Colleen Kollar-Kotelly

Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Assumed office
February 21, 2023
Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
In office
May 19, 2002 – May 18, 2009
Appointed byWilliam Rehnquist
Preceded byRoyce C. Lamberth
Succeeded byJohn D. Bates
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office
March 26, 1997 – February 21, 2023
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byHarold H. Greene
Succeeded byAna C. Reyes
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
In office
1984–1997
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Succeeded byAnita Josey-Herring
Personal details
Born
Colleen Constance Kollar

(1943-04-17) April 17, 1943 (age 81)[1]
New York City, New York, U.S.
SpouseJohn Theodore Kotelly
EducationCatholic University of America (BA, JD)

Colleen Constance Kollar-Kotelly (born April 17, 1943) is an American lawyer serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and was previously presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

  1. ^ Nominations for Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, September 11, 1984. p. 18-19.