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Steven M. Colloton
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 94 to 1Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- February 12, 2003
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 22, 2003
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 31, 2003
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 94 to 1
- Confirmed
- September 4, 2003
- Commissioned
- September 10, 2003
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1963, 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.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Laurence H. Silberman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1988-1989
- Law clerk, Hon. William H. Rehnquist, Supreme Court of the United States, 1989-1990
- Special assistant to the assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1990-1991
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Iowa, 1991-1999
- Associate independent counsel, Whitewater investigation, 1995-1996
- Private practice, Iowa, 1999-2001
- Adjunct lecturer, University of Iowa College of Law, 2000
- U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, 2001-2003
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2024-present
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