I really enjoyed my 830am pre-trial conference this morning over at 32 W. Randolph (and I’m not talking about the specifics of the case). I’d like to see waaayyyy more of these in Cook County. I can’t recall an 830am case set in Cook County EVER before. In a previous life I used to appear on occasion at an 830 arbitration call out in Wheaton. It’s a splendid scheduling move on so many levels…
- For me the lawyer it’s almost like adding an additional billable hour to my day. Because when my court days starts at the typical 930 it’s kind of like I’m killing time on non-substantive work the first hour of my day just waiting to walk over to court. And of course it’s nice to spread out those 5ish cases set at 930am.
- For judges and court administration, wouldn’t things flow better just by moving 50% of those 930am cases to 830am/845am?
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If you live in the suburbs like me and have cases downtown, 830 is a killer. I understand your point but I am guessing you don’t commute from a distance, have kids to get to school in the AM, etc. Judge Boyd in Domestic Relations has pre-trials very early in the morning.
RDP,
Fair comment, I don’t have to get any kids ready for school, but I do live in the ‘burbs. My main thing is that I’m getting into the office 8/830am regardless so why not just get there and not waste an hour in the office killing time before court…I’ll take the 830am first thing to court.
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