Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
| Colleen Kollar-Kotelly | |
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| Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | |
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In office May 19, 2002 – May 19, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Royce Lamberth |
| Succeeded by | John Bates |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
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Assumed office March 26, 1997 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Harold Greene |
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| Born | 1943 (age 73–74) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Catholic University (BA, JD) |
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (born 1943) is a judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and was presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC).
Kollar-Kotelly, the daughter of Konstantine and Irene Kollar, attended bilingual schools in Mexico, Ecuador and Venezuela. She attended Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, D.C.. She earned her B.A. degree in English from Catholic University of America (Delta Epsilon Honor Society) and her J.D. from Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law (Moot court Board of Governors) in 1968. From 1968-69, Kollar-Kotelly served as a law clerk to the Hon. Catherine B. Kelly, District of Columbia Court of Appeals. From 1969 to 1972, Kollar-Kotelly was an attorney for the Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, after which she became chief legal counsel for St. Elizabeths Hospital, Department of Health and Human Services, from 1972 to 1984.
On October 3, 1984, Kollar-Kotelly was nominated as an associate judge of the D.C. Superior Court by President Ronald Reagan; she took her oath of office on October 21. She served as Deputy Presiding Judge, Criminal Division from 1997 to 1997.
She was appointed as a judge to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President Bill Clinton on March 26, 1997, to a seat vacated by Harold H. Greene; she took her oath of office on May 12, 1997. Chief Justice William Rehnquist appointed Judge Kollar-Kotelly to serve on the Financial Disclosure Committee (2000–02), and later as Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, where she served from 2002 to 2009.
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