Colleen McMahon
| Colleen McMahon | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
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Assumed office June 1, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Loretta A. Preska |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
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Assumed office October 22, 1998 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | John F. Keenan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 (age 65–66) Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Ohio State University Harvard Law School |
Colleen McMahon (born 1951) is the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Born in Columbus, Ohio, McMahon received a B.A. from Ohio State University in 1973 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1976. She was in private practice in New York City from 1976 to 1995, except for a period from 1979 to 1980 when she was a speechwriter and special assistant to the Hon. Donald McHenry, the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations. She was a judge on the New York Court of Claims, New York Supreme Court, from 1995 to 1998.
On May 21, 1998, McMahon was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by John F. Keenan. McMahon was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 21, 1998, and received her commission the next day. She became Chief Judge on June 1, 2016.
Among the cases over which she has presided is a defamation case brought by Drug Enforcement Administration agents against the makers of the film American Gangster, which was alleged to have portrayed such agents as being corrupt.
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