This handbook details the civil appeals procedure from start to finish with discussions on every aspect of the process. Topics include preserving error for review in Illinois trial proceedings; final judgments; postjudgment motions; threshold appellate issues; standing to appeal; notices of appeal, separate appeal, and cross-appeal; stays and appeal bond; dismissal of appeals by the trial court; appeals from final judgments that do not dispose of an entire proceeding; interlocutory appeals of certain orders; interlocutory appeals as of right; interlocutory appeals of certified questions; interlocutory appeals in federal court; workers’ compensation appeals; family law and child custody appeals; preliminary conferences; expedited appeals; record on appeal; motion practice; appellate briefs; oral argument; the appendix; summary affirmance on appeal; petitions for rehearing; participation as amicus curiae; direct appeals; original actions in the Illinois Supreme Court; discretionary review and appeals as of right in the Illinois Supreme Court; certification of state law questions from the Seventh Circuit to the Illinois Supreme Court; issuance and effect of mandate; sanctions in the reviewing court; and costs on appeal.
General Editors:
Brad A. Elward, Attorney at Law,Washington
Michael A. Scodro, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 1 — Introduction
Michael A. Scodro, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 2 — Preserving Error for Review in Illinois Trial Proceedings
Gretchen Harris Sperry, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago
Chapter 3 — Final Judgments
Brett E. Legner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 4 — Postjudgment Motions
Karen Kies DeGrand and Christina D. Ketcham, Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Threshold Appellate Issues: Whether To Review and Standards of Review
Nicole C. Berg, Keller Lenkner LLC, Chicago
Chapter 6 — Standing To Appeal
Nadine J. Wichern, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Chicago
Chapter 7 — Notices of Appeal, Separate Appeal, and Cross-Appeal
Nadine J. Wichern, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Chicag
Chapter 8 — Stays and Appeal Bonds
Brad A. Elward, Attorney at Law, Washington
Chapter 9 — Dismissal of Appeals by the Trial Court
Frank H. Bieszczat, Illinois Attorney General Office, Chicago
Chapter 10 — Appeals from Final Judgments That Do Not Dispose of an Entire Proceeding: Illinois Supreme Court Rule 304 and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b)g
William P. Hardy, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Springfield
Chapter 11 — Interlocutory Appeals of Certain Orders
Brett E. Legner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 12 — Interlocutory Appeals as of Right
Hon. Clare J. Quish, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, and Patrick Dwyer, Dwyer & Coogan, P.C., Park Ridge
Chapter 13 — Interlocutory Appeals of Certified Questions
Patricia L. Hall, WilliamsMcCarthy LLP, Rockford
Chapter 14 — Interlocutory Appeals in Federal Court Under 28 U.S.C. §1292
Michael A. Scodro and Jed W. Glickstein, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 15 — Workers’ Compensation Appeals
Brad A. Elward, Attorney at Law, Washington, andTracy L. Jones, Black & Jones, Rockford
Chapter 16 — Family Law and Child Custody Appeals
Elizabeth P. Butler, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Northbrook
Chapter 17 — Preliminary Conferences
Nadine J. Wichern, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Chicago
Chapter 18 — Expedited Appeals
Brett E. Legner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 19 — Record on Appeal
Gretchen Harris Sperry, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago
Chapter 20 — Motion Practice
Gretchen Harris Sperry, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago
Chapter 21 — Appellate Briefs
Michael A. Scodro, Mayer Brown LLP, Jennifer T. Beach, Jenner & Block LLP, and Kara Kapp, Cozen O’Connor,Chicago
Chapter 22 — Oral Argument
Michael A. Scodro and Elanie Liu, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 23 — The Appendix
Gretchen Harris Sperry, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago
Chapter 24 — Summary Affirmance on Appeal
Michael A. Scodro, Mayer Brown LLP, and Nicole C. Berg, Keller Lenkner LLC, Chicago
Chapter 25 — Petitions for Rehearing
Michael A. Scodro and Geoffrey M. Pipoly, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 26 — Participation as Amicus Curiae
Michael A. Scodro, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 27 — Direct Appeals
Stephen F. Pflaum and Andrew G. May, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, Chicago
Chapter 28 — Original Actions in the Illinois Supreme Court
Stephen F. Pflaum and Karl R. Barnickol, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, Chicago
Chapter 29 — Discretionary Review and Appeals as of Right in the Illinois Supreme Court
Michael A. Scodro, Mayer Brown LLP, and Jason F. Krigel, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Chicago
Chapter 30 — Certification of State Law Questions from the Seventh Circuit to the Illinois Supreme Court
Michael A. Scodro and Geoffrey M. Pipoly, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 31 — Issuance and Effect of Mandate
Brett E. Legner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 32 — Sanctions in the Reviewing Court
Brett E. Legner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 33 — Costs on Appeal
Patricia L. Hall, WilliamsMcCarthy LLP, Rockford
