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LOCAL RULES INDEX
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Absence of Judge, see Emergency
Absent Party, Appointed Counsel's Fee for Representation at Pre-suit Deposition: LR27.1
Access to Restricted/Sealed Documents: LR5.7; LR26.2(b),(d); See Also Restricted Documents
Accord, Statement of Good Faith Efforts to Reach in Discovery Disputes: LR37.2
Acknowledgment of Service: LR5.5
Actions, see Cases
Addition of Counsel: LR83.17
Administration of Estates: LR66.1
Admiralty and Maritime Claims, Supplemental Rules for (LRSup),
Actions in Rem and Quasi in Rem,
General Provisions,
Notice and Approval: LRSupE.1(c)
Security for Costs: LRSupE.1(a)
Stipulations: LRSupE.1(b)
Special Provisions,
Claims Made After Sale, Limitations on: LRSupC.1(d)
Property in Possession of Collector of Customs: LRSupC.1(c)
Publication; Notice of Sale: LRSupC.1(a)
Time Within Which to Show Cause: LRSupC.1(b)
Applicability of Local Civil Rules: LRSupA.1
Appraisal of Property Under Arrest or Attachment: LRSupE.2
Attachments and Garnishments,
Service: LRSupB.1(b)
Suits Filed In Forma Pauperis: LRSupB.1(a)
Judgment of Default: LRSupB.1(c)
Judicial Sale,
Conditions of: LRSupE.4(b)
Marshal's Account of: LRSupE.4(a)
Marshal's Bill of Sale: LRSupE.4(c)
Satisfaction of Judgment: LR58.1(4)
Vessels, Safekeeping of and Movement Within Port: LRSupE.3
Admission to Bar/Practice Law in District,
General Bar, see General Bar Admission
Pro Hac Vice: LR83.14
Trial Bar, see Trial Bar, Admission
Admissions,
re Amount in Controversy, Removal of Case from State Court: LR81.2(a)
of Fact in Summary Judgment Motions: LR56.1
to Practice, Declaration Required by LR83.28(d): Appendix, Form LR83.28
Statements in ADR Proceedings: LR83.5
Statements in Voluntary Mediation Program: LR16.3(c)
ADR, see Alternative Dispute Resolution
Advertisements, Publication of: LR83.3
Affidavit,
of Attorneys,
Filed with Petition for Bar Admission: LR83.10(c)
Truthfulness of: LR83.53.3(Comment)
Commencing Contempt Proceedings: LR37.1(a)
of Efforts to Obtain Counsel Other Than by Appointment: LR83.36(a)
of Financial Status,
Application for Appointment of Counsel: LR83.36(a)
Filing Without Prepayment of Fees (In Forma Pauperis): LR3.3
of Jurisdiction, Filed by Surety to Secure Bond: LR65.1(b)(3)
of Service: LR5.5
Affiliates, Notification of (Corporate Disclosure Statement): LR3.2
After Hours,
Assignment of Cases Filed: LR40.2(b)
Habeas Corpus Proceedings by Persons in Custody: LR81.3(c)
Places of Holding Court: LR77.1
See Also Emergency, Matters
Agreement, Statement of Attempts to Reach Before Filing Discovery Motion: LR37.2
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR),
Confidentiality and Effect of Proceedings: LR83.5
See Also Voluntary Mediation Program
Amicus Briefs, Habeas Proceedings: LR81.3(c)
Answer,
Brief: LR78.3
IFP Matter, Time for After Return of Waiver: LR4(a)
to Interrogatories,
re Amount in Controversy, Removal Cases: LR81.2(a)
Form: LR33.1
Appeal,
Bankruptcy: LR16.1(b)(5)
Effect of Motion/Agreement re Attorney Fees and Related Non-taxable Expenses on: LR54.3(c)
Extension of Time to File/Docket Record, Consent Orders: LR77.3
of Fee Determination Under Equal Access to Justice Act: LR16.1(b)(11)
of Immigration Judge's Decision: LR81.4(a)
Procedures following: LR40.5; See Also Remands
Record on, Availability of Exhibits for: LR79.1(b)
Supersedeas Bond for Stay of Judgment Upon: LR62.1
Appearance of Counsel,
Additional: LR83.17
Forms,
Emergency: LR83.17(f)
General: LR83.17(a)
by Law Firms Prohibited: LR83.17(c)
When to Be Filed: LR83.17(d)
Who Must File: LR83.17(b)
Generally,
Criminal Proceedings: LR83.12(c)
Testimonial Proceedings: LR83.12(b)
Waiver of Experience Requirements: LR83.12(d)
Who May Appear: LR83.12(a)
Law Firms: LR83.16(c)
Non-Bar Members: LR83.14
Nonresident Attorney,
Designation of Local Counsel for Service: LR83.15(a)
Duties of Local Counsel: LR83.15(c)
Penalties for Noncompliance: LR83.15(b)
Pro Hac Vice:
Disciplinary Jurisdiction over: LR83.25(d)
Non-Bar Members: LR83.14
Nonresident Attorney: LR83.15
Substitution: LR83.17
Supervised Senior Law Students: LR83.13
Withdrawal: LR83.17
Application for Appointment of Counsel, see Appointment of Counsel, Application for
Appointed Counsel,
Absent Party at Deposition Before Filing of Suit, Fee for Representing: LR27.1
Discharge on Request of Party: LR83.39
Duties & Responsibilities: LR83.37
Expenses, Reimbursement for: LR83.40
Fees,
Agreements: LR83.41(b)
Allowance of: LR83.14(c)
Party's Ability to Pay: LR83.41(a)
Representation of Absent Party at Deposition Before Suit: LR27.1
Appointment of Counsel by Court,
After Discharge of First or Second Appointed Counsel: LR83.39
Application for: LR83.36(a)
Disciplinary Proceedings, see Disciplinary Proceedings, Attorney
Duty to Accept: LR83.11(g)
Factors Used in Determining Whether to Appoint: LR83.36(c)
Notice of: LR83.36(f)
Order of: LR83.36(d)
Payment,
Attorney's Fees: LR83.41; See Also Appointed Counsel, Fees
Expenses of Litigation: LR83.40
Privately Retained, Attorney Initially: LR83.36(g)
Re-application: LR83.36(b)
Relief from,
Grounds and Application: LR83.38(a)
Order Granting: LR83.38(b)
Representation of Absent Party at Pre-suit Deposition: LR27.1
Selection of Attorney: LR83.36(e)
See Also Appointed Counsel; Rules of Professional Conduct; Trial Bar, Pro Bono Program
Appointments, Court
Attorney, see Appointment of Counsel
Master: LR53.1(a)
Officials, Oath of: LR83.2
Appraiser (Appointed), Oath of: LR83.2
Arbitration, see Alternative Dispute Resolution
Argument on Motions: LR78.3
Arrest by U.S. Marshal in Contempt Proceedings: LR37.1(a),(c)
Assembly of Groups Within Courthouses, Unapproved: LR83.1(b)
Assessor (Appointed), Oath of: LR83.2
Assignment of Cases,
Cases,
After Hours, Filed: LR40.2(b)
Appeal, Following: LR40.5
Civil Rights Act (by Persons in Custody): LR40.3(b)(1)
Complaints Under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 (by Persons in Custody): LR40.3(b)(1)
Disciplinary: LR40.3(a)(1)
Enforcement of IRS-issued Summonses: LR40.3(b)(4)
Enforce Judgment, Filed to: LR40.3(b)(5)
Habeas Corpus Petitions: LR40.3(b)(1)
IRS-issued Summonses, Petitions to Enforce: LR40.3(b)(4)
Mail-in: LR40.2(c)
Modify Prior Judgment, Brought to: LR40.3(b)(5)
Multidistrict Litigation, Tag-along: LR40.3(b)(6)
New: LR40.2(a)
Persons in Custody, Filed by: LR40.3(b)(1)
Re-filed (Previously Dismissed): LR40.3(b)(2)
Remanded: LR40.5
Removed (Previously Remanded): LR40.3(b)(3)
Summonses (IRS), Petition for Enforcement of: LR40.3(b)(4)
Tag-along (MDL): LR40.3(b)(6)
Vacate Judgment, Brought to: LR40.3(b)(5)
Condition of: LR40.1(d)
Direct: LR40.3
to Executive Committee: LR40.3(a)
to Specific Judge: LR40.3(b)
Designated Magistrate Judge: LR72.1
General: LR40.1(a)
to New Judges: LR40.1(g)
Procedures: LR40.2
Punishment for Violating Procedures: LR40.1(c)
Reassignment,
of Cases Following Appeal: LR40.5
of Related Cases: LR40.4
Supervision of System: LR40.1(b)
See Also Reassignment of Cases
Assistance to Foreign Tribunals and to Litigants Before Such Tribunals, Discovery: LR26.4
Attaching Note to Subpoena: LR45.1
Attorneys,
Addition of Counsel: LR83.17
Appearance, see Appearance of Counsel
Censure of, see Disciplinary Proceedings, Attorney
Certificate of Service: LR5.5
Disbarment, see Disciplinary Proceedings, Attorney
Discipline, see Disciplinary Proceedings, Attorney
Fees, see Attorney's Fees
ID Numbers: LR83.16(g)
Law Students: LR83.13
Misconduct, see Disciplinary Proceedings, Attorney
of Record, see Appearance of Counsel
Reinstatement, see Reinstatement of Attorney
Reprimand of, see Disciplinary Proceedings, Attorney
Substitution of Counsel: LR83.17
Suspension, see Disciplinary Proceedings, Attorney
Transfer to Inactive Status,
Automatic: LR83.18(a)
Automatic Reinstatement: LR83.18(d)
Disciplinary Proceedings: LR83.17(f)
Motion for: LR83.18(b)
Practice of Law Prohibited: LR83.18(c)
Reinstatement: LR83.18(e)
Withdrawal of Counsel: LR83.17
See Also Bar Admission; Trial Admission; Rules of Professional Conduct
Attorney's Fees,
Absent Party, Appointment to Represent at Deposition Before Suit: LR27.1
Appointed Counsel, see Appointed Counsel, Fees
Contempt Proceedings: LR37.1(a),(d)
Deposition, Appointed to Represent Absent Party: LR27.1
Disclosure by Parties, Refusal: LR54.3
Infants/Incompetents, Cases by or on Behalf of: LR17.1
Judgment of Foreclosure, In: LR54.4
Pro Bono Appointment, see Appointed Counsel, Fees
and Related Non-taxable Expenses,
Definitions: LR54.3(a)
Fee Motion,
Effect on Appeals: LR54.3(c)
Memoranda: LR54.3(f)
Motion for Instructions: LR54.3(g)
Pre-Motion Agreement: LR54.3(d)
Time to File: LR54.3(b)
Joint Statement re: LR54.3(e)
Pre-Motion Agreement: LR54.3(d)
of Receiver's Counsel: LR66.1(a)(1)
See Also Rules of Professional Conduct
Audio Recording in Court Environs: LR83.1(c)
Auditor (Appointed), Oath of: LR83.2
Automatic Provisions of Fed.R.Civ.P. 26, Applicability of: LR26.1
Availability of Exhibits, LR79.1(b)
Bail,
Contempt Proceedings: LR37.1(a)
Criminal Proceedings, Bonds: LCrR46.1
Bankruptcy Appeals and Transfers: LR16.1(b)(5)
Bar,
General, see General Bar
Membership, Inactive Status: LR83.18
Trial, see Trial Bar
Benefits, Social Security, Suit for: LR8.1
Bill of Costs: LR54.1(a)
Binding Effect,
Alternative Dispute Resolution,
Behavior or Statements in Proceedings: LR83.5
Written Settlement Agreement: LR83.5
Voluntary Mediation Program, Statements/Proceedings: LR16.3(c)
Bonds,
Approval by the Clerk (Civil Cases): LR65.2
Bail, Criminal Proceedings: LCrR46.1
Form to be Completed by Person Depositing Cash to Secure: Appendix, Form LCrR46.1
Consent Orders Canceling: LR77.3
Contempt Proceedings: LR37.1(a)
Premiums, Taxation of: LR54.1(c)
Security for Costs: LR65.3
Supersedeas: LR62.1
Sureties on: LR65.1
Proceedings Against: LR65.1.1
See Also Admiralty and Maritime Claims, Supplemental Rules
Briefs,
Amicus, in Habeas Proceedings: LR81.3(a)
Failure to File: LR78.3
Form: LR5.2
Page Limit: LR7.1
Schedules: LR78.3
Broadcasting, Radio or Television, in Court Environs: LR83.1(c)
Business Hours, Outside of Normal, see After Hours
Calendars,
of Absent Judge: LR77.2 (Committee Comments)
Civil: LR40.1(e)
of Departed Judge, Reassignment of: LR40.1(f)
Criminal: LR40.1(e)
Executive Committee: LR40.1(e)
Fugitive: LR40.1(e)
of Judges, Defined: LR40.1(e)
New Judge (Initial): LR40.1(g)
Cameras, Use in Court Environs: LR83.1(c)
Capital Punishment, Habeas Corpus Proceedings: LR81.3
Cases,
Assignment of, see Assignment of Cases
Dismissal, Default: LR41.1
Exempt from Pretrial Procedures: LR16.1(b)
Filing Requirements, see Filing, Requirements
Reassignment, see Reassignment of Cases
Referral to Magistrate Judge: LR72.1
Related, Reassignment of: LR40.4; LR72.1
Removal of, see Removal
by Subject Matter or Type, look for Entry under subject matter/type, e.g., Bankruptcy, see Bankruptcy
Table of: LR7.1
Transfer Under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1404, 1406, 1412: LR83.4
Censure of Attorneys, see Disciplinary Proceedings, Attorney
Central Jury Assembly Lounge (Part of Court Environs), Limitations on Use: LR83.1
Central Violations Bureau: LCrR58.1
Certificate of Service (Attorney): LR5.5
Change of Corporate Affiliation--Disclosure Statement: LR3.2
Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC): LR37.1
Children, Suits By or On Behalf of: LR17.1
Civil Contempt of Court: LR37.1
Civil Rights Act, Complaints Under by Persons in Custody,
Assignment: LR40.3(b)(1)
Form: LR81.1
See Also Persons in Custody, Petitions by
Claims Involving Patents or Trademarks, Notice of: LR3.4
Class Actions, Related Cases: LR40.4(a)
Code of Ethical/Professional Conduct, Attorneys, see Rules of Professional Conduct
Commissioner, Oath of: LR83.2
Compel, Motion to (Discovery): LR37.2
Complaints see Pleadings
Conference,
Disciplinary: LR26.1
Pretrial: LR16.2
Confidentiality,
ADR Proceedings: LR83.5
Agreement, Pretrial Services Agency, see Non-Disclosure Agreement
Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings: LR83.25(e)
of Information Exchanged re Fees: LR54.3(d)
of Juror Qualification Forms: LR47.1(c)
Voluntary Mediation Program Proceedings : LR16.3(c)
See Also Rules of Professional Conduct; Restricted Documents
Confinement by U.S. Marshal, Civil Contemnor: LR37.1(c)
Conflict of Interest, Attorney, see Rules of Professional Conduct
Congregation of Groups Within Courthouses, Unapproved: LR83.1(b)
Consent Orders Signed by Clerk Without Submission to Court: LR77.3
Consent to Proceed Before a Magistrate Judge (to Exercise of Jurisdiction),
to Enter Judgment: LR73.1(b)
Limited: LR73.1(c)
Reassignment of Cases: LR73.1(a)
Constitutionality of Act of Congress, Notice of Claims re: LR24.1
Contact With Jurors (Criminal Cases): LCrR31.1
Contempts,
Civil,
Arrest by U.S. Marshal: LR37.1(a),(c)
Commencing Proceedings: LR37.1(a)
Discharge Where No Contempt: LR37.1(d)
Fines: LR37.1(c)
Jury Demand/Waiver: LR37.1(b)
Order Where Found in Contempt: LR37.1(c)
Trial: LR37.1(b)
Criminal, Assignment of Cases: LCrR50.2
Failure to File Appearance Form: LR83.16(e)
Violation of Case Assignment Procedures: LR40.1(c)
Contents, Table of: LR7.1
Convicted Attorneys, Discipline of: LR83.27
Copies,
Evidentiary Matter Served with Motion: LR78.4
Judge's: LR5.2(c)
Three Judge Cases: LR9.1
Corporate Criminal Defendants, Pleas By: LCrR11.1
Corporate Disclosure Statement: LR3.2
Corporate Party, Notification of Affiliates - Disclosure Statement: LR3.2
Costs,
Civil Contempt Proceedings: LR37.1(a),(c),(d)
Estates, Compensation of Administrators: LR66.1(a)(1)
Jury, Unused Panel: LR54.2
Security for: LR65.3
Stipulation re Fees and Costs Paid: LR54.5
Taxation of,
Bond Premiums: LR54.1(c)
Judicial Sale: LR79.2
Special Master Fee: LR54.1(d)
Time to File: LR54.1(a)
Transcript or Deposition: LR54.1(b)
Waiver by Failure to File Bill of Costs: LR54.1(a)
See Also Fees; Attorney's Fees and Related Non-taxable Expenses
Counsel, see Attorney
Appointed, see Appointed Counsel; Appointment of Counsel
Court,
Approval,
in Cases by/on behalf of Infants/Incompetents: LR17.1
Call,
Designation of Judge to Hear for Absent Judge: LR77.2
Notice of: LR41.1
Environs, Definition: LR83.1(a)
Facilities, Limitations on Use: LR83.1
Places of Holding: LR77.1
Records: LR79.1; see Exhibits; Records
Registry Account/Fund: LR67.1
Special Sessions of: LR77.1
Standing Order on Pretrial Procedures: LR16.1
Cover Sheet, Materials Under Seal: LR5.8
Criminal Cases, Fugitive Calendar: LR40.1(e)(2)
Criminal Contempt Cases, Assignment: LCrR50.2
Criminal Proceedings, Attorney Appearance: LR83.12(c)
Criminal Rules, Local (LCrR),
Appearance of Counsel/Attorney: LCrR57.1
Applicability of Local Civil Rules: LCrR1.2
Arraignments: LCrR10.1
Assignment of Cases,
Direct,
Arising Out of Failure to Appear: LCrR50.2(3)
Criminal Contempt, Arising Out of Grand Jury Proceedings: LCrR50.2(1)
Interception of Wire and Oral Communications: LCrR50.2(2)
Superseding Indictment or Information: LCrR50.2(4)
Where Pre-Indictment Assignment Made: LCrR50.2(5)
to Magistrate Judges, see Criminal Rules, Magistrate Judges
Reassignment of Related Cases: LCrR50.1
Bail Bonds,
Form to be Completed by Person Depositing Cash to Secure: Appendix, FormLCrR46.1
Refund of Cash Deposit: LCrR46.1(b)
Who May Approve: LCrR46.1(a)
Central Violations Bureau (CVB), see Petty Offenses; Central Violations Bureau
Confidentiality,
Pretrial Services Information and Reports,
General: LCrR46.4(a)
Prohibition of Disclosure: LCrR46.4(b)
Records, Presentence Investigation Reports and Probation Supervision: LCrR32.3
See Also Criminal Rules, Release of Information by Courthouse Personnel
Contact With Jurors: LCrR31.1
Duty Magistrate Judge, Eastern Division: LCrR5.1
Grand Jury,
Records in Possession of Clerk: LCrR6.2
Supervision of by Chief Judge: LCrR6.1
Magistrate Judges,
Assignments and Referrals,
Designation at Filing: LCrR50.3(c)
Federal Enclave Magistrate Judge: LCrR50.3(b)
Forfeiture of Collateral Hearings: LCrR50.3(e)
Misdemeanors: LCrR50.3(a)
Referrals: LCrR50.3(d)
Right to Proceed Before District Judge: LCrR50.3(f)
Reviews and Appeals,
CVB and Misdemeanor: LCrR50.4(b)
Duty Magistrate Judge: LCrR50.4(a)
Motions,
Briefing: LCrR47.1(b)
Ex Parte: LCrR47.1(c)(2)
Notice and Presentation: LCrR47.1(a)
Exceptions: LCrR47.1(c)
Petty Offenses; Central Violations Bureau,
Amount of Collateral/List of Petty Offenses, Executive Committee: LCrR58.1(a)
Central Violations Bureau: LCrR58.1(d)
Collateral in Lieu of Appearance: LCrR58.1(b)
Dismissals and Voids of Violation Notices: LCrR58.1(e)
Forfeiture of Collateral: LCrR58.1(c)
Pleas by Corporate Defendants: LCrR11.1
Presentence Investigations,
Application of Rule: LCrR32.1(a)
Conference: LCrR32.1(h)
Definitions: LCrR32.1(b)
Hearing, Scheduling of: LCrR32.1(c)
Notice to Probation Department: LCrR32.1(d)
Position Paper: LCrR32.1(g)
Report,
Final: LCrR32.1(i)
Availability of: LCrR32.1(m)
Examination of: LCrR32.1(j)
Responsibility of Attorneys to Review: LCrR32.1(k)
and Letters: LCrR32.1(l)
Preliminary: LCrR32.1(f)
Submission of Versions: LCrR32.1(e)
Pretrial,
Discovery and Inspection,
Declination of Disclosure: LCrR16.1(b)
Discovery Conference: LCrR16.1(a)
Motions,
Additional Discovery: LCrR12.1(b)
Procedure: LCrR47.1(c)(1)
Time: LCrR12.1(a)
Services Agency,
Functions of: LCrR46.2
Notifying of Arrest and Filing of Case: LCrR46.3
Probation or Supervised Release, Petitions/Reports re Modification of Terms: LCrR32.1.1
Related Cases, Reassignment of: LCrR50.1
Release of Information by Courthouse Personnel: LCrR57.2
Custody, Persons in, see Persons in Custody, Petitions by
Customer Challenges 12 U.S.C. § 3410: LR16.1(b)(10)
Death of Judge, Reassignment of Cases Upon: LR40.1(f)
Decision on Pending Motion, Request for: LR78.5
Declaration of Admissions to Practice: Appendix, Form LR83.28
Default: LR41.1
Delivery Service, Overnight: LR5.3(a)(1)
Demand for Trial by Jury, Civil Contempt Cases: LR37.1(b)
Demonstrating Outside Courthouse: LR83.1(b)
Departing Judge, Calendar: LR40.1(f)
Deportation (Removal) Cases,
Habeas Corpus Proceedings in: LR81.4
Reviews: LR16.1(b)(6)
See Also Removal of Alien
Depositions,
Before Suit, Fees for Attorneys Appointed to Represent Absent Parties: LR27.1
Generally, see Discovery
Deposits,
of Exhibits with Clerk: LR79.1
of Funds with Clerk, Investment of: LR67.1
Designated Magistrate Judges, see Magistrate Judges
Designation of Local Counsel for Service: LR83.15
Designation Sheet,
Filing Cases: LR3.1
Re-filing of Case Previously Dismissed: LR40.3(b)(2)
Destruction of Restricted Documents: LR26.2(e)
Direct Assignment of Cases, see Assignment of Cases
Dirksen Federal Courthouse,
Limitations on Use: LR83.1
Places of Holding Court, Eastern Division: LR77.1
Disbarment, Attorney, see Disciplinary Proceedings, Attorney
Disciplinary Proceedings, Attorney, (LR83.25-83.31)
Appointment of Counsel: LR83.29
Subpoenas: LR83.29(b)
Convicted of Other than Serious Crime: LR83.27(d)
Convicted of Serious Crime,
Automatic Suspension: LR83.27(a)
Executive Committee to Institute Disciplinary Proceedings: LR83.27(c)
Judgment of Conviction as Evidence: LR83.27(b)
Reinstatement Where Conviction Reversed: LR83.27(e)
Duties of the Clerk,
ABA National Discipline Data Bank: LR83.31(d)
Certification of Conviction in Another Court: LR83.31(a)
Conviction or Discipline in This Court: LR83.31(c)
Discipline Imposed in Another Court: LR83.31(b)
Record of Disciplinary Actions: LR83.31(e)
Generally,
Attorneys Admitted Pro Hac Vice: LR83.25(d)
Confidentiality: LR83.25(e)
Court Disciplinary Committee: LR83.25(b)
Definitions: LR83.25(a)
Filing: LR83.25(f)
Inactive Status: see Attorneys, Transfer to Inactive Status
Jurisdiction: LR83.25(c)
Proceedings Before Executive Committee: LR83.25(e)
Misconduct,
Action by Executive Committee: LR83.28(b)
Answer; Declaration: LR83.28(d); Appendix, Form LR83.28
Assignment to Individual Judge: LR83.28(e)
Complaint of: LR83.28(a)
Disbarment on Consent: LR83.28(f)
Statement of Charges; Service: LR83.28(c)
Other Courts, Attorneys Disciplined by,
Disciplinary Order as Evidence: LR83.26(b)
Duty to Notify Court of Discipline by Another Court: LR83.26(a)
Effect of Stay of Imposition of Discipline in Other Court: LR83.26(d)
Imposition of Discipline: LR83.26(e)
Rule to Show Cause: LR83.26(c)
Reinstatement,
Automatic & By Petition: LR83.30(a)
Burden of Proof: LR83.30(d)
Conditions of: LR83.30(f)
Duties of Counsel: LR83.30(e)
Hearing: LR83.30(c)
Petition for: LR83.30(b)
Disclosure,
Motion for (Discovery): LR37.2
of Parties' Fee Information: LR54.3(d),(e)
Statement, Corporate: LR3.2
Discovery,
Conference: LR27.1
Depositions Before Suit: LR27.1
Disclosure, Motion for: LR37.2
Foreign Tribunals, Testimony for Use in: LR26.4
Good Faith Efforts to Reach Accord, Statement of: LR37.2
Interrogatories,
Form of Answer/Objections: LR33.1
Materials,
Custodian: LR26.3
Filing with Court: LR26.3
Offered in Evidence as Exhibit: LR26.3
Plan: LR26.1
Pretrial Conference, Initial: LR26.1
Production, Motion for: LR37.2
Protective Orders: LR26.2
Rule 26(f) Meeting: LR26.1
Scheduling Conference: LR26.1
Statement of Consultation/Efforts to Reach an Accord: LR37.2
Status Hearing, Initial: LR26.1
Subpoena, Attaching Note to: LR45.1
Discrimination, Employment, see Employment Discrimination
Dismissal,
on Consent, Signature of Order by Clerk Without Submission to Court: LR77.3(b)
by Default: LR41.1
Failure to Pay Filing Fee Upon Denial of IFP Petition: LR3.3(e)
Magistrate Authorization to Enter Judgment of: LR73.1(b)
Re-filing of Case After Previous: LR40.3(b)(2)
Want of Prosecution: LR41.1
Disposition of Restricted Documents: LR26.2(b),(e)
District Admissions Committee (Trial Bar): LR83.11
District Court Fund: LR83.11; LR83.40
District Judges,
Assignment of Cases to, see Assignment of Cases
Emergency Judge, see Emergencies
Disturbance or Nuisance Within Courthouses, Causing: LR83.1(b)
Docket Entries, Restricted/Sealed Documents: LR26.2(c)
Documents,
Awaiting Expunction: LR26.2
Filing,
Generally, see Filing
by Non-parties: LR5.6
Motion for Production of: LR37.2
Restricted: LR26.2
Sealed: LR26.2
Duty Magistrate Judge,
Eastern Division: LCrR5.1
Reviews and Appeals: LCrR50.4
Eastern Division, Places of Holding Court in: LR77.1
Economic Stabilization Act Cases (Pretrial Procedures): LR16.1
Electronic Case Filing (ECF): LR5.2, LR5.5, LR5.9
Electronic Transmission, see Fax
Emergency,
Appearances,
Forms: LR83.16(f)
by Local Counsel on Behalf of Nonresident Attorney: LR83.15(c)
Case Filed After Hours, Assignment of: LR40.2(b)
Habeas Proceedings: LR81.3(c)
District Judge: LR77.2(a)(1),(b)
Application to for Order to take Testimony/Statement: LR26.4
Judicial Absence, Procedures: Committee Comment to LR77.2
Magistrate Judge: LR77.2(a)(2),(c)
Matters,
Defined: LR77.2(a)(3)
Foreseeable: LR77.2 (Comment)
Place of Hearing: LR77.1
Western Division: LR77.2(d)
See Also After Hours
Employment Discrimination Cases, Form of Pretrial Memorandum: Appendix A, Form LR16.1.3
Energy Allocation Act Cases, Pretrial Procedures: LR16.1(b)(11)
Enforce Judgment, Assignment of Cases Filed to: LR40.3(b)(5)
Enforcement of Liability of Supersedeas Bond, Notice of: LR65.1.1
Entry of Judgment, Statement of Satisfaction: LR58.1
Enumeration of Paragraphs: LR10; LR56.1
Environs, Court, Defined: LR83.1(a)
Equal Access to Justice Act, Appeal of Fee Determination Under: LR16.1(b)(11)
Estates, Administration of by Receivers: LR66.1
Ethics, Attorney, see Rules of Professional Conduct
Everett McKinley Dirksen Federal Courthouse
Limitations on Use: LR83.1
Places of Holding Court, Eastern Division: LR77.1
Evidence,
Contempt Proceedings: LR37.1(b)
Discovery Materials offered as Exhibit: LR26.3
Fee Dispute: LR54.3(d)
Material Served with Motion: LR78.4
Use of ADR Proceedings/Statements as: LR83.5
Use of Voluntary Mediation Program Statements/Proceedings As: LR16.3(c)
See Also Affidavits; Discovery; Interrogatories
Evidentiary Matter in Support of Motion, Copies to be Served: LR78.4
Ex Parte Motion: LR5.5(d)
Application to Take Testimony for Use in Foreign Tribunals: LR26.4
Examination of Restricted/Sealed Documents: LR26.2(d)
Exemption from Pretrial Procedures: LR16.1(b)
Exhibits,
Availability of: LR79.1(b)
Copies of Evidentiary Matter Served with Motion: LR78.4
Discovery Materials Offered in Evidence as: LR26.3
Removal of: LR79.1(c)
Retention of by Court: LR79.1(a)
Expenses, see Attorney's Fees and Related Non-taxable Expenses; Costs; Fees
Expunction, Documents Awaiting: LR26.2
Facilities, Court, Limitations on Use: LR83.1
Facsimile Transmission, see Fax
Fact, Findings of and Conclusions of Law, Guidelines for Proposed: Appendix A
Fact Statement, Summary Judgment Motion: LR56.1
Failure to Prosecute: LR41.1; LR78.2
Fax,
Filing by Not Permitted: LR5.5(c)
Notice of Motion, Service by: LR5.3(a)(1)
Proof of Service by: LR5.5
receiving: LR5.5
transmitting: LR5.5
Federal Enclave Magistrate Judge: LCrR50.3
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Fed.R.Civ.P.):
Fed.R.Civ.P. 5(a): LR5.5(b)
Fed.R.Civ.P. 11: LR54.1(a); LR83.15(c)
Fed.R.Civ.P. 16: LR16.1
Fed.R.Civ.P. 16(a): LR16.2
Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(c): LR77.3
Fed.R.Civ.P.26(c): LR26.2
Fed.R.Civ.P.26(f): LR26.1
Fed.R.Civ.P.27(a)(2): LR27.1
Fed.R.Civ.P.37(b)(2)(D): LR37.1(a)
Fed.R.Civ.P.54: LR54.1
Fed.R.Civ.P.54(d): LR54.1(b)
Fed.R.Civ.P.56: LR56.1
Fed.R.Civ.P.56(e): LR56.1
Fed.R.Civ.P.59: LR54.1(c)
Fed.R.Civ.P.65.1: LR65.1.1
Fed.R.Civ.P.66: LR77.3
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (Fed.R.Crim.P.),
Fed.R.Crim.P.32(c)(3)(A): LCrR32.1(j)
Fed.R.Crim.P.42: LR83.25(c)
Fed.R.Crim.P.58(g)(2): LCrR50.4(b)
Federal Trademark Act of 1946, Cases,
Notice of Claim Involving Patents or Trademarks: LR3.4
Voluntary Mediation Program: LR16.3
Procedures: Appendix B
Fees,
Attorney's, see Attorney's Fees
Bar Admission, see General Bar Admission; Trial Bar, Admission
Determination Under Equal Access (Pretrial Procedures): LR16.1
Estates, Administration of: LR66.1(a)(1)
Joint Statement Filed with Motion: LR54.3(e)
Model/Sample: Appendix to LR54.3
Motion: LR54.3(f)
Non-taxable Expenses and: LR54.3
Not Prepaid (and Costs), Stipulation Regarding Payment (In Forma Pauperis): LR54.5
Pre-payment of: LR3.3
Security for: LR65.3
Special Master, Taxation of: LR54.1(d)
See Also Costs; Attorney's Fees and Related Non-taxable Expenses
Filing,
After Hours, see After Hours
Appearance Forms: LR83.16
in Attorney Disciplinary Matter: LR83.25(f)
Briefs: LR78.3
Cases Under Seal: LR5.7
Procedures: LR5.7(a)
Civil Rights Act Cases by Persons in Custody: LR81.1
Designation Sheet: LR3.1
Division, Court: LR5.1
Emergency Matter, see Emergency; After Hours
Ex Parte: LR5.5(d)
by Fax Not Permitted: LR5.5(c)
Fee Motion, Time to: LR54.3(b)
Form of Papers: LR5.2
non-compliance: LR5.2(b)
Page limit: LR7.1
form: LR81.3(a)
Outside business hours: LR81.3(c)
on Holidays, see After Hours
In Camera, cases: LR5.7(b)
In Forma Pauperis (IFP): LR3.3(c); LR54.5
Judge's Copy: LR5.2(c)
Judicial Absence, see Emergency
Materials Under Seal: LR5.8
Motions,
Ex Parte: LR5.5(d)
for Fees, Time: LR54.3(b)
In advance of hearing: LR78.1
Place of: LR5.4
by Non-Parties: LR5.6
Notice & Motion: LR5.4
Outside Normal Business Hours, see After Hours
Place of: LR5.1
Pro Se, Civil Rights Cases by Persons in Custody: LR81.1
Receipt Identifying Items Withdrawn from Court Custody: LR79.1(d)
Requirements,
Bar Admission Application, see General Bar Admission; Trial Bar, Admission
Certificate of Service: LR5.5
Corporate Disclosure Statement (Notification of Affiliates): LR3.2
Cover Sheet, Materials Under Seal: LR5.8
Ex Parte Motions: LR5.5(d)
Fees and Costs Not Prepaid, Stipulation re Payment of: LR54.5
Fees, Prepayment of: LR3.3
Form of Papers: LR5.2
Pro Se Prisoners' Civil Rights Cases: LR81.1
of Individual Judge: LR5.4
Notice of Motion: LR5.3
Notice of Presentment: LR5.3(b)
Patent or Trademark Claims: LR3.4
Proof of Service: LR5.5
By Fax: LR5.5(b)
Three Judge Cases: LR9.1
Third (Non)Parties, by: LR5.6
Under 31 U.S.C. § 3730: LR5.8
Under Seal,
cases: LR5.7
documents/materials: LR5.8
on Weekends, see After Hours
Filming in Court Environs: LR83.1(c)
Final Pretrial Order Form: Form LR16.1.1
Financial Affidavit (IFP): LR3.3
Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, Guidelines for Proposed: Appendix A
Fines,
Civil Contempt: LR37.1(c)
Maximum Sentence for Failure to Pay: LR37.1(c)
Failure to File Appearance Form: LR83.16(e)
See also Attorney's Fees and Related Non-taxable Expenses; Costs; Expenses; Fees; Sanctions and Penalties
Firms, Law, see Law Firms(appearance forms): LR83.16
Font Size: LR5.2
Foreclosure, Judgment of: LR54.4
Foreign Tribunals, Testimony for Use in: LR26.4
Forfeiture/Penalty, U.S., Pretrial Procedures: LR16.1
Forms
Declaration of Admissions to Practice: LR83.28
Final Pretrial Order Form: LR16.1.1
Form to be Completed by the Person Depositing Cash to Secure a Bond: LCrR46.1
Joint Statement: LR54.3
Notice to Pro Se Litigants: LR56.2
Notice of Sale: LR69.1
Petition Form: LR83.10
Pretrial Memorandum for use in Employment Discrimination Cases: LR16.1.3
Pretrial Memorandum for use in Personal Injury Cases: LR16.1.2
Standing Order & Form: LR16.1
Form of Papers Filed: LR5.2; LR10
Format of Documents: LR5.2
Briefs,
Table of Cases: LR7.1
Table of Contents: LR7.1
Interrogatories,
Answers and Objections to Answers: LR33.1
Objections to: LR33.1
Pleadings: LR10
Habeas Corpus Petitions,
by Persons in Custody: LR81.3(a)
in Removal (Deportation) Cases: LR81.4(b)
Pro Se Complaints Under Civil Rights Act by Persons in Custody: LR81.1
Pretrial Orders and Memoranda: Appendix A
FRCP see Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Cases, Pretrial Procedures: LR16.1(b)(11)
Friend of the Court, see Amicus
Fugitive Calendar: LR40.1(e)(2)
Fully-Briefed Motion, Request for Decision/Status Report on: LR78.5
Funds Deposited With Clerk, Investment of: LR67.1
Gathering of Groups Within Courthouses, Unapproved: LR83.1(b)
General Bar Admission,
Ceremonies: LR83.10(e)
Certificate of: LR83.10(g)
Fee: LR83.10(f)
Oath of Office: LR83.10
Petition/Application,
Filing: LR83.10(c)
Form: LR83.10(b)
Screening: LR83.10(d)
Sponsors: LR83.10(c)(2)
Qualifications: LR83.10(a)
Good Faith Efforts to Agree, Statement of:
Discovery Dispute: LR37.2
Fee Dispute: LR54.3(d)
Grand Juries, Records of: LCrR6.2
Guidelines for Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law: Appendix A
Habeas Corpus Petitions,
by Persons in Custody,
Assignment of: LR40.3(b)(1)
Capital Punishment Cases: LR81.3(b)
Filing Outside Business Hours: LR81.3(c)
Form: LR81.3(a)
See Also Persons in Custody, Petitions by
in Removal (Deportation) Cases,
Form: LR81.4(b)
Service of Writ: LR81.4(c)
Stay of Removal: LR81.4(c)
Hearing,
Filing Motion in Advance of: LR78.1
Holding Court, Places of: LR77.1
Holidays, Filing Cases on, see After Hours
Human Services Commissioner (Social Security Cases): LR8.1
Identification (ID) Numbers, Attorney: LR83.16(g)
IFP, see In Forma Pauperis
Illinois Supreme Court Rules (Ill.S.Ct.R.),
Ill.S.Ct.R. 213: LR81.2(a)(2)(A)
Ill.S.Ct.R. 216(a),(c): LR81.2(a)(2)(B)
Ill.S.Ct.R. 711: LR83.13
Immigration Appeals (Habeas Corpus Proceedings in Removal Cases): LR81.4
In Camera, Filing Complaints: LR5.7(b)
In Forma Pauperis (IFP),
Answer, Time for After Return of Waiver: LR4(b)
Petition: LR3.3
Stipulation Re Payment of Fees and Costs Not Prepaid: LR54.5
Waiver of Service: LR4
In Rem Actions, Admiralty, see Admiralty and Maritime Claims, Supplemental Rules For
Inspection of Restricted/Sealed Documents: LR26.2(d)
Inactive Cases, Dismissal of: LR41.1
Inactive Status, Transfer of Attorney to, see Attorney, Transfer to Inactive Status
Incompetents, Actions By or On Behalf of: LR17.1
Infants, Actions By or On Behalf of: LR17.1
Initial Status Hearings: LR26.1
Interlineations (Form of Papers Filed): LR5.2
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Petition to Enforce Summonses Issued By, Assignment: LR40.3(b)(4)
Pretrial Procedures, Tax Suits and IRS Third Party: LR16.1(b)(9)
Interrogatories,
re Amount in Controversy, Removal from State Court: LR81.2(a)
Answer, Form of: LR33.1
Objections to Answers, Form of: LR33.1
Objections to, Form of: LR33.1
See Also Discovery; Pretrial Order
Inventory of Estate Property: LR66.1(b)
Investment of Funds Deposited With Clerk: LR67.1
IRS, see Internal Revenue Service
Joint Statement Re Fees: LR54.3(e)
Model/Sample: Appendix to LR54.3
Joliet, Ill., Courtroom (Part of Court Environs), Limitations on Use: LR83.1
Journalists, see Media
Judges, see District Judges; Magistrate Judges
Judge's Copy: LR5.2
Judgment,
Consent to Entry by Magistrate Judge: LR73.1(b)
Creditor (Satisfaction of Judgment): LR58.1
Enforcement of, Assignment of Cases Filed for: LR40.3(b)(5)
of Foreclosure, Statement re Attorney's Fees: LR54.4
Modification of, Assignment of Cases Filed for: LR40.3(b)(5)
Satisfaction of: LR58.1
Stay of Enforcement of, Security for: LR62.1
Summary: LR56.1; See Also Summary Judgment
Vacation of: LR40.3(b)(5)
Judicial Absence, see Emergency
Judicial Conference: LR40.1. Assignment of Cases: General
Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, Rule 13 of Rules of Procedure of: LR40.3(b)(6)
Judicial Sale, Redemption From: LR79.2
Jurors, Criminal Cases, Contact with: LCrR31.1
Jury: LR47.1
Assembly Lounge (Part of Court Environs), Limitations on Use: LR83.1
Costs for Unused Panels: LR54.2
Demand in Civil Contempt Proceedings: LR37.1(b)
List: LR47.1(a)
Qualification Forms: LR47.1(c)
Separate Panels: LR47.1(b)
Summons and Assignment: LR47.1(a)
Lack of Prosecution, Dismissal for: LR41.1
Lanham Act Cases,
Notice of Claims Involving Trademarks: LR3.4
Voluntary Mediation Program: LR16.3
Procedures: Appendix B
Law Firms, Appearance by: LR83.16(c)
Law Students, Representation of Litigants by: LR83.13
Lead Counsel, Indication on Appearance Form: LR83.16(b)
Letter of Credit, Form: LR65.1
Form: Letter of Credit
Limitations on Use of Court Facilities: LR83.1
Line Spacing: LR5.2(a)
Local Admiralty Rules, see Admiralty and Maritime Claims, Supplemental Rules for
Local Counsel,
Designation for Service: LR83.15
Duties: LR83.15(c)
Local Criminal Rules, Criminal Rules, Local
Location of Holding Court: LR77.1
Lodestar Method, Fee Calculation: LR54.3(e)(1)
Loitering Within Court Environs: LR83.1(b)
Magistrate Judges,
Consents,
to Enter Judgment: LR73.1(b)
Limited: LR73.1(c)
Reassignment of Case: LR73.1(a)
Criminal Matters, see Criminal Rules, Local
Departing, Return of Pending Referrals: LR40.1(f)
Designated, Referrals to: LR72.1
Duty Magistrate Judge, see Criminal Rules, Local
Emergency Magistrate Judge, see Emergencies
Federal Enclave Magistrate Judge, see Criminal Rules, Local
Reassignment to on Consent: LR73.1
Referrals to: LR72.1
Report and Recommendation, Objection to: LR7.1
Mail, Service by,
Notice of Motion: LR5.3(a)(2)
Mail-in Cases, Assignment of: LR40.2(c)
Margins, LR5.2(a)
Maritime Claims, see Admiralty and Maritime Claims
Masters,
Appointment: LR53.1(a)
Oath: LR83.2
Reference: LR53.1(a)
Report,
Inclusion of Exhibits With: LR79.1(a)
Motions Regarding: LR53.1(c)
Sitting Outside District: LR53.1(b)
Taxation of Costs: LR54.1(d)
Material Fact Statement, Summary Judgment Motion: LR56.1
Materials Under Seal, Filing: LR5.8
MCC, see Metropolitan Correctional Center
MDL Panel, see Multidistrict Litigation
Media, Limitations on Broadcast/Cameras/Recording in Court Environs: LR83.1
Mediation Program, Voluntary (Lanham Act Cases): LR16.3
Procedures: Appendix B
Meetings, Rule 26(f) (Pretrial): LR26.1
Mental Disability, Actions by or on Behalf of Persons with: LR17.1
Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago: LR37.1(c)
Minors, Suits By or On Behalf of: LR17.1
Misconduct (Attorney), see Disciplinary Proceedings, Attorney
Misdemeanors: LCrR50.4
Model Final Pretrial Order: Appendix A, Form LR16.1.1
Model Joint Statement re Motion for Fees and Expenses: Appendix to LR54.3
Model Pretrial Memorandum,
Employment Discrimination Cases: Appendix A, Form LR16.1.3
Personal Injury Cases: Appendix A, Form LR16.1.2
Modify Judgment, Assignment of Cases Filed to: LR40.3(b)(5)
Mortgage Foreclosure Cases: LR16.1(b)(2)
Motions,
Appointment of Master: LR53.1(a)
Briefing,
failure to file: LR78.3
schedules: LR78.3
to Compel Discovery: LR37.2
Criminal: LCrR47.1
Decision of, Request for: LR78.5
Denial for Failure to Prosecute: LR78.2
for Disclosure/Discovery: LR37.2
to Enforce Liability on Supersedeas Bond, Notice of: LR65.1.1
Evidentiary Matter in Support of, Copies to be Served: LR78.4
Ex Parte: LR5.5(d)
Fees: LR54.3
Filing, see Filing
Hearing Before Judge: LR78.1
Instructions Re Fees: LR54.3(g)
Juror Selection Procedures, Challenging: LR47.1(c)
re Master's Report: LR53.1(c)
Notice of: LR5.3; See Also Notice
Enforcement of Liability on Supersedeas Bond: LR65.1.1
Oral Argument on: LR78.3
for Production: LR37.2
to Reassign Related Cases: LR40.4(c)
Ruling on: LR40.4(d)
Review of: LR40.4(d)
for Reconsideration of an Order of Transfer: LR83.4
§ 2255 (habeas): LR81.3(d)Status Report on, Request for: LR78.5
Summary Judgment: LR56.1; See Also Summary Judgment
for Transfer to Inactive Status (Attorney): LR83.18(b)
Movement Within Port: LRSupE.3
Multidistrict Litigation (MDL),
Assignment of Tag-along Cases: LR40.3(b)(6)
Executive Committee Calendar: LR40.1(e)(1)
LR40.3 Direct Assignment of Cases
NARA Title II Cases, Pretrial Procedures: LR16.1(b)(11)
NASDAQ-listed Companies, Notification as to Affiliates: LR3.2
Naturalization Service LR77.2 Emergencies, Emergency Judges
New Cases, Assignment of: LR40.2(a)
New Judge, Preparation of Calendar: LR40.1(g)
New Trial, Assignment after Remand of Case for: LR40.5(a)
Newly-Appointed Judge, see New Judge
News Media, see Media
Non-Binding Alternative Dispute Resolution, see Alternative Dispute Resolution
Non-disclosure Agreement, Pretrial Services Agency,
for Organizations Providing Contract Services: Appendix, Form LCrR46.5(b)(3)
for Research Groups: Appendix, Form LCrR46.5(b)(2)
Non-Members of Bar, Appearance by: LR83.14
Non-parties, Filing Documents By: LR5.6
Normal Business Hours, Outside, see After Hours
Note, Attachment to Subpoena: LR45.1
Notice,
of Claims Involving Patents or Trademarks: LR3.4
of Claims of Unconstitutionality: LR24.1
of Corporate Affiliates--Disclosure Statement: LR3.2
of Court Call: LR41.1
of Fees Due, upon denial of IFP petition: LR3.3(e)
Filing (Notice & Motion): LR5.4
Following Remand: LR40.5(b)
of Motion,
Contempt Proceedings: LR37.1(a)
to Enforce Liability of Supersedeas Bond: : LR65.1.1
General,
of Presentment: LR5.3(b); LR78.2
to Pro Se Litigants Opposing Summary Judgment: LR56.2
Publication of: LR83.3
of Removal: LR81.2(a)
to Remove Exhibits: LR79.1(c)
of Sale: LR69.1
of Social Security Number: LR8.1
Waiver of Service, and Request, in IFP Matters: LR4
Notification of Affiliates - Disclosure Statement: LR3.2
Notification of Payment, Fees and Costs Not Prepaid: LR54.5(b)
Nuisance or Disturbance Within Courthouses, Causing: LR83.1(b)
Numbered Paragraphs: LR10; LR56.1
Oath,
Bar Admission: LR83.10(e)
Master, Commissioner; other appointees: LR83.2
Objections,
to Interrogatories or Interrogatory Answers, Form: LR33.1
to Report/Recommendation of Magistrate Judge or Special Master, Format: LR7.1
On Behalf of Infants/Incompetents, Suits: LR17.1
Oral Argument: LR78.3
Order
Pretrial: LR16.1
Granting IFP Petition: LR3.3
Interlocutory, Remand After Appeal of: LR40.5(a)
of Reference to Master: LR53.1(a)
to Show Cause, Initiating Contempt Proceedings: LR37.1(a)
Signed by Clerk Without Submission to Court: LR77.3
Standing (Pretrial): LR16.1
Original Discovery Material, Custodian: LR26.3
Outside Normal Business Hours, see After Hours
Overnight Delivery Service: LR5.3(a)(1)
Page Limit, Briefs: LR7.1
Panels, Jury, see Juries
Paper Size: LR5.2(a)
Parading Outside Courthouse: LR83.1(b)
Paragraphs, Corresponding Numbered: LR10; LR56.1
Patents or Trademarks, Notice of Claim Involving: LR3.4
Penalty, see Sanctions and Penalties
Pending Motion, Request for Decision/Status Report on: LR78.5
Personal Injury Cases, Form of Pretrial Memorandum: Appendix A, Form LR16.1.2
Personal Service,
Notice of Motion: LR5.3
Persons in Custody, Petitions by,
Assignment of: LR40.3(b)(1)
Complaints Under Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §1983: LR81.1
Exemption from Pretrial Procedures: LR16.1(b)(3)
Habeas Corpus Proceedings: LR81.3
Petit Jurors, Summons: LR47.1(a)
Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, see Habeas Corpus Petition
Petition Form,
Bar Admission, see General Bar Admission; Trial Bar, Admission
Habeas: LR81.3(a)
Petitions, see Motions
Petty Offenses: LCrR58.1
Photograph(ers)(s)(y): LR83.1(c)
Picketing Outside Courthouse: LR83.1(b)
Pictures of Court Proceedings: LR83.1(c)
Place of Confinement, Civil Contemnor: LR37.1(c)
Places of Holding Court: LR77.1
Plan for Administration of District Court Fund: Appendix D
Pleading,
Attachment to Complaint Served on Commissioner of Social Security Administration: LR8.1
Complaints Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act) by Persons in Custody: LR81.1
Responsive: LR10
Withdrawal from Court Custody: LR79.1(d)
See Also Filing
Post Conviction Petitions, see Habeas
Preliminary Pretrial Conference: LR26.1
Prepayment of Fees, Requirement for Filing: LR3.3
Presentence Investigation,
Confidentiality of Reports: LCrR32.3
Presentence Investigations: LCrR32.1
Presentment of Motion, date and notice: LR5.3
Pretrial,
Conferences and Status Hearings: LR16.2; LR26.1
Memorandum,
Form in Employment Discrimination Cases: Appendix A, Form LR16.1.3
Form in Personal Injury Cases: Appendix A, Form LR16.1.2
Order, Final (Model): Appendix A, Form LR16.1.1
Procedures: LR16.1
Criminal, see Criminal Rules, Local
Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, Guidelines for: Appendix A
Services Agency (Criminal),
Confidentiality of Information and Reports: LCrR46.4
Non-disclosure Agreement,
for Organizations Providing Contract Services: Appendix, Form LCrR46.5(b)(3)
for Research Groups: Appendix, Form LCrR46.5(b)(2)
Notifying of Arrest and Filing of Case: LCrR46.3
Offices (Part of Court Environs), Limitations on Use: LR83.1
Prisoner Petitions, see Persons in Custody, Petitions by
Privilege,
Alternative Dispute Resolution Proceedings: LR83.5
Attorney-Client, see Rules of Professional Conduct
Voluntary Mediation Proceedings: LR16.3(c)
Pro Bono Program, see Trial Bar, Pro Bono Program
Pro Hac Vice,
Attorney Appearance: LR83.14; LR83.15
Disciplinary Jurisdiction Over: LR83.25(d)
Pro Se,
Complaints Under Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, by Persons in Custody: LR81.1
Litigants Opposing Summary Judgment, Notice to: LR56.2
Proceeding After Discharge of Appointed Counsel: LR83.39
Proceeding After Withdrawal of Appointed Counsel: LR83.38(b)
Probation
Department Offices (Part of Court Environs), Limitations on Use: LR83.1
or Supervised Release,
Modification of Terms, Petitions & Reports Relating to: LCrR32.1.1
Supervision, Confidentiality of Records Relating to: LCrR32.3
Production, Motion for (Discovery): LR37.2
Professional Conduct, Rules of, see Rules of Professional Conduct
Professional Misconduct
Reporting: LR83.58.3
Proof of Service: LR5.5
Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, Guidelines for: Appendix A
Protective Orders,
Discovery: LR26.2
Fee Information: LR54.3(d)
See Also Restricted Documents
Protesting Outside Courthouse: LR83.1(b)
Publication
of Advertisements/Notices: LR83.3
of Court Call (Eastern Division): LR41.1
of Judge Designated to Hear Absent Judge's Call: LR77.2 (Committee Comments)
Publication Notice: LRSupC.1
Publicly-held Company, Notice of Affiliates - Disclosure Statement: LR3.2
Punishment, see Sanctions and Penalties
Qualification Forms, Juror: LR47.1(c)
Radio, Broadcast or Taping in Court Environs: LR83.1(c)
Reassignment of Cases,
Condition of: LR40.1(b)
Death of Judge: LR40.1(f)
Departure of Judge: LR40.1(f)
Effect on Designated Magistrate Judge: LR72.1
General: LR40.1(a)
to Magistrate Judge on Consent: LR73.1
to New Judge: LR40.1(g)
Related Cases: LR40.4
on Remand Following Appeal: LR40.5
Resignation of Judge: LR40.1(f)
See Also Assignment of Cases; Transfers
Receivers, Administration of Estates by: LR66.1
Recording, Audio, Visual, Etc., in Court Environs: LR83.1(c)
Records, Court: LR79.1
Recovery of Overpayments: LR16.1(b)(1)
Recusal, Re-assignment of Cases Following: LR40.1
Redemption from Judicial Sale: LR79.2
Referrals to Magistrate Judges: LR72.1
Return to District Judge Calendar Upon Magistrate Judge Departure: LR40.1(f)
Re-filing of Cases Previously Dismissed, Assignment: LR40.3(b)(2)
Refund of Bar Admission Fee, see General Bar Admission, Fee; Trial Bar, Admission, Fee
Registry Account/Fund, Court: LR67.1
Regular Business Hours, Matters Outside, see After Hours; Emergency
Reimbursement of Expenses: LR83.40
Reinstatement of Attorney,
Automatic Upon Payment of Registration Fees: LR83.18(d)
Petition and Hearing: LR83.18(e)
Related Cases,
Conditions of Reassignment: LR40.4(b)
Defined: LR40.4(a)
Designated Magistrate Judge: LR72.1
Motion to Reassign: LR40.4(c)
Ruling on: LR40.4(d)
Review of Finding of Relatedness: LR40.4(d)
Related Non-taxable Expenses, see Attorney's Fees and Related Non-taxable Expenses
Remands,
Procedures for Following Appeals: LR40.5
of Removals: LR81.2(b)
Removal
of Alien (Deportation), Habeas Corpus Proceedings in: LR81.4
of Cases,
from Illinois State Court: LR81.2(a)
Previously Remanded, Assignment: LR40.3(b)(3)
of Exhibits: LR79.1(c)
Reply Brief: LR78.3
Report
of Master, Motion to Confirm or Reject: LR53.1(c)
and Recommendation, Magistrate Judge, Objections to: LR7.1
by Receiver: LR66.1(b)
Special Master, Objections to: LR7.1
Status of Motion, Request for: LR78.5
Reprimand of Attorney, see Disciplinary Proceedings, Attorney
Requests,
for Admissions re Amount in Controversy, Removal Cases: LR81.2(a)
for Decision/Status Report on Pending Motion: LR78.5
for Disclosure/Production (Discovery): LR37.2
for Waiver of Service in IFP Matters: LR4
Resignation of Judge, Reassignment of Cases Upon: LR40.1(f)
Response Brief: LR78.3
Response to Interrogatories,
re Amount in Controversy, Removal Cases: LR81.2(a)
Form: LR33.1
Responsive Pleadings: LR10
Answer, Time after return of waiver in IFP matter: LR4(b)
Restricted Access: LR5.7; LR26.2
Restricted Documents: LR5.7; LR26.2
Disposition of: LR26.2(b),(e)
Docket Entries: LR26.2(c)
Inspection of: LR26.2(d)
Persons Authorized to Access: LR26.2(b)
Retention of Materials,
Discovery (Originals): LR26.3
Exhibits: LR79.1(a)
Restricted Documents: LR26.2(e)
Retirement of Judge, Reassignment of Cases Upon: LR40.1(f)
Return of Referral Upon Departure of Magistrate: LR40.1(f)
Return of Waiver in IFP Matters, Time for: LR4(a)
Rockford, Ill.,
County Jail: LR37.1(c)
Courthouse,
Limitations on Use: LR83.1
Places of Holding Court, Western Division: LR77.1
Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC) LR83.50-83.58.9,
Accepting Appointments: LR83.56.2
Acquiring Interest in Litigation: LR83.51.8(k)
Contingent Fee: LR83.51.8(k)(2)
Admission to Practice: LR83.58.1
Advance Fee Payments,
Propriety Of: LR83.51.5 (Comment)
Return Upon Withdrawal: LR83.51.16(e)
Adverse Legal Authority, Duty to Disclose: LR83.53.3(a)(3)
Adverse or Pecuniary Interest, see RPC Conflict of Interest
Advertising, see Communication re Lawyer's Services
Advice to Client,
Candor, Duty of: LR83.52.1
Used to Engage in Criminal or Fraudulent Conduct: LR83.51.2(d),(g), (i), (Comment)
When Lawyer Not Competent in Area: LR83.51.1(b)
Appeal, Advising Client of Possibility: LR83.51.3 (Comment)
Appearance of Impropriety: LR83.51.9 (Comment)
Appointed Counsel,
Accepting Appointments, Preamble; LR83.56.1
Endorsement of Client's Views: LR83.51.2(b)
Requirement of Competence: LR83.51.1
Withdrawal By: LR83.51.16 (Comment)
Arbitrator,
Former, Conflicts of Interest: LR83.51.12
Negotiating for Private Employment: LR83.51.12(b)
Association of Another Attorney in Matter: LR83.51.1(b)
Attorney, Authority of: Scope
Attorney-Client Privilege Distinguished from Confidentiality Rule: LR83.51.6 (Comment)
Authority of Lawyer,
Decisionmaking Authority: LR83.51.2(a)
Government Lawyer: Scope
Belief/Believes, Defined: LR83.50.2(1)
Bribery,
of Judge or Court Officer: LR83.53.5(h)
of Witnesses: LR83.53.4(2)
Candor Toward the Tribunal,
Disclosure of Fraud Upon,
by Client: LR83.51.2(g)
by Non-client: LR83.51.2(h)
Requirements of: LR83.53.3
Charges, Criminal or Disciplinary, to Gain Advantage in Civil Matter: LR83.51.2(e)
Choice of Law in Disciplinary Matters: LR83.58.5(Comment)
Civil Disobedience to Test Validity of Statute: LR83.51.2 (Comment)
Client's Security Fund (Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois),
Participation in: LR83.51.15(d),(Comment)
Reimbursement of Banking Expense by: LR83.51.15(f)
Comments,
Intended as Guides to Interpret Rules: Scope
Communication,
with Client: LR83.51.4
re Lawyer's Services,
Comparisons with Services of Other Lawyers: LR83.57.1(3)
Endorsements by Clients: LR83.57.1 (Comment)
Generally LR83.57.1
Prior Results: LR83.57.1 (Comment)
with Represented Party: LR83.54.2
with Third Persons: LR83.54.1
with Unrepresented Persons: LR83.54.3
Competent Representation, Duty of: LR83.51.1
Confidences of Client,
Corporate Client: LR83.51.13 (Comment)
Defined: LR83.50.2(2)
Disclosure of, Generally: LR83.51.6(b),(c)
Disclosure to Disciplinary Authorities: LR83.58.1
Disclosure When Charged with Wrongdoing: LR83.51.6(c)(3)
Duty to Preserve: LR83.51.6(a)
Imputed to Members of Firm: LR83.51.10 (Comment)
Lawyers' Assistance Program, Information Treated as: LR83.51.6(d),(e)
Perjury by Client: LR83.53.3(b)
Screening of Attorneys to Protect: LR83.51.10(e)
Conflict of Interest,
Acquiring Interest in Litigation: LR83.51.8(k)
Advocate, When Acting as: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Agreement Limiting Client's Right to File Disciplinary Complaint: LR83.51.8(h)
Business Interests of Lawyer: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Business Transaction with Client: LR83.51.8(a)
Consent of Client to: LR83.51.7 (Comment); Lr83.51.7(b)(2); Lr83.51.7(c)(2)
Co-parties, Representation of: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Declining Employment Because of: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Estate Planning or Administration: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Existing Client, Interest Adverse to Client: LR83.51.7(a)
Fee Paid by One Other than Client: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Former Client: LR83.51.9
General Rule: LR83.51.7
Interest of Lawyer Adverse to Client: LR83.51.7(b)
Issue Conflicts: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Legal Services Corporation: LR83.56.2
"Matter" Defined: LR83.51.9 (Comment)Multiple Representation: LR83.51.7(b)(2)
Negotiation: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Opposing Party Raises: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Positional Conflicts: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Third Person, Interest Adverse to Client: LR83.51.7(b)
Unrelated Matters: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Withdrawal Because of: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Constitutional Law,
Governing Authority of Government Lawyer: Scope
Contingent Fee,
Agreement, Defined: LR83.50.2(3)
Expert Witness: LR83.53.3(a)(15); LR83.53.4 (Comment)
Prohibited Representations: LR83.51.5(d))
Exceptions: LR83.51.5(e)
Requirements: LR83.51.5(c)
Continuing Legal Education to Maintain Competence: LR83.51.1 (Comment)
Corporate Representation, see Organization, Representation of
Corporation, Communicating with Employees and Officers of: LR83.54.2 (Comment)
Court,
Appointments: Preamble; LR83.56.1
Candor, Duty of: LR83.53.3
Fraud of Client Upon, Disclosing: LR83.51.2(g)
Fraud of Non-client Upon, Disclosing: LR83.51.2(h)
Offering False Evidence to: LR83.53.3(a)(4),(c)
Creditors of Client Claiming Client Funds: LR83.51.15(c),(Comment)
Criminal Conduct,
Counseling or Assisting a Client to Engage in: LR83.51.2(d); LR83.53.3(a)(2),(6)
Disclosure of Client's: LR83.51.2 (Comment)
Withdrawal Due to Client's: LR83.51.2 (Comment); LR83.51.6 (Comment); LR83.51.16(b)(1)(B); LR83.51.13(c)
Criminal Representation,
Aggregate Plea Bargain on Behalf of Multiple Defendants: LR83.51.8(g)
Co-defendants, Representation of: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Contingent Fee for: LR83.51.5(d)(2)
Decisionmaking Authority: LR83.51.2(a)
Frivolous Defense: LR83.53.1
Perjury by Client: LR83.53.3 (Comment)
Definitions: LR83.50.2
Delegation of Responsibility to Lawyer Not in Same Firm: LR83.51.1(c)
Derivative Actions: LR83.51.13 (Comment)
Dilatory Practices: LR83.53.2 (Comment)
Diligence, Duty of: LR83.51.3
Directors, Board of, and Lawyer: LR83.51.7 (Comment 14)
Disciplinary Authority,
Client's Right to Pursue Complaint with, Agreement Limiting: LR83.51.8(h)
Jurisdiction: LR83.58.5
Reporting Professional Misconduct: LR83.58.3
Requests for Information from: LR83.58.1(a)(2)
Disciplinary Proceedings,
Disclosure of Client Confidences in Connection With: LR83.51.6 (Comment)
Discipline,
Violation of Rules as Basis for: Scope
Disclose/Disclosure,
Bar Admission/Disciplinary Matters: LR83.51.6 (Comment); LR83.58.1; LR83.58.3(c)
of Client's Fraud: LR83.51.2(g)
to Court,
Adverse Authority: LR83.53.3(a)(3)
to Avoid Assisting Client's Crime/Fraud: LR83.53.3(a)(2)
Client's Identity: LR83.53.3(a)(8)
Fraud Upon Tribunal,
by Client: LR83.51.2(g)
by Non-client: LR83.51.2(h)
Identity of Person Employing Lawyer: LR83.53.3(a)(8)
Defined: LR83.50.2(4)
of Evidence by Prosecutor: LR83.53.8(b)
in Representation of Client: LR83.51.2(f)(3)
See Also Confidences of Client
Discretion of Lawyer Where Rule Cast in "May": Scope
Disqualification,
Former Judge or Arbitrator: LR83.51.12(a)
Imputed/Vicarious, see Imputed Disqualification
Waiver by Client: LR83.51.9 (Comment); LR83.51.10(d)
Division of Fees,
with Former Firm Member: LR83.51.5(h)
with Nonlawyer: LR83.55.4(a)
Referrals: LR83.51.5(g)
Requirements of: LR83.51.5(f)
Domestic Relations Matters, Contingent Fee in: LR83.51.5(d)(1)
Employees of Lawyer, Responsibility for: LR83.55.3
Endorsement of Client's Activities/Views: LR83.51.2(b)
Estate Planning, Conflicts of Interest in: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Evidence,
Concealment or Suppression of: LR83.53.3(a)(13); LR83.53.4(1)
Destruction of: LR83.53.4(1)
Disclosure of by Prosecutor: LR83.53.8(b)
False,
Manufacturing/Preserving: LR83.53.3(a)(5); LR83.53.4(2)
Offering: LR83.53.3(a)(4),(c)
Inadmissible/Irrelevant, Allusion to: LR83.53.3(a)(10)
Obstructing Access to: LR83.53.4(1)
Ex Parte Proceedings: LR83.53.3(d); LR83.53.5(i)
Expediting Litigation: LR83.53.2
Acceding to Reasonable Requests of Opposing Counsel: LR83.53.3(a)(11)
Expenses of Litigation,
Client's Right to Determine: LR83.51.2 (Comment)
Indigent Client, Paying on Behalf of: LR83.51.8(e)(2)
Lawyer Advancing to Client: LR83.51.8(e)(1)
Expert Witness, see Witness
Expertise, as Relating to Competent Representation: LR83.51.1 (Comment)
Fairness to Opposing Party and Counsel: LR83.53.4
False Statement to Tribunal: LR83.53.3(a)(1)
Disclosure of Client's: LR83.51.2(g), (Comment)
Disclosure of Non-client's: LR83.51.2(h)
Fees,
Acquiring Ownership Interest in Enterprise as: LR83.51.5 (Comment)
Advance Fee Payments: LR83.51.5 (Comment)
Arbitration of: LR83.51.5 (Comment)
Communication of to Client: LR83.51.5(b)
Contingent Fee,
Determination of: LR83.51.5(a)
Expert Witness: LR83.53.3(a)(15); LR83.53.4 (Comment)
Prohibited Instances: LR83.51.5(d)
Requirements of: LR83.51.5(c)
Disclosure of Confidential Information to Collect: LR83.51.6(c)(3)
Division of: LR83.51.5(f),(g),(i)
Paid by One Other than Client: LR83.51.7 (Comment); Lr83.51.8(f); LR83.55.4(c)
Witness: LR83.53.3(a)(15); LR83.53.4 (Comment)
Firm,
Defined: LR83.50.2(5)
Disqualification: LR83.51.10 (Comment)
Former Client, see Conflict of Interest
Former Government Lawyer,
"Confidential Government Information" Defined: LR83.51.11(e) "Matter" Defined: LR83.51.11(d)Successive Government and Private Employment: LR83.51.11
Former Judge, see Judges
Fraud/Fraudulent, Defined: LR83.50.2(6)
Fraudulent Conduct,
Counseling or Assisting Client to Engage In: LR83.51.2(d); LR83.53.3(a)(2),(6)
Disclosure of Client's: LR83.51.2(g), (Comment)
Disclosure of Non-client's to Tribunal: LR83.51.2(h)
Withdrawal Due to Client's: LR83.51.2 (Comment); LR83.51.6 (Comment); LR83.51.16(b)(1)(B); LR83.51.13(c)
Frivolous Claims and Defenses: LR83.51.2(f)(2); LR83.51.16(b)(1)(A); LR83.53.1
Funds of Client,
Handling of: LR83.51.15(b),(d),(e)
Lawyer Claims Interest In: LR83.51.15(c)
Gift to Lawyer by Client: LR83.51.8(c)
Government Agency, Representation of: LR83.51.13 (Comment)
Government Lawyer,
Authority Established by Constitution, Statutes and Common Law: Scope
Conflict of Interest: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Duty of Confidentiality: LR83.51.6 (Comment)
Representing Multiple Clients: Scope
Subject to Rules: LR83.51.11 (Comment)
Harassing and Malicious Claims: LR83.51.2(f)(1); LR83.51.16(a)(1)
Impartiality and Decorum of Tribunal: LR83.53.5
Imputed Disqualification,
General Rule: LR83.51.10
Government Lawyers: LR83.51.11 (Comment)
Screening: LR83.51.10(e)
Witness, When Member of Firm Serves as: LR83.53.7(c)
Incompetent Client,
Appointment of Guardian For: LR83.51.14(b)
Representation Of: LR83.51.14(a)
Independent Professional Judgment, Duty to Exercise: LR83.52.1; LR83.55.4
Indigent Client, Paying Court Costs and Expenses on Behalf of: LR83.51.8(e)(2)
Insurance Representation, Conflict of Interest: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Judge,
Candidates for: LR83.58.2
Ex Parte Communication with: LR83.53.5(i)
Former, Disqualification from Representation: LR83.51.12
Improper Influence on: LR83.53.5(h)
Reporting Misconduct by: LR83.58.3(b)
Statements About: LR83.58.2(a)
Juror, Improper Contact with or Influence on: LR83.53.5(a)-(g)
Jury Trial, Client's Right to Waive: LR83.51.2(a)
Knowingly/Known/Knows, Defined: LR83.50.2(7)
Law Clerk,
Negotiating for Private Employment: LR83.51.12(b)
Nonlawyer Assistants, Responsibility For: LR83.55.3
Responsibility of Partner or Supervisory Lawyer: LR83.55.1
Subordinate Lawyer, Responsibility Of: LR83.55.2
Law Firm, Defined: LR83.50.2(5)
Law Reform Activities Affecting Clients' Interests: LR83.56.3
Lawyers' Assistance Program, Confidentiality of Information Received by: LR83.51.6(d),(e)
Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois,
Participation in: LR83.51.15(d),(Comment)
Reimbursement of Banking Expense by: LR83.51.15(f)
Legal Services Organization, Lawyer as Director/Member: LR83.56.2
Liability to Client, Agreements Limiting: LR83.51.8(i)
Lien to Secure Fees and Expenses: LR83.51.8(k)(1)
Literary Rights, Acquiring Concerning Representation: LR83.51.8(d)
Litigation, Duty to Expedite: LR83.53.2
Loyalty, Duty of to Client: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Malicious Claims, see Harassing and Malicious Claims
Malpractice, Limiting Liability to Client for: LR83.51.8(i)
Mental Disability of Client, see Incompetent Client
Meritorious Claims and Contentions: LR83.53.1
Military Lawyers, Representation of Adverse Interests: LR83.51.9 (Comment)
Misconduct,
Forms of: LR83.58.4
Reporting: LR83.58.3
Misleading Legal Argument: LR83.53.3 (Comment)
Misrepresentation to Court: LR83.53.3 (Comment)
Multiple Representation, see Conflict of Interest
Negotiation,
Conflicting Interest, Representation of: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Statements Made During: LR83.54.1 (Comment)
Nonlawyers,
Assisting in Unauthorized Practice of Law: LR83.55.5(2)
Division of Fees with: LR83.55.4(a)
Partnership with: LR83.55.4(b)
Objectives of the Representation,
Client's Right to Determine: LR83.51.2(a)
Lawyer's Right to Limit: LR83.51.2(c)
Opposing Party,
Communications with Represented Party: LR83.54.2
Duty of Fairness to: LR83.53.4
Organization, Representation of,
Board of Directors, While Serving on: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Communication with: LR83.51.4 (Comment)
Conflict of Interest: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Conflicting Interests Among Officers and Employees: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Constituents, Representing: LR83.51.13(e)
Identity of Client: LR83.51.13(a); Lr83.51.13(d)
Misconduct, Client Engaged In: LR83.51.13(b)
Partner, Defined: LR83.50.2(8)
Perjury,
Criminal Defendant: LR83.53.3 (Comment)
Disclosure Of: LR83.53.3(b)
Person, Defined: LR83.50.2(9)
Plea Bargain, Client's Right to Accept or Reject: LR83.51.2(a)
Pleadings, Verification Of: LR83.53.3 (Comment)
Positional Conflicts of Interest: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
Precedent, Adverse, Disclosure to Court: LR83.53.3(a)(3)
Pro Bono Publico Service: Preamble; LR83.56.1
Professional Corporation, Formation of: LR83.55.4(d)
Professional Misconduct, see Misconduct
Prompt, Lawyer's Duty to be: LR83.51.3
Property of Client, Safekeeping: LR83.51.15
Prosecutor,
Disclosure of Exculpatory or Mitigating Evidence: LR83.53.8(b)
Publicity, Pre-trial and Trial: LR83.53.6; LR83.53.8(c)
Representing Former Defendant: LR83.51.9 (Comment)
Special Responsibilities of: LR83.53.8
Public Officeholder,
Acceptance of Campaign Contributions: LR83.58.4(c)
Negotiating Private Employment: LR83.51.11(c)(2)
Prohibitions on Conduct: LR83.58.4(b)
Publicity,
re Lawyer's Services, see Communication re Lawyer's Services
Trial: LR83.53.6
Reasonable Belief/Reasonably Believes, Defined: LR83.50.2(11)
Reasonable/Reasonably, Defined: LR83.50.2(10)
Reasonably Should Know, Defined: LR83.50.2(12)
Recordkeeping, Property of Client: LR83.51.15(a)
Referral When Lawyer Not Competent to Handle Matter: LR83.51.1(Comment)
Reform Activities, Lawyer Participation in: LR83.56.3
Relatives Who are Lawyers, Representing Interests Adverse to: LR83.51.8(j)
Representation of Client,
Decisionmaking Authority of Lawyer and Client: LR83.51.2(a)
Objectives, Lawyer's Right to Limit: LR83.51.2(c)
Termination, Surrender of Right, in Agreement re Scope of: LR83.51.2 (Comment)
Restrictions on Right to Practice,
Partnership or Employment Agreement Imposing: LR83.55.6(1)
Settlement Imposing: LR83.55.6(2)
Sanction, Severity of: Scope
Scope of Representation: LR83.51.2
Screening of Lawyer's Participation in Matter: LR83.51.10(e)
Secret, Defined: LR83.50.2(13)
Settlement,
Aggregate, on Behalf of Clients: LR83.51.8(g)
Client's Right to Refuse: LR83.51.2(a)
Imposing Restrictions on Lawyer's Right to Practice: LR83.55.6(2)
Informing Client of Offers re: LR83.51.4 (Comment)
Sharing Fees, see Division of Fees
Substantial, Defined: LR83.50.2(14)
Supervising Work of Another Lawyer: LR83.55.1
Terminology: LR83.50.2
Third Persons,
Respect for Rights of: LR83.53.3(a)(9); LR83.54.4
Statements to: LR83.54.1
Transactions with Persons Other than Client, see Third Persons
Trial Conduct,
Allusion to Irrelevant or Inadmissable Evidence in: LR83.53.3(a)(10)
Disruptive Conduct in: LR83.53.5
Trial Publicity: LR83.53.6; LR83.53.8(c)
See Also Court
Trust Accounts for Client Funds: LR83.51.15(d),(e),(Comment)
Unauthorized Practice of Law,
Assisting in: LR83.55.5(2)
Engaging in: LR83.55.5(1)
Waiver of Imputed Disqualification: LR83.51.10(d)
Withdrawal,
Conflict of Interest: LR83.51.7 (Comment)
from Court-Appointed Representation: LR83.56.1
Discharge by Client: LR83.51.16(a)(4)
Frivolous Claims: LR83.51.16(b)(1)(A)
Giving Notice of Fact of: LR83.51.6 (Comment)
Harassing or Malicious Claims: LR83.51.16(a)(1)
Incapacity: LR83.51.16(a)(3)
Property of Client: LR83.51.16(d)
When Client Persists in Criminal or Fraudulent Conduct: LR83.51.2 (Comment); LR83.51.6 (Comment); LR83.51.16(b)(1)(B); LR83.51.13(c)
Witness,
Assisting or Counseling to Become Unavailable: LR83.53.3(a)(14)
Bribing: LR83.53.4(2)
Client's Right to Decide Whether to Testify: LR83.51.2(a)
Degradation of: LR83.53.3(a)(9)
Expenses, Payment of: LR83.53.3(a)(15); LR83.53.4 (Comment)
Fees, Expert: LR83.53.3(a)(15); LR83.53.4 (Comment)
Lawyer as: LR83.53.7
Zealous Representation,
Meaning: Preamble
Requirement of: LR83.51.3 (Comment)
Sale,
Judicial: LRSupE.4
Redemption from: LR79.2
Marshal's Account/Bill: LRSupE.4
Notice of: LR69.1
Sample Forms, see Model
Sanctions and Penalties,
Attorney Disciplinary Proceeding,
Generally: LR83.25
Inactive Status: LR83.18(f)
Failure of Nonresident Attorney to Designate Local Counsel: LR83.15(d)
Failure to File Attorney Appearance Form: LR83.16(e)
Failure to File Briefs re Motion: LR78.3
Failure to Prepay Filing Fees: LR3.3
Failure to Prosecute/Serve Notice of Motion: LR78.2
Failure to Remove Exhibits: LR79.1(c)
Failure to Submit Statement of Material Facts, Summary Judgment: LR56.1
Non-Compliance with Document Format Requirements: LR5.2(b); LR7.1
Violation of Case Assignment Procedures: LR40.1(c)
Violation of Limitations on Use of Court Facilities: LR83.1(d)
Satisfaction of Judgment, Statement of: LR58.1
Schedules, Motions/Briefing: LR78.3
Scheduling Conference, Discovery: LR26.1
Seal,
Cases Filed Under: LR5.7
Materials Filed Under: LR5.8
Motions: Copies of Evidentiary Matter: LR78.4
See Also Restricted Documents
Security,
Bonds: LR65.1(b)
Bail, Form to be Completed by Person Depositing Cash to Secure: Appendix, FormLCrR46.1
for Costs and Fees: LR65.3
Proceedings Against Surety: LR65.1.1
as Taxable Cost: LR54.1(c)
Selective Service Cases: LR16.1(b)(7)
Senior Law Students, Representation of Litigants by: LR83.13
Service,
Certificate of: LR5.5
Designation of Local Counsel for: LR83.15
Evidentiary Materials in Support of Motion, Copies of: LR78.4
by Fax,
notice of motion: LR5.3(a)
proof of: LR5.5
Notice of Motion,
Commencing Contempt Proceedings: LR37.1(a)
General: LR5.3(a)
Personal,
Notice of Motion: LR5.3(a)(1)
Proof of: LR5.5
Mail,
Notice of Motion: LR5.3(a)(2)
by United States Marshal
Summons in IFP: LR3.3(f)
Waiver, Notice and Request for in IFP Matters: LR4
Waiver of, IFP Matters: LR4
of Writ in Habeas Proceeding, Removal (Deportation) Case: LR81.4(c)
Settlement,
Infants/Incompetents, Cases By or On Behalf of: LR17.1
Voluntary Mediation Program: LR16.3(c)
Signature of Orders by Clerk Without Submission to Court: LR77.3
Social Security
Act/Cases: LR8.1
Administration: LR8.1
Pretrial Procedures: LR16.1
Reviews: LR16.1(b)(8)
Soliciting Within Court Environs: LR83.1(b)
Spacing, Line: LR5.2(a)
Special Master,
Fee, Taxation of: LR54.1
Oath of: LR83.2
See Also Master
Special Sessions of Court: LR77.1
Sponsorship for Bar Admission, see General Bar Admission, Petition, Sponsor
SSI, see Supplemental Security Income
Standing Order,
Court's, on Pretrial Procedures: LR16.1
Individual Judges: LR5.4
Statement re Fees, Joint: LR54.3(e)
Model/Sample: Appendix to LR54.3
Statement of Material Facts, Summary Judgment Motion: LR56.1
Statements in Voluntary Mediation Proceedings, Binding Effect: LR16.3(c)
Status,
Hearings: LR16.2
of Motion, Request for Report on: LR78.5
Report (Case), Written: LR16.2
Statutory References, see End of Index
Stay,
of Enforcement of Judgment, Security for: LR62.1
of Removal of Alien: LR81.4(c)
Striking Papers, Sanction for Improper Form: LR5.2
Student Loan Cases: LR16.1(b)(1)
Subpoena, Attaching Note to: LR45.1
Substitution of Counsel: LR83.17
Summary Judgment,
Motion and Response: LR56.1
Notice to Pro Se Litigants Opposing: LR56.2
Remand Following Appeal, Assignment: LR40.5(a)
Summer Sessions: LR77.2(a)(4)
Summons,
of Petit Jurors: LR47.1(a)
Service of
by U.S. Marshal: LR3.3(f)
Supersedeas Bond: LR62.1
Notice of Motion to Enforce Liability of: LR65.1.1
See Also Bonds
Superseding Indictment: see Assignment of Cases, Direct, in Criminal Rules, Local
Supervised Senior Law Students, Representation by: LR83.13
Supplemental Disclosure Statement (Corporate Party): LR3.2
Supplemental Rules, Admiralty, see Admiralty and Maritime Claims, Supplemental Rules for
Supplemental Security Income: LR8.1
Sureties on Bonds: LR65.1
Proceedings Against: LR65.1.1
Suspension of Attorney, see Disciplinary Proceedings, Attorney
Swearing in to Bar, see General Bar Admission, Oath of Office
Table of Cases, Briefs: LR7.1
Table of Contents, Briefs: LR7.1
Taping (Radio, T.V., etc.) in Court Environs: LR83.1(c)
Tax Suits and IRS Third Party: LR16.1(b)(9)
Taxation of Costs, see Costs
Telephone Conference, Pretrial: LR16.2; LR26.1
Television Broadcasting/Taping in Court Environs: LR83.1(c)
Testimony for Use in Foreign Tribunals (Discovery): LR26.4
Third Party
IRS, cases: LR16.1(b)(9)
Three Judge Cases: LR9.1
Title 15 U.S.C.: LR3.4
Title 35 U.S.C.: LR3.4
Trademark,
or Patent, Notice of Claims Involving: LR3.4
Voluntary Mediation Program, Lanham Act Cases: LR16.3
Procedures: Appendix B
Transcript Costs, Taxation of: LR54.1(b)
Transfers,
of Cases,
Bankruptcy: LR16.1(b)(5)
Condition of: LR40.1(d)
Multidistrict Litigation (MDL): LR40.1(e)(1); LR40.3(b)(6)
Under 28 U.S.C. §§1404, 1406, 1412: LR83.4
See Also Reassignment of Cases
to Inactive Status (Attorneys), see Attorneys, Transfers to Inactive Status
of Parts of Matters to Magistrate Judges: LR73.1(c)
Trial,
in Civil Contempt Proceedings: LR37.1(b)
Publicity: LR83.53.6; See Also Media
Trial Bar,
Admission,
Fee: LR83.11(e)
Petition,
Form: LR83.11(c)
Screening: LR83.11(d)
Qualifications: LR83.11(b)
Definitions: LR83.11(a)
Regulations Pertaining to: Appendix C
Duties,
to Accept Appointments to Represent Indigent Litigants: LR83.11(g)
to Supervise Attorneys Seeking Observation Units: LR83.11(f)
Pro Bono Program,
Definitions: LR83.35(a)
Duty to Accept Appointments: LR83.11(g)
Exemptions: LR83.35(d)
Panel,
Creation: LR83.35(b)
Defined: LR83.11(a)(9)
Notification to: LR83.35(c)
Selection of Member for Appointment: LR83.36(e)
Volunteers: LR83.35(e)
Reinstatement: LR83.11(i)
Withdrawal: LR83.11(h)
2255 Motion (Habeas): LR81.3
Unconstitutionality of Act of Congress, Notice of Claims of: LR24.1
Undecided Motions, Request for Decision of: LR78.5
Under Seal, filing
Cases: LR5.7
Materials: LR5.8
United States Courthouse: LR77.1
United States Forfeiture/Penalty Cases: LR16.1(b)(4)
United States Immigration (Emergencies, Emergency Judges): LR77.2
United States Marshal,
Certificate of Purchase in Judicial Sales: LR79.2
Civil Contempt Proceedings, Arrest/Confinement by: LR37.1(a),(c)
Enforcement of Limitations on Use Of Court Facilities: LR83.1(d)
Service by,
Unused Jury Panels, Costs: LR54.2
Use of Court Facilities: LR83.1
Vacate Judgment, Assignment of Cases Filed to: LR40.3(b)(5)
Vessels: LRSupE.3
Video Recording/Taping in Court Environs: LR83.1(c)
Viewing Restricted/Sealed Documents: LR26.2(d)
Voluntary Mediation Program (Lanham Act): LR16.3
Confidentiality of Proceeding: LR83.5
Procedures: Appendix B
Waiver,
of Costs by Failure to File Bill of Costs: LR54.1(a)
of Motion or Opposition to Motion: LR78.3
of Right to File Reply Brief: LR78.3
of Service in IFP Matters: LR4
of Trial by Jury in Contempt Proceeding: LR37.1(b)
Want of Prosecution, Dismissal for: LR41.1
Weekends, Filing Cases on, see After Hours
Western Division,
Assignment of Cases: LR40.1
Emergencies, Emergency Judge: LR77.2(d)
Limitations on Use of Court Environs: LR83.1
Places of Having Court: LR77.1
Winnebago County Jail, Rockford: LR37.1(c)
Withdrawal,
of Counsel: LR83.17
of Court Records: LR79.1(d)
Writ of Habeas Corpus, see Habeas Corpus Petitions
§§ Statutes
12 U.S.C. § 3410: LR16.1(b)(10)
15 U.S.C. §§ 1051-1127, Cases Arising Under: LR16.3
15 U.S.C. § 1116(c): LR3.4
18 U.S.C. §§ 401, 402: LR83.25(c)
18 U.S.C. § 3145: LCrR46.2
21 U.S.C. § 844(b)(2): LR26.2(a)
28 U.S.C. § 137: LR40.1 (Comment)
28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B): LR83.35(a)(1)
28 U.S.C. § 636(c): LR73.1(c); LR83.35(a)(1)
28 U.S.C. § 652(d): LR83.5
28 U.S.C. § 1331: LR40.3(b)(1)
28 U.S.C. § 1332: LR81.2
28 U.S.C. §§ 1404, 1406, 1412, Transfer of Cases Under: LR83.4
28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1): LR83.16(b)
28 U.S.C. § 1446(b): LR81.2(a)
28 U.S.C. § 1447(c): LR81.2(b)
28 U.S.C. § 1782: LR26.4
28 U.S.C. §1867: LR47.1(c)
28 U.S.C. § 1914: LR83.10(f)
28 U.S.C. § 1915(d): LR83.36(c),(d)
28 U.S.C. § 1916: LR54.5
28 U.S.C. § 1920: LR54.1(a)
28 U.S.C. § 1961: LR62.1
28 U.S.C. § 2041: LR67.1
28 U.S.C. § 2241: LR81.3(a)
28 U.S.C. § 2242: LR81.4(b)
28 U.S.C. § 2254: LR81.3(a),(b)
28 U.S.C. § 2255: LR81.3(a),(b),(d)
28 U.S.C. § 2403: LR24.1
31 U.S.C. § 3730: LR5.7(b)
42 U.S.C. § 405(g): LR8.1
42 U.S.C. § 1983, Complaints By Persons in Custody: LR81.1
42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k): LR83.36(a)
45 U.S.C. § 153(b): LR54.5
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