Sharon Coleman
| Sharon Coleman | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #21 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Barack Obama |
| Active: | 7/13/2010 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Mark Filip |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1960 |
| Home State: | Chicago, IL |
| Undergraduate: | Northern Illinois U., B.A., 1981 |
| Law School: | Washington U. School of Law, J.D., 1984 |
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Sharon Johnson Coleman is a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in July 2010.
Early life and education
Judge Coleman graduated from Northern Illinois University in 1981 with a B.A. in History. She went on to receive her J.D. degree in 1984 from Washington University School of Law. She is married and has two children. [1]
Professional career
Prior to becoming a judge, Sharon Coleman worked as an Assistant State’s Attorney, a Deputy State’s Attorney and an Assistant U.S. Attorney. She was elected to the Circuit Court of Cook County in 1996, where she worked in the child protection division and the law division until her election to the Illinois First District Appellate Court, 3rd Division, in 2008. [1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Illinois
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin announced that President Obama has nominated Coleman to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She was one of several recommendations for the seat from Senator Durbin. Her nomination is subject to review by the Senate Judiciary Committee and confirmation by the U.S. Senate. [2]
Obama called Coleman one "of our nation’s best and brightest". [3]
Coleman received a rating of "Unanimously Well Qualified" from the American Bar Association. [4]
Judiciary Committee hearing
Coleman had a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 10, 2010. [5] She was reported to the Senate on April 15, 2010.
Senate confirmation
On July 12, 2010, the U.S. Senate voted 86-0 to confirm Coleman to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. [6]
Awards and Associations
- Recipient of a Woman of Excellence award from the Chicago Defender
- Served as a Leadership Greater Chicago fellow [2]
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Judge Coleman Biography
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Durbin Press Release "White House Nominates First Two to Fill Federal Judgeships in Northern District", February 24, 2010
- ↑ White House Press Release "President Obama Nominates Three for District Court Bench", February 24, 2010
- ↑ Judicial Nomination Materials
- ↑ Senate Judiciary Committee Meeting Notice, March 3, 2010
- ↑ Chicago Breaking News, "Senate endorses Illinois appellate judge to federal district court", July 12, 2010
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Mark Filip |
Northern District of Illinois 2010–Current Seat #21 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 2009 |
Gerard Lynch • David Hamilton • Sonia Sotomayor • Andre Davis • D.P. Marshall • Richard Seeborg • Jeffrey Viken • Charlene Honeywell • Irene Berger • Roberto Lange • Christina Reiss • Dolly Gee • Jacqueline Nguyen • Abdul Kallon • William Conley • Nancy D. Freudenthal • Gloria M. Navarro • Florence Pan • | ||
| 2010 |
Barbara Keenan • Kathleen M. O'Malley • Denny Chin • Leonard Stark • Joseph Greenaway • Thomas Vanaskie • Mark Goldsmith • Elena Kagan • Beverly Martin • Mary Murguia • Ellen Hollander • James Wynn • Jane Magnus-Stinson • Susan Richard Nelson • Audrey Fleissig • Timothy S. Black • James Bredar • Sharon Coleman • Leslie Kobayashi • Kimberly Mueller • Catherine Eagles • Benita Pearson • Jane Stranch • O. Rogeriee Thompson • Rosanna Peterson • Albert Diaz • Brian Jackson • J. Michelle Childs • Richard Mark Gergel • Josephine S. Tucker • Lucy H. Koh • Marisa Demeo • Tanya Walton Pratt • Jon E. DeGuilio • Elizabeth Erny Foote • Marc Thomas Treadwell • Gary Feinerman • William J. Martinez • Scott Matheson • Raymond Lohier • Todd E. Edelman • John A. Gibney • Edmond E. Chang • Carlton W. Reeves • Denise Casper • Robert Leon Wilkins • Beryl A. Howell • Maria Elizabeth Raffinan • | ||
| 2011 |
Sue Myerscough • James Graves • Bernice Donald • Christopher Droney • Claire Cecchi • Esther Salas • Henry Floyd • Morgan Christen • Evan Wallach • [[Diana Salda�a|Diana Salda�a]] • Michael Urbanski • Cathy Bissoon • Anthony J. Battaglia • Edward Chen • Sharon L. Gleason • Marco A. Hernandez • Andrew L. Carter, Jr. • Nelva Gonzales Ramos • Timothy M. Cain • Scott W. Skavdahl • John A. Ross • Robert N. Scola, Jr. • John A. Kronstadt • Edward J. Davila • R. Brooke Jackson • James E. Boasberg • James E. Shadid • Steve C. Jones • John McConnell • Amy Totenberg • Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers • Paul K. Holmes • Susan L. Carney • Max O. Cogburn, Jr. • Amy B. Jackson • Jane Triche-Milazzo • Michael H. Simon • Kathleen M. Williams • Marina Marmolejo • Susan Hickey • Mae A. D'Agostino • Jimmie V. Reyna • Robert David Mariani • Ramona V. Manglona • J. Paul Oetken • Arenda L. Wright Allen • Mark Raymond Hornak • Vincent L. Briccetti • Roy Bale Dalton, Jr. • Sara Lynn Darrow • Kevin Hunter Sharp • Paul A. Engelmayer • Wilma Lewis • Nancy Torresen • Alison J. Nathan • Corinne Ann Beckwith • William Kuntz • Nannette Jolivette-Brown • Dana Christensen • Edgardo Ramos • Katherine Forrest • Stephen Higginson • Richard G. Andrews • James Gilstrap • Jennifer Zipps • Ronnie Abrams • Jennifer Di Toro • Yvonne Williams • | ||
| Unconfirmed |
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