, and other documents as appropriate;

Courtesy hard copies of motions for initial presentment must be delivered at least 3 business days in advance; non-compliance may result in striking/denial.

Source text: Courtesy Copies. Courtesy hard copies (i.e., paper, not emailed, copies) should be delivered to the Court for any motion scheduled for initial presentment at least three (3) business days in advance. Failure to timely submit a complete courtesy copy may result in striking or denial of the motion.

Movant must email courtesy copies of all motion papers at least 10 business days prior to hearing; hand delivery allowed with prior approval.

Source text: The movant shall email the Court courtesy copies of the motion, responses, replies, exhibits and memoranda at least 10 business days prior to the set hearing date. Courtesy copies may be delivered to the Court with prior approval.

Default motion required documents must be provided to the court 5 court days prior to presentment.

Source text: Five court days prior to the date set for the motion, copies of the documents listed and of all other required documents must be provided to the Court.

Piggy-backed motion courtesy copies must be delivered at least 7 days prior to presentment.

Source text: Courtesy copies of all “piggy-backed” motions must be delivered no less than 7 days prior to presentment.

Courtesy copies for regular motions must be emailed to assigned calendar’s dedicated email no less than 7 days prior to presentment; include attacked pleading if applicable.

Source text: Motions must be served on all parties who have filed an appearance and a courtesy copy delivered to the Judge’s chambers by emailing the courtesy copies to the assigned calendar’s dedicated email address no less than 7 days prior to presentment. If a motion attacks a pleading, the courtesy copy must include the pleading attacked.

All courtesy copies must include notice of motion and certificate of service.

Source text: You must include a notice of motion and certificate of service in all courtesy copies.

Do not use eFile service courtesy copy email option.

Source text: The eFile service may permit “courtesy copy” emails to be sent. DO NOT USE THIS OPTION.

Electronic courtesy copies must have each document separately attached; lengthy materials require paper copies unless court ordered.

Source text: When final courtesy copy sets are delivered electronically: a. Each document (i.e. motion, response, reply, relevant pleadings and case law) must be separately attached. b. Lengthy materials must be delivered in paper format, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

Courtesy copies for motions must be delivered electronically within 1 business day of filing, no zip files, immediately printable.

Source text: The moving party is required to deliver to the Court courtesy copies no later than 1 business day after the motion is filed. Courtesy copies must be delivered in electronic form and must be immediately printable, without passcode or security restriction. No Zip files or Drop-Box type of links are permissible, unless otherwise allowed by your judge.

Moving parties must provide complete courtesy copies (all briefs, pleadings, exhibits, deposition transcripts) to the law clerk at Clerk Status; mail and basket drop-off are prohibited. Non-compliance can result in motion being stricken.

Source text: At the Clerk’s Status, the moving party MUST provide the Law Clerk in the antechambers of courtroom 2201 with complete courtesy copies; this includes copies of all briefs and other necessary pleadings, exhibits and complete deposition transcripts of all witnesses who testified regarding the subject of the motion. This court does not accept courtesy copies by mail or by basket drop-off. Upon receipt of courtesy copies, a hearing date and time will be set. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH A BRIEFING SCHEDULE ORDER CAN RESULT IN THE MOTION BEING STRICKEN.

Emergency motions are heard M-F 9:15am; add to sign-in sheet after 8:45am on motion date, provide clerk original notice and courtesy copy of motion.

Source text: Emergency Motions are heard every day of the week (Monday through Friday) at 9:15 am. Emergency motions should be added to the sign-in sheet in the courtroom on the bench, on the date on the notice of motion after 8:45 am. At that time, counsel should provide the courtroom clerk with the original notice of motion and a courtesy copy of the motion.

Form orders for briefing schedules require hard courtesy copies to the Court.

Source text: Additionally, the form order requires submission of hard courtesy copies to the Court.

Emergency motions with exhibits exceeding 15 pages require a hard copy delivered to Courtroom 2202 by 8:30 a.m.

Source text: If the motion, with exhibits, exceeds 15 pages, a hard copy must be delivered to Courtroom 2202 by 8:30 a.m.

Courtesy copies of all motions must be delivered to the basket outside Courtroom 2202 at least three court days before presentment.

Source text: Courtesy copies of all motions should be delivered to the Court in the basket outside of Courtroom 2202 at least three court days in advance of presentment.

Courtesy copies are required 7 days before hearing; 20 pages or less may be emailed, over 20 pages must be hand delivered. E-filed submissions still require courtesy copy via email.

Source text: All courtesy copies are due to the court no later than 7 (SEVEN) days prior to hearing date. If courtesy copies are 20 pages TOTAL or less they may be emailed to the Court Coordinator Johan Townsend at Johan.Townsend@cookcountvil.gov. If the courtesy copies exceed the 20 page email limit they must hand delivered to the courtesy copy basket outside courtroom 2503. Failure to do so may result in the motion being stricken. NOTE: When any submission is filed through the Clerk's electronic filing procedure, Courtroom 2503 does NOT receive a copy of the filing. You are required to send a copy that has the hearing date attached to Johan.Townsend@cookcountyil.gov seven days before the hearing to comply with the courtesy copy requirement.

Courtesy copies are only accepted if the judge specifically orders them, submitted per the briefing schedule with the court order attached.

Source text: Courtesy copies are NOT accepted unless specifically ordered by the judge. Courtesy copies shall be submitted on the date set forth in the briefing schedule order. The court order must be attached or it WILL NOT be accepted.

Movants must deliver one courtesy copy of regular motions at least 3 business days before the presentment date via drop bin outside courtroom 2207.

Source text: The movant shall deliver a courtesy copy of the motion at least 3 business days prior to the notice/presentment date (drop bins are located outside courtroom 2207).

Movants must deliver one courtesy copy of routine motions and proposed orders by 8:45 AM on the presentation date via drop bin outside courtroom 2207.

Source text: The movant shall deliver a courtesy copy of the motion and proposed order no later than 8:45am on the date of presentation (drop bins are located outside courtroom 2207).

Settlement petitions for specified vulnerable parties must be filed with courtesy copies emailed to the judge, copying all counsel.

Source text: Petitions to Approve Settlement in cases involving wrongful death, survival, minor(s) or disabled individuals must be filed, with courtesy copies delivered to karen.omalley@cookcountyil.gov. All email transmittals must copy all counsel of record. Adherence to the Procedures adopted by the Law, Municipal and Probate Divisions is required.

Parties must submit one electronic set of courtesy copies for contested motions to Calendar R email after all briefing is complete.

Source text: 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.

Movants with fully-briefed motions as of Feb 1 2024 with no ruling must submit hard-copy courtesy copies by March 15 2024, or risk motion abandonment.

Source text: For any parties to cases pending on Calendar R with motions which are already fully-briefed as of February 1, 2024, but as to which no ruling has yet been issued. Movant must submit a full set of courtesy copies in hard-copy format (paper) no later than March 15, 2024, regardless of whether courtesy copies have previously been submitted in any format. Failure to do so will be considered abandonment of the motion, which may result in its summary denial. Courtesy copies must include (all printed double-sided if possible): o All Briefs on the motion o All Exhibits, tabbed for identification (depositions printed in miniscript format) o Any transcripts of argument which has previously been heard on the motion, if a court reporter was present o All orders previously entered relating to the motion (including briefing schedule orders, and any orders setting the matter for ruling or continuing the matter for ruling) o Most recent order entered in the case o Current Case Management Order o Cover letter noting (i) trial date and (ii) any other future dates in 2005

Courtesy copies for motions attacking pleadings must include the pleading at issue.

Source text: For motions attacking a pleading (motions to dismiss, to strike, for bill of particulars, etc.), the courtesy copy should include the pleading at issue.

All motions require paper courtesy copies; deposition transcripts should be mini-script, 4 pages per page, and double-sided.

Source text: For any motion, the Court requires paper courtesy copies, and requests that any depositions transcripts be submitted in mini-script, 4 pages per one page, and double-sided.

Motions with a briefing schedule require a complete paper courtesy copy including all briefs and exhibits to be delivered to Courtroom 2204.

Source text: For any motions for which a briefing schedule has been allowed, the movant is responsible for delivering a complete paper courtesy copy of the motion consisting of all briefs and exhibits filed in support of or in opposition to the motion to Courtroom 2204.

Movants must deliver a courtesy copy of the motion to the Court prior to presentment.

Source text: The Movant SHALL DELIVER courtesy copy of the motion to the Court prior to presentment.

Paper copies of Agreed Motions and Orders must be delivered to Room 2204.

Source text: Paper copies of the Motion/Order are to be delivered to Room 2204.

Settlement petitions for wrongful death, survival, minors, or disabled individuals must be filed with courtesy copies via email to the judge, and all email transmittals must copy all counsel of record.

Source text: Petitions to Approve Settlement in cases involving wrongful death, survival, minor(s) or disabled individuals must be filed, with courtesy copies delivered to patricia.sheahan@cookcountyil.gov. All email transmittals must copy all counsel of record. Adherence to the Procedures adopted by the Law, Municipal and Probate Divisions is required.

Courtesy copies exceeding 25 pages must be hand delivered to the basket outside courtroom 2007.

Source text: If the courtesy copies exceed the 25-page email limit they must hand delivered to the courtesy copy basket outside courtroom 2007.

Courtesy copies 25 pages or less may be emailed to the Court Coordinator.

Source text: If courtesy copies are 25 pages TOTAL or less they may be emailed to the Court Coordinator at Melissa.robbins@cookcountyil.gov.

Courtesy copies due upon filing of last responsive pleading; <=25 pages may be emailed, >25 pages must be hand delivered to courtroom 2007 basket.

Source text: All courtesy copies are due to the Court upon the filing of the last responsive pleading. If courtesy copies are 25 pages TOTAL or less they may be emailed to the Court Coordinator at Melissa.robbins@cookcountyil.gov. If the courtesy copies exceed the 25-page email limit they must hand delivered to the courtesy copy basket outside courtroom 2007. Failure to do so may result in the motion being stricken.

Courtesy copies must include briefs, exhibits, and substantive case law relied upon; standard-setting cases not required; all copies double-sided.

Source text: Courtesy copies include briefs, exhibits, and copies of any substantive case law relied upon by either side. Parties need not provide the cases relied upon simply for language setting out the standards applicable to the motion. All copies are to be double-sided.

Only one copy of exhibits, pleadings, or depositions required for courtesy copies; depositions must be four pages per page.

Source text: Submit only one copy of any exhibit, pleading, or deposition. Depositions, four to a page.

Courtesy copies for contested motions must not be submitted until briefing is complete.

Source text: Parties should not submit written copies of contested motions to the Court until any briefing is complete.

Movant must bring courtesy copies to court when all briefs are filed by the motion status date.

Source text: If all briefs have been filed by the motion status date, the movant should bring courtesy copies to court.

Motions must be served on all appearing parties, with courtesy copies delivered to the judge’s chambers.

Source text: Motions must be served on all parties who have appeared, with courtesy copies delivered to the Judge’s chambers.

Parties must hand-deliver two copies of final combined jury instructions directly to the judge.

Source text: Final Jury Instructions: Parties must hand-deliver two copies of the final combined jury instructions directly to the judge.

Trial materials courtesy copies must be sent via email (text-searchable PDF with bookmarks) and hard copy to the court.

Source text: Courtesy copies of trial materials shall be sent to the court via email in text-searchable PDF format with bookmarks and in hard copy.

On Clerk Status date, hand-deliver briefs with tabbed exhibits to bin outside Courtroom 2004.

Source text: On the date of the Clerk Status, please hand-deliver copies of all briefs, with exhibits in tab format, to the bin outside of Courtroom 2004.

Both electronic and physical copies of briefs must be delivered to the court.

Source text: The court requires both electronic and physical copies delivered.

Five court days prior to default motion hearing, required documents must be delivered via email (text-searchable PDF) and hard copy to the court.

Source text: Five court days prior to the date set for the motion, copies of the following documents and all other required documents, must be delivered to the Court via email in text-searchable PDF format and in hard copy:

Emergency motion notice must comply with Local Rule 2.2 and a copy presented to the Court the day before the hearing.

Source text: Notice must comply with Local Rule 2.2; a copy of the motion must be presented to the Court the day before the hearing.

For dispositive motions with briefing, paper courtesy copies must be delivered no fewer than 7 days prior to hearing or by a court-ordered date.

Source text: the Court requires the movant to deliver paper courtesy copies by any date set by Court Order and unless specifically allowed by Court Order, no fewer than seven days prior to hearing.

Parties must not both email and drop off courtesy copies of regular motions.

Source text: Please do not email and drop off the courtesy copies.

Piggy-backed regular motions must be e-filed, noticed to all parties, and have a courtesy copy emailed or dropped off to court at least 3 days prior to presentment.

Source text: In the case of piggy-backing a motion, the movant should not set the motion for hearing through the clerk’s system, but e-file the motion and give notice to all parties that it will be heard at the CMC date and email or drop off a courtesy copy of the motion to the Court at least three days prior to presentment.

Courtesy copies of motions to reconsider final orders should be delivered within 30 days of ruling.

Source text: Courtesy copies of motions to reconsider final and appealable orders should be delivered to the Court within 30 days of the ruling. 735 ILCS 5/2‐1301(3). This practice will ensure that the Court does not dispose of its copies of the original motion.

Court may request courtesy copies of authorities cited in briefing; failure to provide may result in briefing being refused.

Source text: The Court reserves the right to request courtesy copies of all authorities cited in briefing and further reserves the right to refuse to accept any briefing for failure to provide any authorities requested.

Motions with exhibits over 25 total pages may require paper courtesy copy delivery via FedEx, UPS, or hand to chambers.

Source text: If the motion (not exceeding 15 pages) and accompanying exhibits are in excess of 25 pages, you may be required to also deliver a paper copy to the Court, please ask the judge for his/her preference. Please note that FedEx, UPS and chambers.

Parties must not resubmit exhibits already included in prior brief courtesy copies.

Source text: Please do not include repeat attachments of exhibits that have already been included in the courtesy copy of a previous brief.

Hard copies of regular motions are required only if the motion's exhibits exceed 15 pages.

Source text: Hard copies of any motions do not need to be provided unless there are over 15 pages of exhibits.