Colleen Lawless

Colleen Lawless
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
Assumed office
March 9, 2023
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded bySue E. Myerscough
Associate Judge of the Illinois Circuit Court for the 7th district
In office
2019 – March 9, 2023
Personal details
Born
Colleen Rae Schuster[1]

1983 (age 40–41)
Joliet, Illinois, U.S.
Spouse
Ryan Lawless
(m. 2010)
[1]
EducationIllinois Wesleyan University (BA)
Northern Illinois University (JD)

Colleen Rae Lawless, née Schuster, (born 1983)[2] is an American lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. She was associate judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit in Sangamon County, Illinois from 2019 to 2023.

  1. ^ a b "Weddings: Lawless-Schuster, Ledbetter-Brown, Proctor-Willhite". The State Journal-Register. Springfield, Illinois. May 25, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved November 14, 2022.