Circuit Court of Cook County Electronic Filing Rules

WARNING

Applies to

Motion

Off-call motions to voluntarily dismiss and agreed orders may be submitted by email with specific subject line and attachments.

Motions to Voluntarily Dismiss an action, Stipulations to Dismiss all or any part of a case, except class actions and Agreed Orders may be submitted “off call” (i.e., no scheduling with the Chancery Clerk is required) by email. The subject line of the email must include the case number and name, and the title of the order to be entered. All counsel of record must be copied on the email. The email must include as an attachment (i) the filed motion and (ii) the proposed order. If it is an agreed order, then the order must be signed by counsel of record or by the party, if that party is self-represented.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Exhibits

Exhibits or filings not accepted via e-filing (e.g., video/audio recordings) may be dropped off at the Office of the Presiding Judge for Room 203.

Exhibits / filings that are not accepted via E-filing (ex. video / audio recordings) may be dropped off at the Office of the Presiding Judge for Room 203.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Routine motion

The routine motion and each accompanying filed document must be sent to the Court as separate electronic documents.

When sent, the routine motion and each document filed with it must be sent as a separate electronic document to the Court.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Materials

The Court prohibits email delivery of court materials.

The Court does not accept materials by email.

WARNINGCivil cases

Attorneys must properly enter their information in Odyssey, including their ARDC number.

Stamped copies of orders are returned to litigants automatically through Odyssey. This requires attorneys to properly enter their information in Odyssey including their ARDC number as Odyssey utilizes the ARDC database.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Motion

Electronic filing rules and procedures apply to all motions, except emergency motions addressed by Paragraph 4.

The Court’s Electronic Filing rules and procedures apply to all motions, except as provided for Emergency Motions at Paragraph 4 below.

WARNING

Applies to

Settlement petition

Settlement petitions may also be provided to the Court by email with all necessary exhibits and a proposed settlement order.

Petitions to settle may also be provided to the Court via email, with all necessary exhibits and proposed settlement order.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Motion

Routine motions marked agreed may be submitted by email (copying all parties) or at a scheduled case management conference.

marked agreed, may be submitted by email, cc’ing all parties, or at any scheduled case management conference.

WARNINGCivil cases

Filings over 25 pages will not be accepted by email and must be delivered to chambers.

No filing in excess of 25 pages will be accepted by emailed but instead must be delivered to chambers.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Proposed order

All proposed orders must be emailed directly to the Court at the specified email, not the courtroom email.

ALL proposed court orders are to be emailed directly to the Court at the email listed above, not the courtroom email.

WARNING

Applies to

Motion

Motions should be emailed to Johan.Townsend@cookcountyil.gov and the draft order should be emailed to lawcal5orders@cookcountycourt.com at least two court days before the order will be entered by this.

Motions should be emailed to Johan.Townsend@cookcountyil.gov and the draft order should be emailed to lawcal5orders@cookcountycourt.com at least two court days before the order will be entered by this

WARNINGCivil cases

Pre-trial memos should be delivered in person to Courtroom 2501 and will not be accepted via email.

Pre-trial memos should be delivered in person to Courtroom 2501 and will not be accepted via email.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Annual reports oaths bonds

The Court will accept annual reports, oaths, and bonds submitted by email.

The Court will accept emailed copies of annual reports and oath and bonds.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Annual reports oath and bonds

The Court accepts emailed copies of annual reports and oath and bonds.

The Court will accept emailed copies of annual reports and oath and bonds.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Proposed order

Agreed orders may be submitted to the Calendar 11 mail slot or emailed to Judge De La Cruz for entry.

If the parties have agreed to the entry of an Agreed Order, it may be submitted to the Calendar 11 mail slot outside Room 1701 or emailed to Judge De La Cruz for entry.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Proposed order

Draft orders may be submitted in person to the Calendar 11 mail slot or by email to Judge De La Cruz in pdf format.

Orders may be submitted in person to the Calendar 11 mail slot outside of Room 1701 or by email to Judge De La Cruz in pdf format.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Motion for default judgment

Electronic copies of default judgment filings may be delivered by email, USB drive, or online link.

Electronic copies may be provided via email, USB drive, or online link.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Agreed order

Agreed orders may be submitted either to the Calendar 5 bin in Room 1701 or by email to Judge Schneider.

If the parties have agreed to the entry of an Agreed Order, it may be submitted to the Calendar 5 mail bin in Room 1701 or via email to Judge Schneider.

INFO

Applies to

Orders

Orders must be retrieved from the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County (CCC) Portal.

Orders must be retrieved from the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County (CCC) Portal.

INFO

Applies to

Proposed agreed order

Counsel and litigants may electronically email proposed agreed orders to ccc.chancerycalendar7@cookcountyil.gov for review and entry without placing the motion on a call.

Unless otherwise prohibited by this Standing Order and subject to the Court’s discretion, counsel and/or litigants may informally submit proposed agreed orders via email at ccc.chancerycalendar7@cookcountyil.gov for review and entry by the Court without placing the underlying motion on the regular or routine motion call.

INFO

Stamped copies of orders will be available on Odyssey; the Clerk's office does not email individual orders to litigants.

Stamped copies of orders will be available on Odyssey. The Clerk's office does not email individual orders to each litigant.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Agreed motion

Agreed motions with marked draft orders may be submitted via email with narration that all parties agree.

Parties may submit Agreed Motions (with accompanying draft orders marked “Agreed”) at any time by emailing law.calbcc@cookcountyil.gov and narrating in the email it is agreed by all parties as an Agreed Motion.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Settlement petition

Counsel must present the Petition and accompanying materials to the Court by dropping off in the box outside 2202 or emailing law.calbcc@cookcountyil.gov an unfiled draft petition and proposed order.

Counsel must present the Petition and accompanying materials to the Court by dropping off in the box outside 2202 or emailing law.calbcc@cookcountyil.gov an unfiled draft petition and proposed order.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Routine motion

Routine motions and accompanying orders may be submitted via email or basket outside Courtroom 2202 at 8:45 AM Monday-Friday.

Routine Motions and accompanying Orders (marked as “Routine Order”) may be noticed and submitted at 8:45AM Monday-Friday to the calendar B email address or to the basket outside Courtroom 2202.

INFOCivil cases

E-filed submissions do not notify the court or provide copies to the judge.

When any submission is filed through the Clerk's electronic filing procedure, the Court does not receive notice of the filing or a copy of the filed submission.

INFO

Proceedings will be conducted over Zoom unless otherwise specified.

Unless otherwise specified by the court, proceedings will be conducted over Zoom.

INFO

Applies to

Exhibits

Exhibits should be filed as a single entry in the electronic docket.

Exhibits should be filed as a single entry in the electronic docket.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Notice of appearance

Appearance forms may be filed electronically via Odyssey eFileIL; defendants granted an e-filing exemption may file at the Clerk's office.

Forms may be filed using Odyssey eFileIL at ilcourts.info/efile A defendant granted an exemption from e-filing may file forms at the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County (Room 236).

INFOCivil cases

Forms may be e-filed via Odyssey eFileIL; defendants exempt from e-filing may file at the Clerk's office.

Forms may be filed using Odyssey eFileIL at ilcourts.info/efile A defendant granted an exemption from e-filing may file forms at the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County (Room 236).

INFOCivil cases

Private attorneys without SharePoint access may email proposed orders to the Court Coordinator.

Private attorneys that do not have access to SharePoint may e-mail proposed orders to the Court Coordinator.

INFO

Applies to

Agreed motion

Agreed Motions/Orders may be submitted by email or drop off; must include a proposed Order with 'Agreed' in the title.

The Court will accept Agreed Motions and/or Orders by email or drop off rather than spindling a Court date through Odyssey. Please include a proposed Order with the word “Agreed” in the title.

INFO

Applies to

Agreed dismissal order

Agreed Dismissal Orders may be submitted by email or dropped off in Room 2209.

The Court will accept Agreed Dismissal Orders, whether via settlement or 2-1009 voluntary dismissal, by email or dropping off in 2209.

INFO

Applies to

Routine motion

Routine motions should be emailed or dropped off at 8:45 am on the noticed date with a proposed Order; no need to spindle through Odyssey.

Any routine motion should be emailed to the Court at law.calHcc@cookcountyil.gov, or dropped off in 2209, at 8:45 am on the date set in the notice, with a proposed Order. Routine motions need not be spindled through Odyssey.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Agreed order

Agreed Orders may be submitted to the Calendar 8 mail slot in Room 1701 or emailed to Judge Jimenez.

If the parties have agreed to the entry of an Agreed Order, it may be submitted to the Calendar 8 mail slot in Room 1701 or via email to Judge Jimenez

INFOCivil cases

Attorneys may consult the CCC Portal to check whether an order has been entered before contacting the deputy clerk.

Attorneys may also consult the Clerk of the Circuit Court Clerk’s “CCC Portal” to gain access to the Court’s electronic case files to determine if an order has been entered before contacting the deputy clerk.

INFO

Applies to

Agreed motion and order

Agreed motions and orders may be submitted by email with all parties copied or presented at a scheduled case management conference.

Agreed motions and orders may be submitted by email, cc’ing all parties, or may be presented at any scheduled case management conference to be reviewed by the Court.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Agreed dismissal order

For agreed dismissal, parties may fax or hand deliver the agreed order to the law clerk without appearing in court, prior to the next scheduled court date.

If a case has been resolved by agreement, the parties do not need to appear in court to enter the dismissal order. Instead, the parties may fax or hand deliver an agreed dismissal order to the law clerk for Courtroom 2609 prior to the next scheduled court date.

INFOCivil cases

Regular motions must be filed (spindled) in the clerk's office in Room 801.

Regular motions are spindled in the clerk's office in Room 801.

INFO

Applies to

Agreed dismissal order

Agreed dismissal orders may be emailed to the Court or placed in the courtesy copy bin.

Agreed Dismissal Orders, pursuant to settlement or 1-1009, may be emailed to the Court or placed in the courtesy copy bin outside of Courtroom 2203.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Annual reports and oath bonds

The Court accepts emailed copies of annual reports and oaths/bonds.

The Court will accept emailed copies of annual reports and oath and bonds.

INFO

Applies to

Agreed order

Agreed orders may be submitted to the Court via email in Word format.

Agreed Orders are permitted in lieu of appearing remotely. If the parties wish to provide an agreed order, in Word format, to the Court via email that will be permitted.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Motion

Motions and notices of motion must be e-filed.

Motions and Notice of Motion or expressly be e-filed and served on all parties who have filed appearances.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Routine motion

Routine motions may be submitted via email to law.calfec@cookcountvil.gov; notice of motion must state the submission email address.

Routine motions can be submitted by email at law.calfec@cookcountvil.gov. The notice of motion must reflect the motion is being submitted by email at Jaw.calfec@cookcountvil. gov.

CRITICALCivil cases

Counsel must present an unfiled draft settlement petition and proposed order by dropoff or email.

Counsel must present the Petition and accompanying materials in the box outside 2202 or email law.calcc@cookcountyil.gov an unfiled draft petition and proposed order.

CRITICAL

Petitions to settle certain cases must be physically delivered to Courtroom 2204.

Petitions to settle cases involving minors, disabled persons and survival and wrongful death claims shall be delivered to the court by dropping off in 2204.

WARNING

After a settlement petition is approved, the Court will direct the petition to be e-filed and will then enter the order.

Once approved, the Court will advise that the petition be satisfied and the issue will be submitted through the petition, and the Court will enter the order.

WARNING

Applies to

Trial certification order

The Court accepts an Agreed Trial Certification Order at any time by email, even before the trial certification date.

The Court will accept any Agreed Trial Certification Order at any time by every, even if the Trial Certification certificate has not been reached yet.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Agreed motion

Agreed Motions may be submitted at any time by email to the specified account, and the email must state all parties agree.

Parties may submit Agreed when proceedings: (Agreed draft orders marked “Agreed”) at any time by emailing law.calcc@cookcountyil.gov and narrating in the email it is agreed by all parties as an Agreed Motion.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Motion

If any party objects to a routine motion, the movant must spindle the motion and put it on for presentment under paragraph 2(b).

If any party objects to a routine motion, the movant must rule on it in a way that is not supported by the motion for presentment per 2(b) below.

INFOCivil cases

Agreed HIPPA orders may be brought to court during session or submitted via email to law.calfec@cookcountyil.gov.

HIPPA Orders If agreed, then you can bring the HIPPA Order anytime while court is in session. A HIPPA Order can be submitted by email at law.calfec@cookcountyil. gov.