Circuit Court of Sangamon County, Illinois (7th Judicial Circuit) Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Amended witness or exhibit lists must be provided in Word format.

If counsel amends the witness or exhibit list after the final pretrial conference, counsel must provide an amended list (in Word format) to the Court no later than the one day before the trial.

CRITICAL

Multi-page jury instructions must be paper-clipped together and include page numbers.

Multi-page instructions must be paper-clipped together with page numbers.

CRITICAL

Each annotated jury-instruction copy must be paper-clipped on top of its corresponding clean copy.

Paper clip each annotated copy on top of the corresponding clean copy.

CRITICAL

Exhibit lists must be prepared in Word format using the demonstrated layout and indicating whether each exhibit is admitted without objection or objected to.

Exhibit lists prepared in Word format, in the layout demonstrated below, noting whether the exhibit will be admitted without objection or whether there is an objection to the exhibit;

CRITICAL

Each item in a group exhibit must be marked.

Each item in a group exhibit must be marked.

CRITICAL

Exhibits must be pre-marked.

Always pre-mark your exhibits and exchange them with opposing counsel.

CRITICAL

The proposed order accompanying each motion must be in Word format.

A proposed order shall accompany every motion and be emailed to the Judge in Word format.

CRITICAL

Courtesy-copy pleadings and exhibits must be separated by tabs.

The pleadings and exhibits are to be separated by tabs.

CRITICAL

A proposed order emailed to the Judge must be in Word format.

A proposed order shall accompany every motion and be emailed to the Judge in Word format.

CRITICAL

Courtesy-copy pleadings must be printed double-sided, three-hole punched, and organized; a binder is preferred when the documents exceed an inch.

The pleadings are to be printed on both sides of the paper or double-sided, three-hole punched and organized, preferably in a binder if the documents are in excess of an inch.

CRITICAL

The front and spine of the binder must have a pleading label that clearly states the case name.

There must be a pleading label on the front of the binder as well as the spine clearly stating the case name.

WARNING

The Clerk may reject documents that do not conform to the Standing Order and Illinois Supreme Court Rules.

The Clerk may reject any documents which do not conform to this Standing Order and the Illinois Supreme Court Rules. (See Rule 131(a)).

WARNING

Counsel should attempt to limit their courtroom objections by motions in limine which should be in writing

Counsel should attempt to limit their courtroom objections by motions in limine which should be in writing

WARNING

The pleadings are to be printed on both sides of the paper or double-sided, three-hole punched and organized, preferably in a binder if the documents are in excess of an inch.

The pleadings are to be printed on both sides of the paper or double-sided, three-hole punched and organized, preferably in a binder if the documents are in excess of an inch.

WARNING

Jury instructions should be double-spaced in 14-point Times New Roman.

Jury instructions should be double-spaced and in Times New Roman typeface, size 14 font.

WARNING

Each exhibit should be clearly labeled and tabbed accordingly.

Each exhibit should be clearly labeled and tabbed accordingly

INFO

Condensed, double-sided depositions with four pages to a page are preferred.

Condensed sized depositions (4 pages to a page and double sided) are preferred.

INFO

Exhibits should be clearly labeled and tabbed accordingly.

Each exhibit should be clearly labeled and tabbed accordingly

INFO

Condensed-size depositions, with four pages to a page and double-sided printing, are preferred.

Condensed sized depositions (4 pages to a page and double sided) are preferred.