7th Judicial Circuit Court, Greene County, Illinois Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

Before filing a discovery objection or a motion to enforce a discovery request, the filing party must consult personally and make reasonable attempts to resolve the dispute, unless opposing counsel is unavailable or unreasonable, and file a certificate stating the applicable facts.

7. Resolution of Discovery Differences. Prior to filing any objection to any requests or filing a motion to enforce compliance with any request, the party so filing is required to file with the objection or motion a certificate that states that counsel have been unable to resolve discovery differences after personal consultation and reasonable attempts to resolve differences have been unable to reach an accord or that opposing counsel has made himself or herself unavailable for personal consultation or was unreasonable in attempts to resolve differences, as required by Supreme Court Rule 201 (k).