3rd Judicial Circuit Court, Madison County, Illinois Filing Rules

At the expedited-trial motion hearing, Plaintiff must provide evidence of age or limited life expectancy as a condition of obtaining an expedited-trial order.

Counsel and self-represented litigants are responsible for complete and accurate representations in every submission.

An attorney who used AI to prepare, draft, or review discovery responses must complete and sign the certification, including its specified attestations.

A proposed order must be submitted with each Routine Motion.

A defendant filing a new response after the specified notice must serve or file it within 30 days after service of that notice.

A Routine Motion must be noticed for ruling on the next Friday the court is open after the week it is filed.

A party seeking to introduce AI-enhanced or AI-generated evidence must give notice and disclose it to the opposing party by affidavit at least 90 days before trial.

At least 90 days before trial, a party seeking to introduce AI-enhanced or AI-generated evidence must provide notice and disclose it by affidavit; these requirements do not apply to demonstrative evidence.

The Court must serve every party with the motion docket identifying the matters set for hearing.

A party contesting disclosed AI-enhanced or AI-generated evidence must notify opposing counsel within 30 days and provide a sufficient factual basis to overcome the proponent's certification.

When AI or automated summarization tools assist with interrogatory answers or client-record summaries, counsel must disclose that use and the general tool category to opposing counsel at service; the disclosure does not waive privilege.

E-filing is approved for civil case types filed in the Madison County Circuit Clerk’s office.

Routine Motions must be filed electronically.

Electronically filed documents must conform to the applicable formatting rules for paper pleadings.

An objection must be in writing and transmitted to the court by e-file and email to the undersigned.

AI-generated or AI-enhanced substantive evidence and exhibits must be clearly labelled.

The parties may agree to waive or extend any deadline in this section, whether or not they file a formal notice of hearing.

The e-filer’s credentials authorize payment of any applicable filing and service fees.

Sealed, confidential, and impounded documents must be submitted conventionally, while a motion for leave to file under seal may be e-filed.

Plaintiff's counsel must immediately notify the Administrative Assistant for Arbitration in writing of any settlement or dismissal; failure to do so may result in sanctions.

Objections must also be emailed to the undersigned.

If the Records Depository cannot obtain information or material, defendants must seek the plaintiff's cooperation and assistance before moving to compel it.

Within 14 days of the first production request involving potential ESI, counsel must confer about the listed ESI discovery topics.

Paper courtesy copies customarily provided to the court remain required in e-file cases unless a specific court order provides otherwise.

The Court encourages parties to file master pleadings containing complete arguments and factual statements in the specified asbestos case files.

An objection submission may state no more than one page of objections per Claimant.