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Charles W. Chapman 
Wood River, Illinois
phone (618) 208-4240
(866) 839-2021
fax (618) 254-0193
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Charles Chapman served as Circuit Judge in the Third Judicial Circuit of Madison County from 1979 to 1988. He was elected in 1988 to the Appellate Court for the Fifth Judicial District, Mt. Vernon, Illinois and served until 2001.

He was selected as Outstanding State Trial Judge in the United States by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.  Charles Chapman is the co-author of two books on legal issues. He served as an adjunct professor at St. Louis University Law School from 1982 to 2001 and has presided over judicial seminars on products liability, evidence, professional negligence and judicial management of civil jury trials.

Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury
Product Liability
Medical Malpractice
Class Action
Bar Admissions:
Illinois, 1967
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1969
U.S. Supreme Court, 1979
Education:
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1992
LL.M., Master of Law(s)


Saint Louis University School of Law, St Louis, Missouri, 1967
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence


Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois, 1963
B.Ch., Bachelor of Chemistry


Published Works:
Illinois Objections at Trial (Co-Author), Butterworth Legal Publishers, 1992


Product Liability Law in Illinois (Co-Author), Chicago Law Bulletin, 1993


Jaws XVI: Exception that Ate Rule 220, John Marshall Law Review, 1992


Representative Cases:
Schuchman v. Stackable, 555 N.E.2d 1012 (Ill.App. 5 Dist. 1990)
Augenstein v. Pulley, 547 N.E.2d 1345 (Ill.App. 5 Dist. 1989)
People v. Lee, 541 N.E.2d 747 (Ill.App. 5 Dist. 1989)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Adjunct Professor or Trial Advocacy, St. Louis University, 1982 - Present


Trial Advocacy, Saint Louis University Law School, 1982 - Present


Judicial Seminars, Illinois Supreme Court, 1984 - Present


Honors and Awards:
Outstanding State Trial Judge in United States, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1984


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Madison County Bar Association
Member


Illinois State Bar Association
Member


Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Member


American Association for Justice
Member


Past Employment Positions:
State of Illinois, Circuit Judge, 1979 - 1988


Chapman & Chapman, Private Practice, 1968 - 1979


Federal District Judge Omer Poos, Law Clerk, 1967 - 1968