Judge Victoria Kennison's Administrative Order - eff 7/27/21

Judge Victoria Kennison is in Room 703 of the new courthouse (she was in room 306 at the old courthouse) and she has published some rules for her court room. These rules apply to lawyers and unrepresented parties as well. In a separate post, I will put up her rules for pretrial conferences which is only for lawyers.

NOTE: court rules CHANGE all the time. This applies whether it is the supreme court down to the trial courts (like Judge Kennison's). Make sure you check to make whether there are newer rules!

There were made effective July 27, 2021 

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JUDGE KENNISON'S ORDER REGARDING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Effective 7-27-21

Court Schedule:

  • 9:00 a.m.: Case Management Conferences/Status Dates/ Presentment of Motions  Monday- Friday.
  • 10:00a.m.:  Prove-ups Monday-Friday.
  • 10:00a.m. -- 11:30a.m.:  Hearings/short Pre-Trials Monday-Thursday 10:30a.m:  First day of Trial Monday-Thursday
  • 1:30 p.m.: Continuation of on-going Trial  Monday-Thursday 1:30-4:30p.m. Pre-Trials Friday.

Pursuant to Administrative Order ALL proceedings will be held in person unless for good cause shown unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

After a case has been addressed by the Court, if a court Order is required, it must be received by the Court electronically via Odyssey before counsel leaves Court for the day.  For so long as print forms of  the Court approved Orders are available, Counsel are encouraged to use the same to prepare their Order, submit to the Court for review, then scan and submit the same electronically from the Courtroom.  If print forms are not available, than Counsel may use their laptop to prepare and submit their Orders in Court.

Once a contested hearing or trial commences it will proceed day- to-day, except on Fridays, unless for good cause shown otherwise ordered by the Court.

The Court does not accept any documents via email.

The Court will not accept courtesy copies of motions/pleadings unless specifically requested by the Court in advance.

Prove-ups:

Prove-up dates will only be scheduled after settlement documents have been signed by all

parties.

Pre-Trials:

See the Court's standing Order dated March 15, 2021.

Trials:

Trial memoranda and trial exhibits shall be exchanged between the parties and print Copies tendered to the Court seven (7) days prior to commencement of trial.  The exhibits shall include any stipulations of the parties and everything shall be properly marked and bound with a  corresponding exhibit list at the top in the binders. The first day of trial shall be scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m.


Location: Illinois, USA

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