Colleen Lawless

Colleen Lawless
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 9, 2023
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded bySue E. Myerscough
Associate Judge of the Illinois Circuit Court for the 7th district
In office
2019 – March 9, 2023
Personal details
Born
Colleen Rae Schuster[1]

1983 (age 41–42)
Joliet, Illinois, U.S.
Spouse
Ryan Lawless
​
(m. 2010)​
[1]
EducationIllinois Wesleyan University (BA)
Northern Illinois University (JD)

Colleen Rae Lawless, née Schuster, (born 1983)[2] is an American lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. She was associate judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit in Sangamon County, Illinois from 2019 to 2023.

Education

Lawless earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2005 and a Juris Doctor from the Northern Illinois University College of Law in 2009.[3]

Career

From 2009 to 2019, Lawless was a lawyer and shareholder at Londrigan, Potter & Randle P.C. in Springfield, Illinois. From 2019 to 2023, she served as an associate judge of the Illinois Circuit Court for the 7th district.[3]

In 2011, Lawless represented Marvin Manns, an African American water maintenance worker who sued the city of Decatur for discrimination after he was terminated. Manns refused to sign an agreement that gave him a lower pay but allowed him to bypass civil service selection rules.[4][5]

Federal judicial service

On September 2, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Lawless to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.[3] On September 6, 2022, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Lawless to the seat to be vacated by Judge Sue E. Myerscough, who announced her intent to assume senior status upon confirmation of a successor.[6] On November 15, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[7] On December 8, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–7 vote.[8] On January 3, 2023, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. She was renominated on January 23, 2023.[9] On February 9, 2023, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 14–7 vote.[10] On March 1, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 53–43 vote.[11] On March 2, 2023, her nomination was confirmed by a 51–41 vote.[12] She received her judicial commission on March 9, 2023.[13]

Notable rulings

In July 2024, Lawless dismissed a federal lawsuit filed against the Springfield, Illinois, police department by the father of a deceased two-year-old girl. The man accused Springfield police officers of violating his constitutional rights and Illinois state law during a traffic stop where his daughter's ashes, contained in an urn, were tested for drugs.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Weddings: Lawless-Schuster, Ledbetter-Brown, Proctor-Willhite". The State Journal-Register. Springfield, Illinois. May 25, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "President Biden Names Twenty-Sixth Round of Judicial Nominees". The White House. September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "City of Decatur may be nearing settlement in discrimination case". May 11, 2011.
  5. ^ "Manns v. City of Decatur, Illinois, Case No. 09-CV-2213 | Casetext Search + Citator".
  6. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 6, 2022.
  7. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. November 15, 2022.
  8. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 8, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  9. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 23, 2023.
  10. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 9, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  11. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Colleen R. Lawless to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of Illinois)". United States Senate. March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  12. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Colleen R. Lawless, of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of Illinois)". United States Senate. March 2, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  13. ^ Colleen Lawless at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  14. ^ "Judge dismisses lawsuit over Springfield police urn search rights violation".
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Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
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