TOP 10 REASONS TO CONSENT TO TRIAL BEFORE MAGISTRATE JUDGE MORTON DENLOW
  1. You will save your client time and money because only one judge will work on the case from start to finish
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  2. You will go to trial on a date certain as agreed upon by counsel and the Court.
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  3. You will not have your civil trial continued due to a criminal trial because Magistrate Judges do not try felony criminal cases.
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  4. You will not be required to prepare the long form of final pretrial order because Judge Denlow has his own short form.
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  5. Your case will ordinarily be disposed of within one year from the date of consent.
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  6. You will have your case decided by a judge who had many years of civil trial experience before taking the bench in 1996.
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  7. You preserve your right to appeal directly to the 7th Circuit.
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  8. You will appear regularly in a new courtroom with windows and a lake view.
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  9. In a bench trial, your case will generally be decided within thirty (30) days after closing arguments.
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  10. The District Judges probably will not mind having your cases removed from their call.