Biography
Robert Steigerwald is a senior professional in the financial markets group of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Before joining the Federal Reserve in 2000, Steigerwald was chief legal officer of Multinet International Bank, a clearinghouse for foreign currency transactions. He later served as principal U.S. counsel on the development of a multicurrency payment-versus-payment system known as 'continuous linked settlement' ('CLS'). Before joining Multinet in 1996, Steigerwald served in private legal practice with Kirkland & Ellis, where he represented the Chicago Board of Trade, Board of Trade Clearing Corporation, National Futures Association and other financial markets leaders.
Steigerwald received his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and graduated, cum laude, from the University of San Francisco School of Law, where he was a McAuliffe scholar and the recipient of American Jurisprudence Awards in Civil Procedure and Property. He is admitted to the Illinois bar.
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