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title: "Lake County, Illinois, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Courtroom C-204: \"AI USED TO DRAFT THIS DOCUMENT\" first-page notice (standing order of 30 May 2025)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/us-il-lake-county-c204-ai-first-page-notice"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
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area_id: "A5"
kind: "court-document"
ai_level: "green"
version: 1
law_stated_as_at: "2026-11-07"
---

# Lake County, Illinois, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Courtroom C-204: "AI USED TO DRAFT THIS DOCUMENT" first-page notice (standing order of 30 May 2025)

> Fill-in first-page AI notice and pre-filing checks for papers filed in Courtroom C-204 of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit (Lake County, Illinois), where the standing order prescribes the exact capitalised words.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/us-il-lake-county-c204-ai-first-page-notice  
Law stated as at: 2026-11-07

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Court document. A document filed or served in a court or tribunal.
- Practice area: [Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution.md)
- Jurisdictions: United States, Illinois
- AI level: Green. The tool writes the first draft inside a template you have already tested. You check it. Without that test, first drafting starts at Yellow.
- Law stated as at: 2026-11-07
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-11-07 against the 2 authorities it cites, for United States and Illinois.

## When to use it

Use for any paper filed in a matter heard in Courtroom C-204 where AI was used to draft it. Spell check and Grammarly-type tools are outside the order's definition. Other Lake County courtrooms may have no such order; check the assigned courtroom.

## How AI may be used

A tool may lay out the C-204 standing order statement and fill in facts the signer gives it. The signer decides what to say about the AI use and makes the checks the statement describes.

**AI may:**

- Insert the tool name, version and uses the signer has recorded
- Insert only a version of the statement that the rule or order provides and that matches the signer's account of AI use
- Check that the statement sits where the rule or order says it must

**AI must not:**

- Must not state that citations, quotations or facts were checked; only the signer can say that after doing it
- Must not describe the AI use more narrowly than the file record shows
- Must not put prompts, privileged material or confidential client information in the statement
- Must not use AI to generate or alter evidence or presentations without disclosure and prior judicial approval

**The lawyer checks:**

- The current C-204 standing order has been opened on the court's own site and matches the words used
- Every citation and quotation was checked by a person against an official or recognised source
- The statement is placed and signed as the rule requires, by the person the rule names

## Authorities

- [Circuit Court of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Illinois, Standing Order Regarding the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Courtroom C-204 (30 May 2025)](https://19thcircuitcourt.state.il.us/DocumentCenter/View/5568/C-204---Standing-Order-RE-Artificial-Intelligence---5-30-25)
- Illinois Supreme Court Policy on Artificial Intelligence (effective 1 January 2025)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/us-il-lake-county-c204-ai-first-page-notice and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*