Steven C. Seeger

Steven Charles Seeger (born March 18, 1971)^[1] is an American lawyer currently serving as Senior Counsel at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and is a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Education

Seeger earned his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Wheaton College and his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif and served as both an associate and articles editor of the University of Michigan Law Review.^[2]

Legal career

After graduation from law school he served as a law clerk to Judge David B. Sentelle of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. After his clerkship, Seeger practiced for twelve years in the Chicago, Illinois, office of Kirkland & Ellis, where he spent his last seven years as a partner. Since 2010 Seeger has served as Senior Trial Counsel in the Chicago Regional Office of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, where he has litigated cases to enforce the Federal securities laws on behalf of the public.^[2]

Nomination to district court

On June 7, 2018 President Trump announced his intent to nominate Seeger to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. On June 18, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Seeger to the seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by Judge James Zagel, who took senior status on October 21, 2016.^[3] His nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On August 22, 2018 a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[4]

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