James D. Heiple

James D. Heiple (September 13, 1933 – January 18, 2021) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He was elected as a Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court in 1990. He was its chief justice from 1997 until his retirement 2000. Heiple was born in Peoria, Illinois.
Heiple died on January 18, 2021 at a hospital in Peoria from a cerebral hemorrhage, aged 87.