Trial Practice and Courtroom Procedures

• General Information

  • Court Hours and Promptness
       

• Pretrial Information

  • Motions Practice
      

• Trial Information

  • Voir Dire Examination

  • Opening Statement

  • Examination of Witnesses and Argument

  • Objections to Questions
       

• Miscellaneous

  • Decorum

  • Difficult Questions

  • Interrogatories & Requests for Admissions

  • Exhibits

  • Depositions

  • Witnesses

  • Doctors and Other Professional Witnesses

Staff:
Courtroom Deputy Clerk (scheduling matters): K. Jane Reynolds 439-7724
Court Reporter: Jane McCorkle 439-7725
Chambers Counsel: Tracy Prosser 439-7722
Chambers Counsel: Kristin Beasley 439-7723

Address:
Courtroom 1
Kenneth Gray Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
301 West Main Street
Benton, IL 62812
Phone: 618-439-7720 Fax: 618-435-2775

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