--- title: "Steven Charles Seeger | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/steven-charles-seeger" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Steven Charles Seeger U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois - State: Illinois - Role: U.S. District Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Illinois, IL, 2019-present - United States district judge for the Northern District of Illinois, appointed by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the Senate on September 11, 2019 - Senior Trial Counsel, Chicago Regional Office, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 2010-2019 - Partner (2003-2010), Associate (1998-2003), Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL, 1996-2010 - Law Clerk to the Hon. David Sentelle, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Washington, DC, 1997-1998 - Court website: Northern District of Illinois – Judge Seeger U.S. District Court - Northern District of Illinois ### Education - summa cum laude — Wheaton College - magna cum laude — University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - University of Michigan Law School ### Additional information - On June 7, 2018, President Trump nominated Seeger to replace Judge James Block Zagel, who had assumed senior status in 2016. - Born March 18, 1971. - Date of birth: 1971-03-18 - Birth place: Normal ## 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 ### 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/7049771) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7049771) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7049771) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15361/steven-c-seeger/) - [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/15361/steven-c-seeger/) - [Wikidata: Steven C. Seeger](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54953010) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/steven-charles-seeger", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/steven-charles-seeger", "name": "Steven Charles Seeger | KnowJudges", "description": "Steven Charles Seeger, U.S. District Court for the Northern 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.