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.

Judge Kollar-Kotelly was appointed to the United States District Court in May 1997. She received a B.A. in 1965 from The Catholic University of America and a J.D. in 1968 from Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America.

Jan 22, 2025 · U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Bill Clinton appointee, made the remarks in a statement dismissing the charges against Dominic Box, a Georgia man convicted of felony civil disorder ...

Jan 22, 2025 · U.S. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly rebuked President Donald Trump's blanket pardons for those convicted of crimes during the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol in a new court filing.

Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She joined the court in 1997 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. She assumed senior status on February 21, 2023.

United States District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has ruled against the Department of Homeland Security in their bid to make changes to where a lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law...

Kollar-Kotelly was a Fellow of the American Bar Association and a founding member of the Thurgood Marshall Inn of Court. She also chaired the Board of the Art Trust for Superior Court, and she taught mental health and the law as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine.

May 14, 2019 · A federal judge ruled Friday that a court case accusing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of blocking migrants’ right to counsel at a facility in Louisiana and two facilities in Georgia...

Jan 23, 2025 · U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, in yet another case, wrote, “Dismissal of charges, pardons after convictions, and commutations of sentences will not change the truth of what ...

Feb 21, 2023 · 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.