Board Member Biography

William D. Stiehl

Mr. William D. Stiehl is an attorney in private practice in Belleville, Illinois. Judge Stiehl is a former Circuit Judge in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit in St. Clair County, where he was responsible for a major civil jury docket.

Prior to his appointment as a Circuit Judge, Judge Stiehl was an attorney in private practice for more than 40 years, during which he represented public bodies and individual clients in civil and criminal litigation in federal and state courts throughout Southern Illinois.

Judge Stiehl was instrumental in forming Family Hospice, a non-profit organization that provides hospice services in the Belleville area at no cost to its patients. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Greater East St. Louis Community Fund, which provides college scholarships to students and recreational and educational opportunities for younger students from East St. Louis.