| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-037 | General Administrative Order No. 2020-01: COVID-19 Emergency MeasuresAll matters in all Districts and Divisions rescheduled and continued 30 days; judges and employees to work remotely; Sheriff to cease… | Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-032 | General Administrative Order No. 2020-02: COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Resumption of Operations (eff. Aug. 21, 2020, as amended Sept. 3, 2020)Resumption of operations from July 6, 2020 with all matters by videoconference to the extent reasonably possible, no jury trials, remote… | Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Chicago and suburban Cook County; the largest unified trial court in the United States)Court | Sept. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-033 | General Administrative Order No. 2020-07: COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Modification of OperationsWinter 2020 re-tightening: all matters by videoconference except in extraordinary or compelling circumstances; judges and employees to work… | Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt | Nov. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-036 | General Administrative Order No. 2020-09: Residential Eviction and Consumer Debt Early Resolution Program (entered Dec. 14, 2020), with attachmentsEstablishment of the Early Resolution Program for residential eviction and consumer-debt cases (free legal aid and mediation before cases… | Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt | Dec. 14, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public officesOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-034 | General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (amended effective April 22, 2021; entered nunc pro tunc April 27, 2021)Spring 2021 amendment: videoconference remains the default for all matters; judges to work remotely; masks for all persons; residential… | Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt | Apr. 27, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-038 | General Administrative Order No. 2021-02: Residential eviction proceedings, proceduresProcedures governing residential eviction proceedings from June 25, 2021 as the statewide moratorium was phased out: which cases may be… | Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt | June 25, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-039 | General Administrative Order No. 2021-05: Domestic Violence Division Cases, Remote Proceedings, Continuance of Pending CasesDomestic Violence Division cases set July 26-Aug. 11, 2021 for in-person appearance continued to remote appearances; emergency orders of… | Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Domestic Violence Division)Court | Aug. 11, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Telework mandateCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-035 | General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (eff. Oct. 15, 2021), amended nunc pro tunc Oct. 19, 2021Autumn 2021 amendment: courtroom distancing reduced from six to three feet; jury assembly areas expanded (Daley Center from Sept. 20, 2021… | Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt | Oct. 19, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |