Eric Pistorius
Eric Pistorius was a long-time Illinois judge before pursuing his own law office to serve Jersey County and the surrounding communities in Mediation and Arbitration cases outside of court.
Eric Pistorius is a retired resident judge of the Seventh Circuit in Jersey County, Illinois.
Eric is a graduate of the Western Illinois University (B.A. 1981 with Honors) and Southern Illinois University School of Law (J.D. 1984 top third of graduating class). Eric practiced law in the Metro East area starting in Madison County in 1984 handling primarily personal injury cases before returning to his hometown of Jerseyville in 1986. Eric has handled hundreds of personal injury cases, for both plaintiffs and defendants, with over 50 jury trials over a 21 year career. In 2005, Eric was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to the position of Resident Circuit Judge of Jersey County. During the next 15 years Eric presided over all types of cases, including personal injury cases involving motor vehicles, medical negligence and toxic torts, many of which ended in jury trials. Eric also was elected by his fellow judges and proudly served as Chief Judge for the 7th Judicial Circuit from 2014-2015. Since retiring, Eric has been a part of more than 25 successful mediations and has been the “neutral arbitrator” in numerous UIM arbitration cases.
Judge Pistorius swearing in Jersey County Sheriff John Wimmersberg in 2016.
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