David R. Herndon

Judge Herndon was appointed United States District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois November 16, 1998 and designated Chief Judge October 1, 2007. He received a B.A. in 1974 from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and earned his Juris Doctorate from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1977. Judge Herndon was in private practice from 1977 until 1991 when he became an Associate Judge in Madison County, Illinois. He served as Associate Judge until commissioned as a United States District Judge upon the nomination of President William J. Clinton and confirmation of the United States Senate.

Judge

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois

1998 - Current

Served as chief judge, 2007-2014.

Associate judge

Illinois Circuit Court, Third Judicial Circuit

1991 - 1998

Attorney

Private Practice

1977 - 1991

Southern Illinois University School of Law

J.D. (1977)

Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

B.A. (1974)