--- title: "Stephen Patrick McGlynn | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/stephen-p-mcglynn" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Stephen Patrick McGlynn 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 - Judge, Illinois Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court, IL, 2013-present - United States District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, appointed by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2020 - Judge, Illinois Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court, 2010-2012 - Justice, Illinois Fifth District Appellate Court, IL, 2005-2006 - Special Assistant Attorney General, Illinois Attorney General, IL, 1996-2005 - General Counsel, A3M Corp., LLC, Bennett, CO, 1997-2003 ### Education - St. Louis University — J.D. (1987) - University of Dayton — B.A. (1983) - Saint Louis University School of Law ### Additional information - General Counsel and Member of Board of Directors, Metropolitan Health Systems, Inc., Belleville, IL, 2003-present - Practitioner, McGlynn & McGlynn, 2006-2010 - General Counsel and Incorporator, Surface Technologies, Inc., Belleville, IL, 2000-2002 - General Counsel, Incorporator and Member, Board of Directors, Gateway Holding, LLC, Belleville, IL, 1999-2002 - General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Member of Board of Directors, East Saint Louis Small Business Development Council, East Saint Louis, IL, 1996-1999 - Born 1962 in East St. Louis, Illinois. - Date of birth: 1962-01-01 - His legal career spans over four decades, including state appellate and circuit court service, federal trial court appointment, and private legal practice - McGlynn is a member of the Republican Party - Birth place: East Saint Louis, 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: 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 Courtroom Technology System in Judge McGlynn’s courtroom, see “Miscellaneous” section below. • Attorney Conference Rooms A conference room is available near Judge McGlynn courtroom for attorney- [McGlynn.pdf](https://www.ilsd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilsd/files/McGlynn.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/8900361) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/8900361) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/8900361) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7240/stephen-patrick-mcglynn/) - [McGlynn.pdf](https://www.ilsd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilsd/files/McGlynn.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/7240/stephen-patrick-mcglynn/) - [Wikidata: Stephen P. McGlynn](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79494531) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/stephen-p-mcglynn", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/stephen-p-mcglynn", "name": "Stephen Patrick McGlynn | KnowJudges", "description": "Stephen Patrick McGlynn, 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.