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Second District Appellate Court - Elgin, Illinois
The Second District Appellate Court has been authorized and is currently operating an electronic transfer of record on appeal pilot that allows the record on appeal for cases originating in 11 counties, Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Jo Daviess, Kendall, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, and Winnebago, to be transferred electronically to the Second District Appellate Court. Attorneys, parties and the Appellate justices can electronically view, access and work from a mirror copy of the official record on appeal.
 Supreme Court Order Authorizing Electronic Transfer of Record on Appeal Originating in Boone, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Kendall, Lee, Stephenson, and Winnebago Counties to Second District Appellate Court - October 1, 2012 - Press Release Announcing Addition of 7 Counties to Pilot Project - October 1, 2012
- Supreme Court Order Authorizing Electronic Transfer of Record on Appeal Originating in McHenry and DeKalb Counties to Second District Appellate Court - May 31, 2012
- Press Release Announcing Addition of 2 Counties to Pilot Project - May 31, 2012
- Supreme Court Order Authorizing Electronic Transfer of Record on Appeal Originating in Ogle and DuPage Counties to Second District Appellate Court - August 3, 2011
- Press Release Announcing Pilot Project - August 3, 2011
Third District Appellate Court - Ottawa, Illinois
The Third District Appellate Court has been authorized and is currently operating an electronic transfer of record on appeal pilot that allows the record on appeal for cases originating in 2 counties, Rock Island and Wil, to be transferred electronically to the Third District Appellate Court. Attorneys, parties and the Appellate justices can electronically view, access and work from a mirror copy of the official record on appeal.
Fourth District Appellate Court - Springfield, Illinois
The Fourth District Appellate Court has been authorized and is currently operating an electronic transfer of record on appeal pilot that allows the record on appeal for cases originating in 3 counties, Adams, Logan, and Moultrie, to be transferred electronically to the Fourth District Appellate Court. Attorneys, parties, and the Appellate justices can electronically view, access, and work from a mirror copy of the official record on appeal.
Fifth District Appellate Court - Mt. Vernon, Illinois
The Fifth District Appellate Court has been authorized and is currently operating an electronic transfer of record on appeal pilot that allows the record on appeal for cases originating in 1 county, Clinton, to be transferred eletronically to the Fifth District Appellate Court.
Attorneys, parties, and the Appellate justices can electronically view, access, and work from a mirror copy of the official record on appeal.
What are the Electronic Transfer of Record on Appeal pilots?
The Appellate Court Electronic Transfer of Record on Appeal pilots are part of an initiative announced in June 2011 by Chief
Justice Thomas L. Kilbride and the Court to move Illinois courts forward in the electronic age. The iniative started with the formation of a
special Supreme Court committee to propose new ways of doing court business to achieve efficiency
and economy in the court system. The pilots will allow the Appellate justices, attorneys, and parties to have simultaneous access to the record on appeal in the Appellate Court and will provide economy and improve efficiency in appeals. Once fully implemented, the pilots will cut down on the
immense costs of transporting and storing voluminous court records.
Currently, once a notice of appeal is filed in the Appellate Court, the official record of the case is created and physically
transported to the attorney of record on one side of the case. When that attorney concludes the filing of the necessary
motions and brief, the record is then physically transported to the attorney on the other side of the case. If additional briefs are required, the record is transported back and forth between the
attorneys.
After the case is argued in the Appellate Court, the record resides with the Appellate
justice assigned to write the opinion. The two other justices on the panel hearing the case may request the record as well, but it must be physically
transported from the justice in possession to the justice who requests possession.
The pilot projects make the physical transfer of the record unnecessary, and removes the cost of
repeatedly transporting the record back and forth from the Appellate District clerk's office. The pilots provide
a stream of efficiency in preparing and working on appeals that benefit not only the lawyers and
the court, but the clients being served and taxpayers who fund the courts.
Under the pilot projects, the official paper court record, pursuant to Supreme Court rules, will remain
with the Appellate Clerk and be accessible from the Clerk, but a mirror record will be produced
electronically with identical pagination. Attorneys who file appearances in the case will receive a password providing access to the record,
as well as all the justices in the Appellate Districts operating the pilots and the parties to the appeal.
The parties, attorneys for a party, approved court personnel and justices of the Appellate Districts
will have the ability to search, bookmark and make notes on their individual copies of the electronic
record. Any markings or notations made by a user on the electronic record are secure and are unique
to that user's copy. No user will be able to view or access another user's copy. The Appellate
District Clerk will retain an unmodified copy of the electronic record at all times.
The electronic record will be in a format that supports searchable text, both word and phrase. Once a mandate issues in an appellate case from the counties operating under these pilots, access to the electronic record will be terminated. |
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