**District Judge Mary M. Rowland** was appointed to the Northern District of Illinois by President Donald J. Trump in 2019, as part of an agreement between the Trump administration and Illinois' Democratic U.S. Senators. Judge Rowland was born on October 8, 1961, in Akron, Ohio. After law school, she clerked for Judge Julian A. Cook of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She then served for ten years in the Chicago office of the Federal Defender as a staff attorney and later chief appellate attorney. She spent twelve years as a partner at Hughes, Socol, Piers, Resnick & Dym in Chicago. She served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Illinois from October 2012 to August 2019 before being elevated to district judge. **Education** - University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1988 - University of Michigan, B.A., 1984 **Career** - District Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (2019–present) - U.S. Magistrate Judge, Northern District of Illinois (2012–2019) - Partner, Hughes, Socol, Piers, Resnick & Dym, Chicago (approximately 2000–2012) - Chief Appellate Attorney and Staff Attorney, Federal Defender Program, Chicago (approximately 1990–2000) - Law Clerk, Hon. Julian A. Cook, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
**Courthouse:** Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, 219 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604 **Chambers:** Room 1262 **Phone:** (312) 435-5358 **Fax:** (312) 554-8471 **Chambers Staff** - Courtroom Deputy: Jasmin Galindo, (312) 435-5857, Room 1226 - Court Reporter: Laura Renke, (312) 435-6053, Room 1224 - Law Clerks: Michael Morrell, Margaret Hlousek, Isabella Aguilar, Joshua Lustig
The rule requires joint proposed voir dire, proposed voir dire questions, and objections to other parties questions. Joint proposed voir dire document must include all parties' questions and objections.
The rule requires agreement status and proponent identification. All jury instructions must be submitted with final pretrial order, indicating proponent and agreement status.
Parties may contact Judge Mary M. Rowland's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. The rule lists email Proposed_Order_Rowland@ilnd.uscourts.gov. Joint documents must be filed on docket and emailed in Word format to specific mailbox.
No. The rule prohibits holding covered papers for bundling. Motions in limine must be filed separately from joint pretrial statement.
Motions in limine must be filed separately from joint pretrial statement.
Parties encouraged to consolidate multiple motions in limine into fewer filings.
Responses to motions in limine should be consolidated into a single document.
Replies to motions in limine are not permitted unless ordered by the Court.
Joint proposed voir dire document must include all parties' questions and objections.
All jury instructions must be submitted with final pretrial order, indicating proponent and agreement status.
Each jury instruction must cite legal authority at the bottom.
Disputed jury instructions must include objection grounds and proposed modifications on same page.
Joint documents must be filed on docket and emailed in Word format to specific mailbox.
Parties must contact Court systems department 3 weeks before trial for evidence presentation needs.
Parties must familiarize with JERS protocol and review attorney instructions.
Final exhibit list must be filed on docket at close of evidence.
Parties must inform chambers promptly if settlement conference needs rescheduling or cancellation.
Failure to attend settlement conference without authorization may result in monetary sanctions.
Medicare conditional payment letter required if client received/will receive Medicare payments related to case.
Attorneys must pre-register with Medicare to request conditional payment letters.
Medicare expects at least 60% of conditional payments to be reimbursed to resolve case.