David K. Overstreet (born January 14, 1966)
is a justice of the
Illinois Supreme Court
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.
Education
Overstreet received his Bachelor of Science from
Lipscomb University
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and his
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
from the
University of Tennessee College of Law
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.
Legal career
Overstreet started his legal career with Miller, Tracy, Braun & Wilson of Monticello, Illinois from 1991–1992. He then practiced with the Law Office of Peter G. Angelos of
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Di ...
, from 1992 to 1995, and with Mitchell, Neubauer, Shaw & Hanson, P.C., Neubauer,
Hanson & Overstreet, P.C., and Neubauer & Overstreet, P.C. of Mount Vernon, Illinois, from 1995–2007.
Judicial career
In 2007, at the recommendation of Karmaier, Overstreet was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to the
Second Judicial Circuit to fill the vacancy created in the by the appointment of the James Wexstten to the Appellate Court.
Overstreet was assigned to the
5th District Appellate Court of Illinois in 2017 and elected in 2018.
Matthew Hartrich, the State's Attorney of Crawford County, was appointed to succeed Overstreet after the latter's elevation to the Appellate Court.
Illinois Supreme Court
Overstreet faced off against
Republican primary challenger John B. Barberis Jr.
On November 3, 2020, he went on to win the general election against his challenger Democratic candidate and Appellate Justice Judy Cates. He was sworn in on December 2, 2020.
After Overstreet's election to the Illinois Supreme Court, Milton S. Wharton, a retired judge, was appointed to the vacancy on the appellate court.
Personal life
He is married to his wife Suzanne and they have three children.
References
External links
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Biography on the Illinois Courts website
1966 births
Living people
20th-century American lawyers
21st-century American judges
21st-century American lawyers
Illinois lawyers
Illinois state court judges
Illinois Republicans
Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court
Lipscomb University alumni
People from Mount Vernon, Illinois
Tennessee lawyers
University of Tennessee College of Law alumni
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