Comet Messenger Service

A Chicago Loop courier that has run continuously since 1976, still owner-run out of West Grand Avenue on the Near West Side. Bike messengers cover the Loop itself, with cars and vans for cross-city and suburban runs.

The legal practice is specific rather than generic: same-day filings at the Daley Center, the Dirksen Federal Building and the Illinois Appellate Court, plus deposition exhibits and trial binders during trial weeks, document service between law firms, and a fast handoff leg to a licensed process server when service needs to happen the same day — Comet does not itself act as a process server. Chain-of-custody is documented at pickup and delivery, and every shipment carries $50 of insurance automatically, with additional declared-value coverage available at booking.

Same-day service runs in three bands — Streak (1-2 hours), Priority (2-3 hours) and Standard (4-6 hours) — alongside scheduled daily routes and a separate medical district practice serving Rush, UI Health, Stroger and the Jesse Brown VA with HIPAA-aware handling. Local coverage extends across the Chicago metro into Wisconsin, Indiana and Iowa; nationwide freight is handled through a partnership with Airways Freight Corporation rather than Comet’s own fleet.

The company’s own materials note that after-hours dispatch (weekdays 9pm-6am, weekends 5pm-8am) and same-day rates vary with distance, weather and traffic — worth confirming at booking for anything time-critical.