• Terry Charles-Perdue
  Room: 1802-C
  Phone: (312) 435 - 5782

• For transcript orders please contact Brooke Wilson at (312) 435-5885

• James Sowerby

Judge Nordberg, who is on Senior Status, is not hiring any new law clerks at this time.

PURSUANT TO L.R. 5.2(e), YOU SHALL PROVIDE A HARD COPY OF ALL ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOCUMENTS IN THE DROP BOX, ON THE 20TH FLOOR OR BRING IT TO JUDGE NORDBERG'S COURTROOM DEPUTY, TERRY PERDUE, ROOM, 1802C.

The court will usually set cases for status within 60 days of the filing of the complaint. At the initial status conference the parties will: 1) inform the court of the nature and scope of the case, 2) identify settlement opportunities, 3) set the initial discovery parameters, and 4) schedule future conferences and, when necessary, motions.

At least seven days before the status hearing ("First Status"), Counsel should meet at a preliminary preparatory conference, at the call of plantiff's counsel, to prepare for the First Status. Attorneys who are in control of this case should attend. They should agree on as many matters as possible for report to the court. In most cases, a freely negotiated settlement results in a higher quality of justice, obtained earlier, and at far less cost. Most cases should and do settle without a trial, especially after essential but limited discovery is completed. The Court urges that counsel begin to explore all settlement possibilities.

If this case is to proceed in this Court, counsel should then discuss and seek to reach an agreement on the subject matter of the Preliminary Pretrial Scheduling Order, which must be completed and signed by counsel prior to the First Status.

After the initial status and scheduling conference, the court may hold scheduling and settlement conferences. Some of these may be held by telephone. It is this court’s recommendation that confidential mediation of settlement be conducted before the assigned Magistrate Judge.

Scheduling Motions

The court hears motions on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 2:30 PM.  If there is an uncontested motion, the parties need not appear unless notified by the court. A courtesy call or e-mail to the Courtroom Deputy by one of the parties, advising her that they are not appearing, would be appreciated.

Discovery materials are not to be filed with the Court pursuant to N.D. III. Local Rule 26.3

a. Meeting Requirement

The court encourages the parties to work out discovery disputes and discourages the filing of discovery motions. Discovery disputes are normally resolved at a status call or a pretrial conference without briefing. If the matter is not resolved, then the court will set a briefing schedule or will refer case to assigned Magistrate Judge for discovery ruling on discovery motions and entry of final pretrial order.

With regard to the filing of motions for discovery and production of documents under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26-37, the court will not hear or consider any discovery motions unless the parties have complied with Local Rule 12(K)

In any motion for discovery or production of documents, the movant shall state when and how the movant complied with Local Rule 12(K). Failure to comply with these rules may result in the imposition of sanctions.

Too often litigants are unaware of the efficiencies to be gained by having their cases tried before United States Magistrate Judges. The court strongly encourages counsel to inform their clients of this option, and to discuss it with opposing counsel.  Magistrate Judge Consent Form

Briefs on appeal from the United States Bankruptcy Court must be filed within 15 days of the entry of judgment by the Bankruptcy Court. Any motions to extend time must be filed during the 15-day period. Briefs are limited to 15 pages each.

Proposed Orders are technically not to be "filed." Rather, they are to be "submitted" to the judge to consider, to modify, if appropriate, and to enter electronically. For example, proposed orders such as stipulated protective orders require court approval before actually being given full effect. To prevent confusion, such proposed orders must be attached to an e-mail sent to the e-mail address of the assigned judge, Proposed_Order_Nordberg@ilnd.uscourts.gov  The subject line of the e-mail must include the case number and name, the docket number of the corresponding motion, if any, and the title of the order that is proposed as indicated on the Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF). All such documents must be submitted to the court in a format compatible with WordPerfect, which is a "Save As" option in most word processing software. Such proposed orders should also be served on all parties.