Senior Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President William J. Clinton in May 1997.
Before her district court appointment, Judge Kollar-Kotelly served as an Associate Judge on the D.C. Superior Court beginning in October 1984, including as Deputy Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division from 1995 to 1997. She previously served as Chief Legal Counsel at Saint Elizabeths Hospital until 1984, and as an attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1969 to 1972. She served as Presiding Judge of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a seven-year term beginning in May 2002.
Education
- Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America, J.D., 1968
- The Catholic University of America, B.A., 1965
Career
- Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Presiding Judge, U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (2002–2009)
- U.S. District Judge (1997–present)
- Deputy Presiding Judge, Criminal Division, D.C. Superior Court (1995–1997)
- Associate Judge, D.C. Superior Court (1984–1997)
- Chief Legal Counsel, Saint Elizabeths Hospital (approx. 1972–1984)
- Attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice (1969–1972)
- Law clerk to Judge Catherine B. Kelly, D.C. Court of Appeals