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Sharon Johnson Coleman

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Active service.

Confirmed 86 to 0Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Barack Obama
Nominated
February 24, 2010
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
March 10, 2010
Committee action
Reported (favorably), April 15, 2010
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 86 to 0
Confirmed
July 12, 2010
Commissioned
July 13, 2010
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1960, 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

  • Assistant state's attorney, Cook County, Illinois, 1984-1989
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1989-1993
  • Deputy state's attorney and chief of Public Interest Bureau, Cook County, Illinois, 1993-1996
  • Judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Cook County, 1996-2008
  • Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, First District, 2008-2010

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