Richard L. Steagall - Peoria, IL

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Richard L. Steagall Overview

Practice Areas

• General Personal Injury
• Federal Civil Rights
• Employment Discrimination
• Railroad Law

Litigation

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner, since September 1, 1980

Year Joined Firm

1980

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1977
• Illinois, 1978
• 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
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2000
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1982
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 2010
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2011

Other Affiliations

• 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)

Education

• University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia, August, 1977
  J.D.
• Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, Florida
  Honors: Attended, 1975-1976
• Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, May, 1975
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude

Past Positions

• Quinn, Johnston, Henderson, & Pretorious, Associate, 1978 - 1980

Pro Bono Activities

• Massey v. Helman, 35 F. Supp.2d,1110 (CD. Ill. 1999) aff'd 196 F.3d 727 (7th Cir.1999) cert denied 532 U.S. 1065 (2001) Massey v. Wheeler, 221 F.3d 1030 (7th Cir. 2000); Denial of Medical Care at FCI-Pekin prisoners

Classes and Seminars

• 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

Fraternities and Sororities

• Sigma Chi

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Address

Commerce Building
416 Main Street, Suite 815
Peoria, IL 61602

Phones

309-740-3998
800-510-9657 (Toll free)

Faxes

309-674-6032

Emails

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Websites

http://www.steagall-law.com

Articles

"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

• Gayton v. McCoy, 593 F.3d 610 (7th Cir. 2010)
• Village of Depue, Illinois v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 537 F.3d 774 (7th Cir. 2007)
• Mullin v. Gettinger, 450 F.3d 280 (7th Cir. 2006)
• Delgado v. Stegall, 367 F.3d 688 (7th Cir. 2004)
• Cooper v. Carl A. Nelson & Co., 211 F.3d 1008 (7th Cir. 1999)
• Massey v. Helman, 197 F.3d 727 (7th Cir. 1999) cert. denied 526 U.S. 1065 (2001)
• Corley v. Rosewood Care, Inc. of Peoria, 142 F.3d 1041 (7th Cir. 1998) appeal after remand, 388 F.3d 990 (7th Cir. 2004)
• In Re Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation, 818 F.2d 145 (2d Cir. 1987), cert. denied Pinkey v. Dow Chemical Corp., 484 U.S. 1004 (1988)
• Coney v. JLG Industries, Inc., 97 Ill.2d 104, 454 N.E.2d 197 (1983)
• Carrigan v. New World Enterprises, Inc., 112 Ill.App.3d970, 446 N.E.2d 265 (1983)