Stephen Patrick McGlynn (born 1962) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
McGlynn earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Dayton and his Juris Doctor from the Saint Louis University School of Law.
McGlynn was in private practice at McGlynn & McGlynn, Attorneys at Law. He has also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General of Illinois from 1996 to 2005 under both Republican and Democrat Attorney Generals. McGlynn served as General Counsel for Kaskaskia Regional Port District.
McGlynn was admitted to practice law in Illinois in 1978, Missouri in 1988, before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1994, and before the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in 1995.
On June 8, 2005, the Illinois Supreme Court announced its appointment of McGlynn to succeed Justice Clyde L. Kuehn, an interim appointee, as a justice of the Appellate Court of the 5th Judicial District, effective July 8, 2005.
In 2010, on the recommendation of Judge Lloyd A. Karmeier, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed McGlynn to a judgeship in the St. Clair Circuit Court.
From 2013 to 2020, McGlynn again served as a Judge for the St. Clair County Circuit Court after being appointed by the Supreme Court of Illinois. McGlynn's service as a state court judge ended when he became a federal district judge.
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. 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. A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on June 24, 2020. On July 30, 2020, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 13âÂÂ9 vote. On September 16, 2020, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 55âÂÂ42 vote. His nomination was confirmed later that day by a 55âÂÂ41 vote. He received his judicial commission on September 18, 2020.
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