For our office, the beginning of the “eviction” season started out a bit slow (it is not a bad thing that landlords are, hopefully, collecting rent and doing better screening so that we do less evictions!). However, for us, things in the eviction courts are starting to heat up. I am predicting, based only on anecdotal evidence from my office’s caseload and a few of my attorney friends, that the eviction lawyers, judges, and courts in Cook County will be busily processing forcible entry and detainer cases in the next 60 days and that, if the fall/winter weather is uncooperative, this will lead to a major backlog in eviction case enforcement early in 2014.
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Do you need an attorney to file an eviction?
In Illinois, can a “non-attorney” get involved in the eviction process? Is the assistance of a lawyer necessary to file a forcible entry and detainer suit? In most cases, a non-attorney landlord may represent himself or herself without an attorney. There are a few exceptions. In most instances, Corporations and LLCs must be represented in court by an attorney.