Rodger Heaton

Rodger Heaton
Rodger Heaton
United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois
	In office; 2006–2009
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Jan Paul Miller
Succeeded by	James Lewis[1]
Personal details
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	University of Illinois (B.A.); Indiana University (J.D.)
Profession	Attorney

Rodger A. Heaton is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois from 2005-2009.

Heaton was raised in Lexington, Illinois. He attended University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and Indiana University Maurer School of Law. He joined the U.S. Department of Justice in 1989.[2] During the Whitewater controversy, Heaton took part in the successful prosecution of Jim Guy Tucker.[3]

In 2006, he was appointed the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois; the area's top law enforcement official.[2] He was chosen out of a field that included Rick Winkel and Darin LaHood.[4] He left the office in 2009. In 2015, Bruce Rauner appointed Heaton his homeland security advisor and the Illinois Director of Public Safety. In 2017, he was promoted to Governor Rauner's Chief of Staff. He will be Rauner's fourth Chief of Staff in three years.[5]

References

Schoenburg, Bernard (August 8, 2010). "New U.S. attorney faced jail in '60s civil rights struggle". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
Erickson, Kurt (October 7, 2006). "Rodger Heaton appointed U.S. attorney for Illinois Central District". Herald & Review. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
Reeder, Scott (January 12, 2007). "U.S. Attorney for Central Illinois is 'smart, and hasn't made any enemies'". The Dispatch–Argus. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
Kacich, Tom (November 28, 2005). "At least four want to be U.S. attorney". The News-Gazette. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
Finke, Doug (October 7, 2017). "Former U.S. attorney Rodger Heaton named Rauner's chief of staff". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved October 9, 2017.

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[1] Schoenburg, Bernard (August 8, 2010). "New U.S. attorney faced jail in '60s civil rights struggle". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved January 4, 2018.

[Herald_Bio-2] Erickson, Kurt (October 7, 2006). "Rodger Heaton appointed U.S. attorney for Illinois Central District". Herald & Review. Retrieved October 9, 2017.

[3] Reeder, Scott (January 12, 2007). "U.S. Attorney for Central Illinois is 'smart, and hasn't made any enemies'". The Dispatch–Argus. Retrieved January 4, 2018.

[4] Kacich, Tom (November 28, 2005). "At least four want to be U.S. attorney". The News-Gazette. Retrieved October 9, 2017.

[Appointed_Chief_of_Staff-5] Finke, Doug (October 7, 2017). "Former U.S. attorney Rodger Heaton named Rauner's chief of staff". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved October 9, 2017.