Rule 3.10 - PROCEDURES FOR INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE IN LAW CASES (ad damnum over $50,000) AND IN CASES WHERE A SUMMONS REQUIRING APPEARANCE WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER SERVICE IS USEDA. At the time of filing of the initial complaint in all Law cases and in all cases where a Summons Requiring Appearance Within 30 Days After Service (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 101(d) is used, the clerk shall stamp on all complaints and summonses a time and date for an Initial Case Management Conference. Said date shall be approximately 90 days from the date of filing of the initial Complaint. In setting the Conference, the clerk shall choose from those dates and times provided by the Court Administrator's Office. The assigned date and time shall be incorporated into the following notice. NOTICE
BY LOCAL RULE 3.10
THIS CASE IS HEREBY SET FOR A SCHEDULING CONFERENCE IN COURTROOM _______ ON ____________, 20_____, AT ________ AM/PM. FAILURE TO APPEAR MAY RESULT IN THE CASE BEING DISMISSED OR AN ORDER OF DEFAULT BEING ENTERED.
B. It is mandatory that all plaintiffs or their attorneys and all defendants who have been served with a summons or who have filed an Appearance of any kind, or their attorneys, appear at the Scheduling Conference. Failure of any party, or their respective attorney, to appear at the Scheduling Conference is good cause for the court to enter Orders of Dismissal for Want of Prosecution or Orders of Default Judgment, as appropriate.C. A Scheduling Conference Order will be entered at the time of the Scheduling Conference, providing that Defendant(s) have filed an Appearance, which sets the date by which Plaintiff will submit a draft Case Management Memorandum (CMM) to Defendant, the date by which Defendant will confer with Plaintiff to finalize the CMM, the date by which the CMM will be submitted to the court, and the scheduled date and time of the Case Management Conference. Failure to comply in good faith with these dates may subject the offending party to sanctions.Ill. R. Cir. Ct. McHenry Cnty. 3.10