Biographical Information
JUDGE ROBERT C. BOLLINGER
EDUCATION:
- Illinois State University, B.S., cum laude, 1993
- Southern Illinois University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1996
LAW PRACTICE & PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION:
- Admitted to Illinois Bar (1996)
- Private practice of law in Decatur, IL (1996 - 2008)
JUDICIAL:
- Associate Circuit Judge (2008 – 2014)
- Circuit Judge (2014 - present)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & ACTIVITES:
- Board Member, Illinois Judicial College Board of Trustees by Appointment of the Illinois Supreme Court (2024 – present)
- Chair, Civil Law and Procedure Benchbook for Illinois Judges (2021 – 2024)
- Chair, Illinois Judicial College’s Committee on Judicial Education by appointment of the Illinois Supreme Court (2019 – 2022)
- Board Member, Illinois Judicial College’s Committee on Judicial Education by appointment of the Illinois Supreme Court (2013 – 2024)
- Has presented at numerous judicial education conferences and seminars since 2011
- Former Editor-In-Chief, SIU Law Journal
- Past President and Member, Decatur Bar Association
- Member/Co-Chair of Budget Committee, Illinois Judges Association (2024 – present)
- Board of Directors, Illinois Judges Association, 2013 - 2018
- Topic Editor, Family Law Benchbook for Illinois Judges, 2016 – 2020
- New Judge Mentor, 2015 – present
OTHER:
- Cast Member, Insanity Retrial of Mary Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln in Springfield (2012) Presidential Museum