--- title: "Amy Joan St. Eve | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/amy-joan-st-eve" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Amy Joan St. Eve U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit - State: National federal courts - Role: U.S. Circuit Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - American federal judge serving since 2018 as a United States Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit - In summary, Amy Joan St. Eve is a highly decorated federal judge with a distinguished career in both private practice and public service, now serving on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals since 2018 - Judge, District Court, N.D. Illinois, 2002-present - Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1996-2001 - Associate independent counsel in the Whitewater Independent Counsel’s Office, Little Rock, Arkansas (1994–1996), prosecuting former Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker and Whitewater partners - She also held the role of an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and is the co-author of several legal publications ### Education - St. Eve earned her B.A. in History from Cornell University in 1987 and later a Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School in 1990, graduating first in her class. ### Additional information - St. Eve has received multiple awards, including the Mary Heftel Hooton Award (2015) and the Judge Joel Flaum Award (2020). - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit: Nominated by President Donald Trump on February 15, 2018, confirmed by the Senate on May 14, 2018, and commissioned on May 23, 2018. - U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois: Nominated by President George W. Bush on March 21, 2002, confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2002, and served until May 23, 2018. - Senior counsel, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, 2001-2002 - Senior counsel at Abbott Laboratories, Illinois (2001–2002) - Associate independent counsel, Whitewater investigation, Little Rock, AR, 1994-1996 - Private practice, New York City, 1990-1994 - Born November 20, 1965, in Belleville, Illinois. - Date of birth: 1965-01-01 - She was also an editor of the Cornell Law Review. - She is a member of the American Law Institute and chairs the Seventh Circuit Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions Committee. - Birth place: Belleville, IL ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### appellate oral argument Scope: courtwide In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation. Evidence excerpt: Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessary [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391621) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391621) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391621) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3066/amy-j-st-eve/) - [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3066/amy-j-st-eve/) - [Wikidata: Amy J. St. Eve](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4749249) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/amy-joan-st-eve", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/amy-joan-st-eve", "name": "Amy Joan St. Eve | KnowJudges", "description": "Amy Joan St. Eve, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. 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