General Orders

2026 GENERAL ORDERS

General Order – 26-01 – In the Matter of the Amendment of Local Rule 1.65 – Extended Media
General Order – 26-06 – In the Matter of the Adoption of the Court Calendar for the Year 2027 entered June 16, 2026

2025 GENERAL ORDERS (click to expand)

General Order – 25-01 – Adoption of Court Calendar for the Year 2026.
General Order – 25-02 – Appointment of Stephen L. Krentz as Chief Judge of the 23^rd Judicial Circuit
General Order – 25-03 – Appointment of Acting Chief Judge for the 23^rd Judicial Circuit
General Order – 25-04 – Appointment of Presiding Judges within the 23^rd Judicial Circuit

2024 GENERAL ORDERS (click to expand)

General Order – 24-01 – Adoption of Court Calendar for the Year 2025.
- General Order – 24-01 – Amended 11/21/2025
General Order – 24-02 – Appointment of Jury Commissioners for DeKalb and Reappointment of Jury Commissioner in Kendall.
General Order – 24-03 – Modification of Local Rule 1.15 Providing for the Modification of the Term of the Chief Judge within the 23rd Judicial Circuit.
General Order – 24-04 – Policy on Access for Persons with Disabilities
General Order – 20-10 Amended – Release of Certain Probation Records to Law Enforcement Officials
General Order – 24-05 – Amendment of the Local Rules of the 23^rd Judicial Circuit
General Order – 24-06 – Appointment of a Jury Commissioners for DeKalb County

2023 GENERAL ORDERS (click to expand)

General Order – 23-01 – January 24, 2023, Appointment of a Jury Commissioner in Kendall County.
General Order – 23-02 – Reappointment of Jury Commissioners.
General Order – 23-03 – Adoption of Court Calendar for the Year 2024.
General Order – 23-04 – The appointment of Lisa F. Accardi to Associate Judge.
General Order – 23-05 – The entire 23rd Judicial Circuit Court shall remain open on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.

2022 GENERAL ORDERS (click to expand)

General Order 22-01– January 4, 2022, In re the Amendment of Local Rule 1.60 of the 23^rd Judicial Circuit.
General Order 22-02– January 7, 2022, Illinois Supreme Court Rule 12(b).
General Order 22-03– February 8, 2022, In the matter of the Jury Commissioner.
General Order 22-04– January 28, 2022, In the matter of out of Circuit Assignment.
General Order 22-05 – June 2, 2002, Adoption of the Court Calendar for the Year 2023
General Order 22-06 – June 10, 2022, Appointment of a Jury Commissioner in DeKalb County
General Order 22-07 – July 1, 2022, Reappointment of Jury Commissioners in DeKalb and Kendall Counties
General Order 22-08 – July 5, 2022, Policy on Access for Persons with Disabilities
General Order 22-09 – July 26, 2022, Appointment of Sarah Gallagher Chami to Associate Judge
General Order 22-10 – August 15, 2022, Appointment of Jill K. Konen to Associate Judge
General Order 22-11 – August 22, 2022, Appointment of Carlo D. Colosimo to Associate Judge
General Order 22-12 – November 21, 2022, Repeal and Vacating of Local Rule 8.15, Assignment of Trial Calls
General Order 22-13 – November 28, 2022, Removal of Presiding Judge Robert Pilmer and Appointment of Stephen L. Krentz as Presiding Judge
General Order 22-14 – November 28, 2022, Out of Court Assignment

2021 GENERAL ORDERS (click to expand)

General Order 21-01 Re: The Continuation of Temporary COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts

General Order 21-02 Re: In the Matter of the Appointment of Judge Melissa S. Barnhart to Preside Over the Out of Circuit Case from Winnebago County; The Estate of Colleen Rose Maher, Case No. 2021-P-33
General Order 21-03 Re: In the Matter of Text Message Notification Proal Order 21-04 Re: Presiding Judge in DeKalb County , the Honorable Robbin J. Stuckert to retire; Appointed is the Honorable Bradley J. Waller beginning May 17, 2021

General Order 21-05 Re: In the Matter of the Adoption of the Court Calendar for the Year 2022

General Order 21-06 Re: In re the Amendment to Articles I and II of the Local Rules of the Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit

General Order 21-07 Re: In the Matter of the Reappointment of Jury Commissioners in DeKalb and Kendall Counties

General Order 21-08 Re: In the Matter of the Appointment of Judge John F. McAdams to Preside Over the Out of Circuit Case from Ogle County; People of the State of Illinois vs. Jose Ricardo Rodriguez, Case No. 2003-CF-0045

General Order 21-11 Re: Judge Joseph R. Voiland shall be assigned to the courthouse in DeKalb County & Judge Stephanie P. Klein shall be assigned to the courthouse in Kendall County to preside over cases

General Order 21-12 Re: Honorable Robert P. Pilmer is assigned to preside over the Winnebago County case captioned as People of the State of Illinois vs. Nathan Roach, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit. Also ordered that Chief Judge of the 23rd Circuit shall assign a judge to preside over the 23rd Circuit.

General Order 21-13 Re: Kenneth E. Johnson is hereby appointed as the interim Public Defender of Kendall County.

General Order 21-14 Re: Circuit Judges of the Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit of the State of Illinois having voted to appoint McKenna Marcinkowski.

General Order 21-15 Re: Bradley J. Waller elected to serve as Chief Judge of the Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit, consisting of DeKalb and Kendall Counties in the State of Illinois, effective December 6, 2021.

General Order 21-16 Re: 23rd Circuit Court General Order 21-16 -Appointment of Judge Stephen L Krentz to preside over the Kane County case captioned as Andrew Kasperkiewicz, with case number 2021-SC-2855 from the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit. Entered: October 25, 2021.

General Order 21-17 In Re the Appointment of a Public Defender for the County of Kendall

General Order 21-18 In the Matter of Policy on Access for Persons with Disabilities
General Order 21-19 – Judge Robert P. Pilmer appointed Presiding Judge of Kendall County effective December 6, 2021.

2020 GENERAL ORDERS (click to expand)

General Order 09 – 23rd Judicial Circuit re: In re the Extension of the Activation of the Emergency Preparedness Plans for the Courts in DeKalb and Kendall Counties in Response to the COVID19 Pandemic
General Order – 20-10 Amended – Release of Certain Probation Records to Law Enforcement Officials
General Order 12 – General Order in Court Response to COVID-19 Emergency
General Order 22 – General Order in Court Response to COVID-19 Tier 3 Mitigation Efforts