Amy J. St. Eve

Amy J. St. Eve
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 2, 2002
Nominated by George W. Bush
Preceded by George W. Lindberg
Personal details
Born November 20, 1965
Belleville, Illinois
Alma mater Cornell University
Cornell Law School

Amy J. St. Eve (born November 20, 1965, Belleville, Illinois) is a District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She joined the court in 2002 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.

Early life and education

Raised in Belleville, Illinois,[1] St. Eve received her Bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1987.[2] Three years later, in 1990, she earned her Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School. During her time at Cornell, she interned for a summer in the office of Sen. Alan J. Dixon, who was from her native Belleville.[3]

Legal career

Following law school graduation, St. Eve was in private practice at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City from 1990 to 1994. She was an Associate independent counsel, Whitewater Independent Counsel's Office, Little Rock, Arkansas from 1994 to 1996, where she successfully prosecuted former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker and Whitewater partners Jim and Susan McDougal for fraud.[4]

From 1996 until 2001, St. Eve served as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. She was a Senior counsel for Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois from 2001 until 2002, when she became a federal judge.

Federal judicial career

On March 21, 2002, St. Eve was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by George W. Lindberg, who had taken senior status. She was recommended for the post by U.S. Sen. Peter Fitzgerald.[5] Fitzgerald told the Chicago Tribune in 2003 that before St. Eve applied for the judgeship, "I didn't know Amy or know anyone who knew Amy. I was looking for the best qualified person."[6]

She was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 1, 2002, and received her commission the following day. Judge St. Eve is the judge assigned to the Conrad Black case; she ordered his release in July 2010 pending a possible retrial. He was later resentenced, after his appeal, by Judge St. Eve to 13 months in prison- that is in addition to the time he has served thus far and that will complete his previously modified sentence, which had been reduced from 6 1/2 years to 42 months overall, according to June 2011 CNN and Associated Press reports related to his trial.

Conrad Black referred obliquely to Judge St. Eve in an article written for the National Post as a "...half-demented, much-criticized Chicago judge..."[7]

Personal

St. Eve is married to Dr. Howard Chrisman. They live in Glencoe, Illinois.[8]

Sources

References

  1. ↑ Ylisela, Jim (July 20, 2003). "Law in the fast lane ; A federal judge at 36, she keeps her courtroom--and family life--on schedule". Chicago Tribune. p. 20.
  2. ↑ http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2957&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na
  3. ↑ Ylisela, Jim (July 20, 2003). "Law in the fast lane ; A federal judge at 36, she keeps her courtroom--and family life--on schedule". Chicago Tribune. p. 20.
  4. ↑ Hanna, Janan (January 21, 2002). "Fitzgerald makes pick for U.S. judge; Corporate lawyer was prosecutor". Chicago Tribune. p. 1.
  5. ↑ Hanna, Janan (January 21, 2002). "Fitzgerald makes pick for U.S. judge; Corporate lawyer was prosecutor". Chicago Tribune. p. 1.
  6. ↑ Ylisela, Jim (July 20, 2003). "Law in the fast lane ; A federal judge at 36, she keeps her courtroom--and family life--on schedule". Chicago Tribune. p. 20.
  7. ↑ Conrad Black (February 3, 2013). "Honours do not make a man, any more than the withdrawal of honours unmakes one". The National Post.
  8. ↑ Ylisela, Jim (July 20, 2003). "Law in the fast lane ; A federal judge at 36, she keeps her courtroom--and family life--on schedule". Chicago Tribune. p. 20.