Judge Amy St. Eve is President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from Illinois.
Age: 53 (approximate)
Current Position: U.S. District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago, IL)
Education:
- B.A., Cornell University (1987), with honors
- J.D., Cornell University School of Law (1990), magna cum laude (first in graduating class); Order of the Coif; Articles Editor, Cornell University Law Review
Experience:
- 1990-1994: Associate, Davis Polk & Wardell LLP (New York, NY)
- 1994-1996: Associate Independent Counsel, Office of the Independent Counsel (Little Rock, AR)
- 1996-2001: Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago, IL)
- 2001-2002, Senior Counsel, Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, IL)
- 2002-Present: U.S. District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago, IL)
Notable Matters:
- In 2002, President George W. Bush nominated Judge St. Eve to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She was confirmed on August 1, 2002 by a voice vote.
- During her tenure as a U.S. District Judge in Chicago, Judge St. Eve has presided over a number of high profile trials, including the fraud trials of media mogul Lord Conrad Black and Illinois fundraiser Tony Rezko.
- As an Associate Independent Counsel working on the Whitewater Investigation, Judge St. Eve prosecuted former Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker and Jim and Susan McDougal, obtaining convictions in their fraud trials.
- Judge St. Eve is an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern Law School where she teaches trial advocacy.
Professional Affiliations: Judge St. Eve is a member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago branch of the Federal Bar Association. She is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Women’s Bar Association in Chicago. Anglų kalbos kursai, dienos stovyklos Vilniuje, Kaune, Klaipėdoje, chemijos, matematikos, biologijos, fizikos ir lietuvių kalbos korepetitoriai nuoroda
Biographical Notes: Judge St. Eve is originally from Belleville, Illinois. She is married and has three children.