Judge Amit Kapoor

Applies to

Account

Must include

proposed order

If no objections are timely filed and approval of the account is desired, a proposed order must be filed with the court clerk.

Applies to

Protective order initiating matter

Protective order initiating matters must be presented to the judge assigned by the presiding judge for that day.

Applies to

Attorney withdrawal application

In criminal cases, an attorney-withdrawal application must be made in open court after notice to the opposing side and with the defendant present, unless the defendant's whereabouts are unknown.

Mailed documents are received for filing when the mail room distributes them to the appropriate division of the clerk’s office.

Pretrial motions, including summary-judgment motions, will be considered on the fifth succeeding motion day after filing unless the court orders otherwise.

Civil motion day is Monday, or Tuesday when Monday is a legal holiday.

Notice to the opposing side is required before the criminal attorney-withdrawal application is heard in open court.

After filing a motion to withdraw, the defense attorney must place the matter on the appropriate docket and notify the defendant and District Attorney of the appearance date and time.

Applies to

Notice of substitution

When an attorney substitutes for another, a filed and served notice of substitution is sufficient to change the attorney of record.

An oral objection to a petition may be made by appearing in person at the Circuit Court clerk’s office during regular business hours and asking for the probate clerk; the objecting party should advise the clerk of the wish to object orally.

After electronically filing a motion, affidavit, and proposed order to disqualify a judge, the moving party must immediately notify the presiding judge’s chambers.

Immediately after electronically filing a motion, affidavit, and proposed order to disqualify a judge, the moving party must notify the presiding judge’s chambers.