--- title: "Staci Michelle Yandle | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/staci-m-yandle" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Staci Michelle Yandle 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, 2014-present - The Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, a position she assumed on January 1, 2026 ### Education - Vanderbilt University — J.D. (1987) - Vanderbilt University Law School - University of Illinois System ### Additional information - Appointment: Nominated by President Barack Obama on January 16, 2014, to a seat vacated by Judge John Phil Gilbert - Private practice, O'Fallon, IL, 2007-2014 - Private practice, East St. Louis, IL, 1987-2007 - Public service: Illinois Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1992–1996), Illinois Gaming Board (1999–2001), board of governors, American Association for Justice, St. Clair County Bar Association; former president, Metro East Bar Association - Born July 27, 1961, Centreville, Illinois. - Date of birth: 1961-01-01 - Judge Yandle is recognized for her legal expertise in civil litigation, her leadership in the judiciary, and her contributions to professional and civic organizations - Birth place: Centreville, 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: Give each photograph a separate exhibit number; • 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. The parties are encouraged to assemble exhibit books for witnesses to view while being examined and for the… [Yandle.pdf](https://www.ilsd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilsd/files/Yandle.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/1394571) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394571) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394571) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3576/staci-michelle-yandle/) - [Yandle.pdf](https://www.ilsd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilsd/files/Yandle.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/3576/staci-michelle-yandle/) - [Wikidata: Staci Michelle Yandle](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16194413) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/staci-m-yandle", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/staci-m-yandle", "name": "Staci Michelle Yandle | KnowJudges", "description": "Staci Michelle Yandle, 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.