First District Appellate Court
Criminal and Civil Caseload Statistics & Total Pending
First District - Chicago
Michael A. Bilandic Building
(Formerly State of Illinois Building)
160 North LaSalle St.
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 793-5600
Thomas D. Palella, Clerk
Kathleen Warnick, Research Director
Circuit Court of Cook County
District Population: 5,150,233
| Civil & Criminal Caseloads |
Civil ** Filed |
Civil ** Disposed |
Criminal Filed |
Criminal Disposed |
| 2019 | 1,637 | 1,740 | 976 | 1,357 |
| 2018 | 1,644 | 1,853 | 1,054 | 1,290 |
| 2017 | 1,844 | 1,953 | 1,320 | 1,445 |
| 2016 | 1,811 | 2,079 | 1,562 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 2,043 | 2,182 | 1,564 | 1,534 |
** Totals do not include Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission Cases
Source: 2019 Annual Report of the Supreme Court of Illinois
| Total Pending Caseload* All Case Categories |
Pending |
| 2019 | 4,388 |
| 2018 | 4,777 |
| 2017 | 5,160 |
| 2016 | 5,285 |
| 2015 | 5,307 |
* Beginning in 2017, totals do not include Illinois Worker’s Compensation Commission Cases
Source: 2019 Annual Report of the Supreme Court of Illinois