Judge Robert J. Steigmann This is Me

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1. 1. Meet the Board

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   Judge Robert Steigmann was elected circuit court judge for the Sixth Judicial Circuit in 1976 and spent the majority of his time in Champaign County.

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   Judge Robert Steigmann, 4th Appellate Court
   
   Judge Rita Garman, Illinois Supreme Court

3. 3. Robert J. Steigmann

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   Robert J. Steigmann
   
   Biography(Source: Candidate)
   
   Judge Robert Steigmann received two degrees from the Univer­sity of Illinois , a B.S. in 1965, and a J.D. in 1968.From 1968 to 1969, he was a staff attorney with the Illinois Legislative Reference Bureau, the bill drafting agency of the Illinois General Assembly.From May 1969 to June 1971, he served as an Assistant State 's Attorney in Sangamon County ( Springfield ), Illinois , and from June 1971 to December 1976, he served as an Assistant State 's Attorney in Champaign County ( Urbana ).
   
   In 1976, Judge Steigmann was elected circuit judge for the Sixth Judicial Circuit.As a circuit judge, he spent the great majority of his time holding court in Champaign County , where his caseload consisted primarily of felony and juvenile delinquency cases.In July 1989, the Illinois Supreme Court assigned Judge Steigmann to serve as a justice on the Fourth District Appellate Court.In November 1994, Judge Steigmann was elected to that court.
   
   Judge Steigmann has been a frequent lecturer and writer on the subjects of criminal law, criminal procedure, juvenile law, and the rules of evidence.He is coauthor of Illinois Evidentiary Foundations (2d ed.) (Michie 1997) and the author of the three-volume treatise, Illinois Evidence Manual (3d ed.) (West Group 1995), that he updates annually.He served four years (1992-96) as Chairman of the Illinois Supreme Court Commit­tee on Pattern Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases.He also serves as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Illinois College of Law and the University of Illinois Police Training Institute, and an adjunct faculty member of the National College of District Attorneys in Columbia , South Carolina . From 1997 through 1999, he served as a faculty member of the New York University Law School Institute of Judicial Administration, making presentations to new judges on courts of review.
   
   The Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation (the national death penalty prosecutors' association) has twice asked Judge Steigmann to address its national convention (1999 in Chicago and 2000 in Denver ) about how prosecutors should make and protect the trial court record in capital cases.
   
   Judge Steigmann, a resident of Urbana , is married to Sherry, an English instructor at Parkland College . They have two children, Michael, an attorney practicing in Chicago, and Laura, a college instructor of English as a Second Language.