Steven Holtshouser

Steven E. Holtshouser is an Asst. U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Missouri.  During his career as a prosecutor he has handled almost every type of federal crime and has extensive jury trial and appellate experience in public corruption, complex narcotics, bank robbery, violent crime, fraud, tax and capital prosecutions.  He supervises a portion of the General Crimes Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office and serves on the Attorney General’s Capital Crimes Review Committee in Washington, D.C. and has instructed at the National Advocacy Center on Capital Crimes and Basic Trial Advocacy.  Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Prof. Holtshouser clerked for 2 years for U.S. District Chief Judge John F. Nangle.  Prof. Holtshouser is a 1983 graduate of Washington University School of Law, where he wrote for the Law Quarterly and graduated Order of the Coif.  He received his B.A. magna cum laude from St. Louis University.  He has taught Legal Research and Writing and Advanced Trial Advocacy as an Adjunct Professor at Washington University School of Law and has also coached the St. Louis University High School Mock Trial Team.