--- title: "David Wayne Dugan | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/david-w-dugan" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # David Wayne Dugan U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois · U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois - State: Illinois - Role: U.S. District Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official judge-specific and circuitwide procedural guidance has been located for this profile. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, S.D. Illinois, IL, 2020-present - David Wayne Dugan is a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, appointed on September 23, 2020 by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate by a 55–41 vote - Judge, Illinois Third Judicial Circuit Court, Edwardsville, IL, 2017-2020 - Illinois Circuit Judge, Madison County (Third Judicial Circuit) — appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court on February 9, 2017, to fill the vacancy left by John B. Barberis Jr - pros, Illinois State Attorney's Office, Madison County, Edwardsville, IL, 1993-1994 - He also held the role of a part-time assistant state’s attorney in Madison County (1993–1994) - Law Clerk, Coppinger, Carter, Schrempf & Blaine, Ltd., Alton, IL, 1985-1985 - Court website: Southern District of Illinois – Judge David W. Dugan ### Education - Valparaiso University — J.D. (1985) - Eastern Illinois University — B.A. (1982) - The University of Tennessee-Knoxville — 1979 - Valparaiso University School of Law ### Additional information - Dugan has been affiliated with the Federalist Society, Alliance Defending Freedom (2014–2016), National Rifle Association of America (since 2008), and NAACP (since 2017) - Served until September 23, 2020, when he became a federal judge - Practitioner, David W. Dugan, P.C., East Alton, IL, 2007-2017 - Contract Pilor, Sabreliner Corporation, Clayton, MO, 1999-2013 - Practitioner, Dugan & Diaz, P.C., East Alton, IL, 1999-2007 - Practitioner, Simmons & Cooper, East Alton, IL, 2003-2005 - Practitioner, Pitts, Dugan & Diaz, P.C., Wood River, IL, 1994-1999 - Practitioner, Lakin & Herndon, P.C., Wood River, IL, 1991-1994 - Practitioner, Law Offices of Gary E. Peel, Ltd., Edwardsville, IL, 1987-1991 - Practitioner, Coppinger, Carter, Schrempf & Blaine, Ltd., Alton, IL, 1985-1987 - Thomas M Cooley Law Schoo — 1984 - Born 1960 in Litchfield, Illinois. - Date of birth: 1960-01-01 - Before judicial service, Dugan practiced law for over 30 years in Illinois - focusing on personal injury and commercial litigation in state and federal courts. - Serves as a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, which handles federal trial cases in Illinois - Birth place: Litchfield, 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 ### courtroom technology Scope: judge specific Judge-specific source Evidence excerpt: 6 ● Do not assume that the Court will allow any exhibits to be passed among jurors. Publication will be handled by evidence presentation technology or by use of juror notebooks. Specific questions about preparing the exhibit list should be directed to the Courtroom Deputy Clerk, Dana Winkeler, by email message to Dana_Winkeler@ilsd.uscourts.gov or raised… [Dugan%20Criminal.pdf](https://www.ilsd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilsd/files/Dugan%20Criminal.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### courtroom technology Scope: judge specific Judge-specific source Evidence excerpt: Attorneys, witnesses, and anyone attending court proceedings should be aware that, unless the microphones near them are deactivated, their statements may be heard in chambers. Note: For information regarding the Courtroom Technology System in Judge Dugan’s courtroom, see the “Courtroom Technology Features and Usage Guidelines” section below. Bills of Cost Federal Rule of Civil Procedure… [Dugan%20Civil.pdf](https://www.ilsd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilsd/files/Dugan%20Civil.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/8900356) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/8900356) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/8900356) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15336/david-wayne-dugan/) - [Dugan%20Criminal.pdf](https://www.ilsd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilsd/files/Dugan%20Criminal.pdf) - [Dugan%20Civil.pdf](https://www.ilsd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilsd/files/Dugan%20Civil.pdf) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15336/david-wayne-dugan/) - [Wikidata: David W. Dugan](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84433736) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/david-w-dugan", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/david-w-dugan", "name": "David Wayne Dugan | KnowJudges", "description": "David Wayne Dugan, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.