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District guide · N.D. Ill.

Petition prep for the Northern District of Illinois

N.D. Ill. filed 21,234 consumer cases in 2025 — including 9,472 Chapter 13s, the highest Chapter 13 volume of any district in the country. It runs on the national Form 113 rather than a local plan, but nothing else about it is generic: a flat-fee retention agreement that voids all compensation if modified, a general-order payment priority that puts the mortgage first, trustee packages due 7 days out, local rules completely restyled in 2024, and a signature rule rewritten in March 2026. We prepare Chapter 7 and 13 cases filing-ready to exactly these requirements, in your own software, for your review and signature.

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Official court website: ilnb.uscourts.gov

Flat per-case pricing, N.D. Ill. or anywhere

$300 personal Chapter 7 · $400 business Chapter 7 · $400 Chapter 13 without plan · $500 with the Form 113 plan drafted. No retainer, no minimum, no long-term contract — and if the trustee kicks something back, we fix it at no charge.

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District details verified August 2026 against the court's Local Bankruptcy Rules (as amended eff. Sept. 1, 2024), General Orders 13-01 (Third Amended), 17-02, 08-01/10-01, and 25-01, the Administrative Procedures for CM/ECF (amended Mar. 20, 2026), the court's Chapter 13 filing checklist and forms pages, the trustees' published requirements, the U.S. Trustee Program's §341 notices and means-testing tables, and the AO's CY2025 filing statistics. Rules, forms, trustee assignments, and median-income figures change — always confirm against current sources at ilnb.uscourts.gov and justice.gov/ust. Services are provided exclusively to licensed attorneys and law firms. We are not a bankruptcy petition preparer and do not provide legal advice or services to the public.

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Paralegal Bankruptcy Services is a 100% U.S.-based bankruptcy paralegal firm working exclusively for licensed attorneys and law firms. Chapter 7 preparation is $300 per case for a personal filing and $400 for a business filing, or $410 with extended case management through discharge. Chapter 13 is $400 per case, or $500 with plan drafting. Chapter 11 is billed at $90 per hour, and our general rate for overflow, amendments, and routine work is $70 per hour. An emergency skeleton petition to trigger the automatic stay is $175, with full schedules to follow. Chapter 7 cases come back in 7 days and Chapter 13 in 10, once we have a complete intake package. Our paralegals draft directly inside your Best Case, Jubilee, or NextChapter account, so nothing is re-keyed. We carry errors and omissions and cyber liability insurance, and our team of six is bilingual in English and Spanish.

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One case is all it takes — Form 113 flattened and structured to GO 17-02, the CARA untouched, and the trustee package on the 7-day clock.

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