Education
Terence M. Patton graduated from Atkinson High
School in 1984. He obtained his Associates Degree from Black Hawk
College in 1987. He obtained his Bachelors Degree from Western Illinois
University in 1989. He obtained his Juris Doctorate Degree from
Southern Illinois University School of Law in 1992.
Work Experience
Mr. Patton was in private practice in Belleville,
Illinois from 1992 to 1996. On May 13, 1996 he started working for the
Henry County State’s Attorney’s Office as the First Assistant State’s
Attorney, prosecuting felony cases with then State’s Attorney Ted
Hamer. This was not Mr. Patton’s first experience with the Henry County
State’s Attorney’s Office as he spent the summers of 1989 and 1990
working as a summer intern for then State’s Attorney Larry Vandersnick.
On September 13, 2000 Mr. Patton was appointed State’s Attorney and two
months later was elected to his first term in office. Mr. Patton was
re-elected in November of 2004. Mr. Patton has successfully tried many
felony jury trials to verdict, including the crimes of Murder, Armed
Violence, Attempted Armed Robbery, Aggravated Battery with a Firearm,
Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon, Arson, Residential Burglary,
Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child, Criminal Sexual Assault,
Criminal Drug Conspiracy and Cannabis Trafficking. On October 27, 2000
Mr. Patton received an award from the Illinois MEG Directors and Task
Force Commanders’ Association “in recognition of your talented courtroom
skills that led to the successful prosecution of four defendants charged
with Class X narcotic offenses which resulted in sentences totaling 147
years.”
Professional Affiliations
Member of the Illinois State Bar Association.
Member of the
Standing Committee on Corrections & Sentencing since 2000-2006.
Chair of the Standing Committee on
Corrections & Sentencing 2004-2005.
Member of the Henry County Bar Association.
Vice-President 2005-2007.
Member of the National District Attorneys
Association.
Member of the Association of Government
Attorneys in Capital Litigation.
President of the Henry County Children’s
Advocacy Center Board of Directors 2000-2006.
Member of the Henry County Children’s Advocacy
Center Advisory Board since 2000.
Personal Information
Mr. Patton
lives in Atkinson, Illinois with his wife and two children. He is a
member of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Atkinson. His wife, Kelli,
is the Director of the Henry County Fair Queen Pageant.
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