Stephen P. McGlynn

Stephen Patrick McGlynn (born 1962)[1][2] is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

Stephen P. McGlynn
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Assumed office
September 18, 2020
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byMichael Joseph Reagan
Judge of the 20th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois
In office
July 1, 2013 – September 18, 2020
Appointed bySupreme Court of Illinois
Preceded byMichael N. Cook
In office
September 2010 – December 2012
Appointed bySupreme Court of Illinois
Justice of the Illinois Fifth District Appellate Court
In office
July 2005 – December 2006
Appointed bySupreme Court of Illinois
Personal details
Born1962 (age 60–61)
East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Dayton (BA)
Saint Louis University School of Law (JD)

Education

McGlynn earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Dayton and his Juris Doctor from the Saint Louis University School of Law.[3]

Career

McGlynn was in private practice at McGlynn & McGlynn, Attorneys at Law. He has also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General of Illinois.[3]

State judicial service

He served as a justice of the Illinois Fifth District Appellate Court from 2005 to 2006. From 2013 to 2020, McGlynn served as a Circuit Judge for the Twentieth Judicial Circuit after being appointed by the Supreme Court of Illinois.[4] McGlynn's service as a state court judge ended when he became a federal district judge.

In 2012, McGlynn ran unsuccessfully to again serve on the Illinois Appellate Court, losing to Democrat Judy Cates.[5][6]

Federal judicial service

On December 23, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate McGlynn to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.[3] On February 4, 2020, his nomination was sent to the United States Senate. President Trump nominated him to the seat vacated by Judge Michael Joseph Reagan, who retired on March 31, 2019.[7] A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on June 24, 2020.[8] On July 30, 2020, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 13–9 vote.[9] On September 16, 2020, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 55–42 vote.[10] His nomination was confirmed later that day by a 55–41 vote.[11] He received his judicial commission on September 18, 2020.[12]

References
  1. Voruganti, Harsh (April 8, 2020). "Judge Stephen McGlynn – Nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois". The Vetting Room. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  2. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Stephen McGlynn
  3. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved December 23, 2019 – via National Archives.
  4. "Illinois Supreme Court Appoints Stephen McGlynn as Circuit Judge in 20th Judicial Circuit" (PDF). Supreme Court of Illinois. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  5. "Election Results". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  6. "Stephen P. McGlynn". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  7. "Eleven Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, February 4, 2020
  8. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for June 24, 2020
  9. Results of Executive Business Meeting – July 30, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee
  10. "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen P. McGlynn to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois)" United States Senate, September 16, 2020
  11. "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Stephen P. McGlynn, of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois)" United States Senate, September 16, 2020
  12. Stephen P. McGlynn at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.


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