Methods of Assigning Cases

for Trial (a) In each court location the presiding judge, subject to the approval of the chief court adminis- trator, shall assign to trial judges for trial those cases not resolved at pretrial in accordance with Section 14-12. (b) The presiding judge may, if circumstances require, assign for trial a case that has not been pretried. (c) Upon request of a party and for good cause shown, the presiding judge may postpone a case or reassign it to another judge. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 271.)