Judge Caroline Kate Moreland
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Limits & Logistics
Document Limits
Courtesy Copies
All filings
- Upon request
Brief
- 1 copy • Email • When Fully Briefed
- When Fully Briefed
Brief, Response Brief, Reply Brief
- Email • At Next Clerk Status Date
Motion, Brief, Pleadings
- Email • At Clerks Status
Communication
Chambers25 contacts
- daniel.degnan@cookcountyil.gov
- carolyn.gallagher@cookcountyil.gov
- probatecrt1807orders@cookcountycourt.com
- daniel.tiernan2@cookcountyil.gov
- probatecrt1803orders@cookcountycourt.com
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- jamieg.dickler@cookcountyil.gov
- probatecrt1806orders@cookcountycourt.com
- aicha.maccarthy@cookcountyil.gov
- terrence.mcguire@cookcountyil.gov
- jesse.outlaw@cookcountyil.gov
- stephanie.miller@cookcountyil.gov
- stephanie.miller@cookcountycourt.com
- daniel.malone@cookcountyil.gov
- probatedivorders@cookcountycourt.com
- amee.alonso@cookcountyil.gov
- susan.kennedy-sullivan@cookcountyil.gov
- james.murphy2@cookcountyil.gov
- james.murphy2@cookcountycourt.com
- barry.goldberg@cookcountyil.gov
- barry.goldberg@cookcountycourt.com
- (312) 603-5943
- (312) 603-7546
- (312) 603-7545
Clerk3 contacts
- ccc.chancerycalendar10@cookcountyil.gov
- (312) 603-5025
- (312) 603-6878
Other Contacts1 contacts
- efiling.support@tylertech.com
Page & Word Limits3 rules
Checked against the court's document on Sep 21, 2026Mandatory
Parties must submit a 2-3 page settlement memo via email at least three business days before the settlement conference.
At least three (3) business days prior to the settlement conference, parties shall submit via e-mail, a 2-3 page settlement memo including: a. Nature of the case and brief factual summary; b. Outstanding legal issues and procedural history; and c. Settlement position.
Settlement Memo
3 pages
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There is a 15-page limit on all motions and response briefs. There is a 10-page limit on reply briefs. These page limits include all supporting memoranda, and exclude any supporting exhibits.
Summary: Motions and response briefs are limited to 15 pages and reply briefs to 10 pages, with all supporting exhibits excluded from the count.
Motion
15 pages
Opposition
15 pages
Reply Brief
10 pages
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There is a 15-page limit on Supporting and Responsive briefs. There is a 10-page limit on Reply briefs. Leave of court is required to file a brief in excess of these limits.
Summary: Supporting and responsive briefs are limited to 15 pages, reply briefs to 10 pages, and exceeding either limit requires leave of court.
Supporting Brief
15 pages
Applies to: Attorney
Response Brief
15 pages
Applies to: Attorney
Reply Brief
10 pages
Applies to: Attorney
Document Format Requirements4 rules
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Pleadings and Motions must be sent in .pdf format and otherwise comply with this standing order.
Summary: Pleadings and motions sent to the Court must be in PDF format.
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All Pleadings and Motions should be typed in 12-point font, double-spaced, with 1-inch
Summary: Pleadings and motions must be typed in 12-point font, double-spaced, with 1-inch margins.
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Parties should submit all orders in Word format.
Summary: All proposed orders submitted to the Court should be in an editable Word format.
DOCX
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All briefs shall be double-spaced, using 12-point font and 1-inch margins.
Summary: All briefs must be double-spaced, set in 12-point font, and have 1-inch margins.
Document Filing Requirements14 rules
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All administrative records, regardless of exhibit length, must be submitted electronically with a table of contents.
Summary: All administrative records must be submitted electronically with a table of contents, regardless of exhibit length.
Document Type
Administrative Record
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Voluntary Dismissals: Litigants are required to strike any future court dates in a proposed agreed dismissal order.
Summary: The proposed agreed dismissal order must strike any future court dates.
Document Type
Proposed Agreed Dismissal Order
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The subject line of the e-mail submission must include the case caption and case number. E.g., “19CH12345 Anguiano v. Jedrasek”
Summary: The subject line of any email submission to chambers must include the case caption and case number.
Document Type
Courtesy Copy Submission Email
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Pleadings that attach exhibits must include a table of contents, and the exhibits must be clearly marked.
Summary: Pleadings with exhibits must include a table of contents and clearly marked exhibits.
Document Type
Pleadings With Exhibits
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Any attached documents must include the case number and the abbreviated title of the pleading or brief. E.g., “19CH12345 Pl.’s Compl.”
Summary: Each document attached to a courtesy email must include the case number and abbreviated title of the pleading or brief.
Document Type
Courtesy Copy Attachment
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All motions require a notice of filing and notice of motion.
Summary: Every motion must be accompanied by a notice of filing and a notice of motion.
Document Type
Motion
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Briefs filed in excess of the page limitations will not be accepted without leave of Court upon written motion containing good cause. Agreed orders extending the page limits will not be accepted.
Summary: Briefs exceeding page limits are accepted only with leave of Court on a written motion showing good cause; agreed orders extending the limits are not accepted.
Document Type
Brief Exceeding Page Limits
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Motions for default must be accompanied by the actual affidavit of service from the Cook County Sheriff or the special process server. A printout of the status of service from the Cook County Sheriff’s website is not an affidavit of service and is not sufficient to prove service.
Summary: Motions for default must attach the actual affidavit of service from the Cook County Sheriff or special process server; a Sheriff website printout is insufficient.
Document Type
Motion For Default
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Special Process Server: Motions for the Appointment of a Special Process Server must include the license number of the process server to be appointed, the address where service is sought, and a statement that service was attempted through the Sheriff’s Office.
Summary: Motions to appoint a special process server must identify the server's license number, the address for service, and state that service was attempted via the Sheriff's Office.
Document Type
Motion For Appointment Of Special Process Server
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Counsel for the movant must submit the file-stamped emergency motion and a copy of the verified complaint via email to the Court before 3:00 p.m. to discuss scheduling of emergency motion or TRO with the law clerk.
Summary: The emergency email must include the file-stamped emergency motion and a copy of the verified complaint.
Document Type
Emergency Motion Package
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At least three (3) business days prior to the settlement conference, parties shall submit via e-mail, a 2-3 page settlement memo including: a. Nature of the case and brief factual summary; b. Outstanding legal issues and procedural history; and c. Settlement position.
Summary: Settlement memo must include the nature of the case, brief factual summary, outstanding legal issues, procedural history, and settlement position, submitted via email three business days before the conference.
Document Type
Settlement Memo
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The Court requests that litigants e-mail copies of a proposed order striking the case from the call if it has been removed to another court. The order must specify which court the case has been removed to, and must strike any future dates in this Court, including the initial case management date.
Summary: On removal, litigants should email a proposed order identifying the court to which the case was removed and striking all future dates in this Court.
Document Type
Proposed Order
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Sur-reply and sur-response briefs are discouraged and will not be accepted without leave of Court upon written motion containing good cause. Agreed orders allowing for the filing of sur-replies will not be accepted.
Summary: Sur-reply and sur-response briefs require leave of Court based on a written motion showing good cause; agreed orders permitting them are not accepted.
Document Type
Sur Reply Brief
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After scheduling the emergency motion, parties must file a notice of motion.
Summary: Parties must file a notice of motion after an emergency motion is scheduled.
Document Type
Notice Of Motion
Filing & Service rules
Electronic Filing Rules
Routine motions, unopposed motions, and agreed orders may be presented by email off call, with all parties CC'd.
Routine Motions, Unopposed Motions, and Agreed Orders may be presented to the Court off call via email. All parties should be CC’d on the email submission.
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Contested and non-agreed routine motions are scheduled through the online e-filing system for the next available Motion Call or an existing status date.
Scheduling for presentation of contested motions and routine motions that are not agreed is done through the online e-filing system. Litigants may notice presentment of contested or routine motions on the next available 10:30 a.m. Motion Call or “piggy-back” motions onto existing status dates.
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Filing Timing and Cure Windows
Settlement memo must be submitted via email at least three business days before the settlement conference.
At least three (3) business days prior to the settlement conference, parties shall submit via e-mail, a 2-3 page settlement memo including: a. Nature of the case and brief factual summary; b. Outstanding legal issues and procedural history; and c. Settlement position.
Checked against the court's document on Sep 21, 2026 · Civil cases
Page 1 | Settlement Conference Order
Counsel for the movant in an emergency matter or TRO must email chamber materials before 3:00 p.m. to schedule with the law clerk.
Counsel for the movant must submit the file-stamped emergency motion and a copy of the verified complaint via email to the Court before 3:00 p.m. to discuss scheduling of emergency motion or TRO with the law clerk.
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Page 4 | VI. Emergency Motions and TROs
Non-compliant courtesy copies may be rejected by the Court.
The Court may reject any courtesy copies not in compliance with this standing order.
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Page 2 | II. Courtesy Copies
Service and Proof of Service Rules
All served parties must receive notice of a motion for default even if they have not appeared.
All parties who have been served must be given notice of the motion for default, even if they have not filed an appearance.
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The moving in an emergency must email file-stamped courtesy copies of the complaint, motion, and notice of motion to all opposing parties.
The movist must provide notice of the scheduled hearing on the emergency motion by emailing all opposing parties file-stamped courtesy copies of the complaint, motion, and notice of motion.
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Courtesy Copy Requirements
Parties must email file-stamped courtesy copies of every pleading, motion, and notice of motion to the Court's chambers email.
The Court does not automatically receive copies of filings made through the Clerk’s electronic system; thus, parties must submit file-stamped courtesy copies of all pleadings, motions, and notices of motions to the Court via email to CCC.ChanceryCalendar10@cookcountyil.gov.
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Page 1 | II. Courtesy Copies
At Clerk's Status, the movant must email the Court a complete set of courtesy copies (all briefs and relevant pleadings) as PDF attachments in one email to CCC.Chancerycalendar10@cookcountyil.gov.
At Clerk’s Status, the movant is required to supply the Court with a complete set of courtesy copies, including all briefs and any relevant pleadings. Copies should be formatted in accordance with the standing order and sent as PDF attachments in one email to CCC.Chancerycalendar10@cookcountyil.gov.
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Page 1 | BRIEFING SCHEDULE ORDER
The Court may, at its discretion, later require hard-copy courtesy copies and will provide submission instructions upon request.
The Court may request hard copy courtesy copies at its discretion. The Court will notify parties if hard copy courtesy copies are necessary and advise parties on how to submit hard copy courtesy copies at the time of the request.
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Page 2 | II. Courtesy Copies
If pleadings are not attached to the briefs, the movant must include file-stamped courtesy copies of the pleadings in the Clerk’s Status email.
If the pleadings are not attached as an exhibit to the briefs, the movant shall include file-stamped courtesy copies of the pleadings in the Clerk’s Status email.
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Page 3 | V. Clerk’s Status
The movant must email courtesy copies of all parties’ briefs to the Law Clerk in a single email and CC all parties, including non-briefing parties.
The movant must send one email containing courtesy copies of all parties’ briefings to the Law Clerk at CCC.Chancerycalendar10@cookcountyil.gov. The movant must CC all parties, including those who did not brief the current motion.
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Page 3 | V. Clerk’s Status
After a briefing schedule is set, courtesy copies of briefings may be deferred until the Clerk's Status date.
Once parties have entered into a briefing schedule on a motion, parties can wait to submit courtesy copies of the briefings (e.g., the response and reply) until the Clerk’s Status date.
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Page 2 | II. Courtesy Copies
If the full courtesy-copy set is too large for a single email, parties should upload the files to the Court’s provided DropBox link.
If the full set of courtesy copies is too large to send in one email, parties should upload the files to the DropBox link provided by the Court upon request.
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Page 3 | V. Clerk’s Status
Hard-copy courtesy copies are required only if the Court requests them, and the Court will provide submission instructions at that point.
The Court will notify parties if hard copy courtesy copies are necessary and advise the parties on how to send hard copy courtesy copies at the time of the request.
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Page 4 | V. Clerk’s Status
Chambers Communication Rules
Clerk’s statuses occur by email at 9:30 a.m. on the first Friday after a reply is due, with no appearance required.
Clerk’s Statuses are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on the first Friday after a reply is due. Clerk’s Statuses are conducted via email. No appearance is necessary.
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Page 3 | V. Clerk’s Status
Interpreter requests to the law clerk should be made no fewer than three days before the scheduled court date, as soon as the need arises.
If an interpreter is needed, The party should contact the law clerk as soon as the need for an interpreter arises, but not later than the third (3) days before the scheduled court date.
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Page 4 | VII. Court Reporters and Interpreters