Colleen McMahon
| Colleen McMahon | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #17 |
| Station: | New York, NY |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 10/22/1998 - Present |
| Preceded by: | John Keenan |
| Past post: | New York Court of Claims, New York Supreme Court, Judge |
| Past term: | 1995 - 1998 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1951 |
| Home State: | Columbus, OH |
| Undergraduate: | Ohio State U., B.A., 1973 |
| Law School: | Harvard Law, J.D., 1976 |
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Colleen McMahon is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She joined the court in 1998 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. Prior to her appointment to the federal bench, McMahon was a New York Court of Claims Judge for the New York Supreme Court from 1995 to 1998.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Ohio, McMahon graduated from Ohio State with her Bachelor's degree in 1973 and later graduated from Harvard Law with her J.D. degree in 1976.[1]
Professional career
McMahon had two stints as a private practice attorney in New York from 1976 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1995 and served one year as a Speechwriter/special assistant to Donald McHenry U.S. Mission to the U.N from 1979 to 1980.[1]
Judicial career
Article III judgeship
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynhian, McMahon was nominated by Bill Clinton on May 21, 1998 to a seat vacated by John Keenan as Keenan was elevated to a judgeship on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals assumed senior status. McMahon was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 21, 1998 on a majority voice vote and received commission on October 22, 1998[2].
Claims judgeship
McMahon served as a Judge in the New York Court of Claims in the New York Supreme Court from 1995 to 1998.[1]
Notable cases
Flavored tobacco ban law challenge
| United States District Court for the Southern District of New York *U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Manufacturing Co. LLC et al. v. City of New York 1:2009cv10511 |
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| Judge McMahon on March 24, 2010, ruled against a lawsuit that challenged a ban on the sale of flavored tobacco in New York City. The law, which was approved by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2007, was challenged by well-known tobacco maker Altria-Philip Morris. Attorneys for Altria plan on appealing the ruling to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals[3]. |
See also
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
External links
- List of Article III judges of the Southern District of New York
- The Robing Room- Rate Judge McMahon
- Biography at FJC
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: John Keenan |
Southern District of New York 1998–Current |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
