Attorney Profiles

Mr. Richard L. Steagall
Peoria, Illinois

Areas of Practice:: Civil Rights; Constitutional Law; Employment Discrimination; Personal Injury; Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions:: Florida, 1977; Illinois, 1978; U.S. Supreme Court, 1982; U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1978; U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2000; U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1978; U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1982; U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar, 1986; U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1995; U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 2004

Education:: University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia, August, 1977
J.D., Juris Doctor; Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, Florida
Honors: Attended, 1975-1976; Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, May, 1975
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Cum Laude

Published Works:: "Illinois Adopts Comparative Assumption of Risk and Misuse in Strict Products Liability Cases,", Illinois Bar Journal, May, 1984; "Loss of Chance of Survival in Medical Malpractice Cases,", Illinois Bar Journal, October, 1991; "The Recent Explosion in Summary Judgments Entered by the Federal Courts Has Eliminated the Jury From Judicial Power,", 33 S.Ill .U.L.Rev. 469, Spring, 2009

Representative Cases:: Estate of Sims ex rel Sims v. County of Bureau, 506 F.3d 509 (7th Cir. 2007); Mullin v. Gettinger, 450 F.3d 280 (7th Cir. 2006); Delgado v. Stegall, 367 F.3d 668 (7th Cir. 2004); Cooper v. Carl A. Nelson & Co., 211 F.3d 1008 (7th Cir. 2000); Massey v. Helman, 196 F.3d 727 (7th Cir. 1999); Corley v. Rosewood Care Center, Inc. of Peoria, 142 F.3d 1041 (7th Cir. 1998); In Re Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation, 818 F.2d 145 (2d Cir. 1986); Pickney v. Dow Chemical Co., 484 U.S. 1004 ( 1988); Coney v. J.L.G. Industries, Inc., 97 Ill.2d 104, 454 N.E.2d 197, 73 Ill.Dec. 337 ( 1983); Zinser v. Rose, 245 Ill.App.3d 881, 614 N.E.2d 1259, 185 Ill.Dec. (3d Dist. 1993); Carrigan v. New World Enterprises, Ltd., 112 Ill.App.3d 970, 446 N.E.2d 265, 68 Ill.Dec. 53 (3d Dist. 1983); Thomas v. City of Peoria, Illinois, 2007 WL 685862 (C.D.Ill. 2007); McCloughan v. City of Springfield, 208 F.R.D. 236 (C.D.Ill. 2002); Ricker v. Fulton County Soil and Water Conservation Dist., 800 F.Supp. 636 (C.D.Ill. 1992)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: What's New & Not So New, But Misunderstood in Federal Court, Peoria County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, January 27, 1996; Program Chairman, Abraham Lincoln Inn of Court, 1994 - 1995

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association, 1982 - Present; Member; Illinois State Bar Association, 1978 - Present; Member; Peoria County Bar Association, 1978 - Present; Member; The Florida Bar, 1977 - Present; Member; American Association for Justice, 1980 - Present; Member; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1978 - Present; Member; Abraham Lincoln Inn of Court, 1997 - Present; Emeritus; Abraham Lincoln Inn of Court, 1992 - 1996; Master; Abraham Lincoln Inn of Court, 1988 - 1992; Barrister