Colleen Kollar-Kotelly

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. Following law school, she served as law clerk to Judge Catherine B. Kelly of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. From 1969 to 1972, Judge Kollar-Kotelly was an attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and then served as the chief legal counsel to Saint Elizabeths Hospital until 1984. She was appointed Associate Judge of the D.C. Superior Court in October 1984, and served as Deputy Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division from 1995 until her appointment to the federal bench. Judge Kollar-Kotelly has been a Fellow of the American Bar Association, a founding member of the Thurgood Marshall Inn of Court, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine in a joint teaching program on mental health and the law, and chair of the Board of the Art Trust for Superior Court. Judge Kotelly was appointed by Chief Justice Rehnquist to serve as a member of the Judicial Conference Committee on Financial Disclosure from June 2000 through May 2002, and in May 2002 Chief Justice Rehnquist appointed Judge Kotelly to serve as Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court , which is a 7-year appointment.

Judge

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

1997 - Current

Associate Judge

Superior Court of the District of Columbia

1984 - 1997

Chief legal counsel

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D.C.

1972 - 1984

Attorney

Appellate Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice

1969 - 1972

Law clerk

Hon. Catherine Kelly, District of Columbia Court of Appeals

1968 - 1969

The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law

J.D. (1968)

The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law

B.A. (1965)

United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Presiding Judge

Current

Judicial Conference Committee on Financial Disclosure

Member

2000 - 2002