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

Before filing an objection to a discovery request or a motion to enforce compliance, the party must personally consult and make reasonable efforts to resolve the dispute, or document opposing counsel’s unavailability or unreasonable efforts, and file the required certificate.

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).