District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman was appointed to the Northern District of Illinois by President Barack Obama in 2010.
Judge Coleman was born in 1960 in Chicago, Illinois. She served as an Assistant State's Attorney in Cook County from 1984 to 1989, then as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Illinois from 1989 to 1993. She was Deputy State's Attorney and Chief of the Public Interest Bureau in Cook County from 1993 to 1996. She then served as a Judge on the Illinois Circuit Court in Cook County from 1996 to 2008 and on the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, from 2008 to 2010 before her federal appointment.
Education
- Washington University School of Law, J.D., 1984
- Northern Illinois University, B.A., 1981
Career
- Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, First District (2008–2010)
- Judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Cook County (1996–2008)
- Deputy State's Attorney/Chief of Public Interest Bureau, Cook County (1993–1996)
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois (1989–1993)
- Assistant State's Attorney, Cook County (1984–1989)