Joe Billy McDade at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
- Jurisdiction
- Illinois · Federal
- Judicial service
- November 25, 1991–present
Joe Billy McDade
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Executive director, Greater Peoria [Illinois] Legal Aid Society, 1965-1968
- Professional Career: Staff attorney, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Chicago, Illinois, 1963-1965
- Professional Career: Private practice, Peoria, Illinois, 1968-1982
- Judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Tenth Judicial Circuit, 1988-1991
- Associate judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Tenth Judicial Circuit, 1982-1988
- Private practice, Peoria, IL, 1968-1982
- Executive trainee, First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Peoria, IL, 1965-present
- Staff attorney, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Chicago, IL, 1963-1965
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, C.D. Illinois, 1991-2010
- Professional Career: Judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Tenth Judicial Circuit, 1988-1991
- Professional Career: Associate judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Tenth Judicial Circuit, 1982-1988
Education
- Bradley University · B.S., 1959
- University of Michigan Law School · J.D., 1963
Personal record
Born 1937 · Bellville, TX
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/1384616CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2126/joe-billy-mcdade/Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts