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Colleen Rae Lawless
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. Active service.
Confirmed 51 to 41Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- January 23, 2023
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 9, 2023
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 51 to 41
- Confirmed
- March 2, 2023
- Commissioned
- March 9, 2023
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1983, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Springfield, Illinois, 2009-2018
- Judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial Circuit, 2019-2023
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