pulo, your lawyer is right
I just looked at some of my previous notes from the last time I filed LC. It took IL SESA a lot of time to move from Jan 8, 1998 to January 15, 1998 (1/15/98 was the last day for 245i). Here are the details.
On 7/27/98 they were processing 1/8/98
On 9/21/98 they were processing 1/12/98 (4 days in 2 months)
On 11/24/98 they were processing 1/13/98 (1 day in 2 months)
Some time in 11/00 my case (filed on 2/19/98) was moved to Chicago DOL. (2 days in 2 years)
As you can see it took a long time to move from 1/8 to 1/15/98. But since they are already on 4/30/01 (deadline for 245i), hopefully it will move quicker.
Lets keep our fingers crossed and keep this thread updated.