Steven Colloton
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Steven Colloton (b. 1963) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He joined the court in 2003 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.
Early Life and Education
Corn in Iowa City, Iowa, Colloton received his Bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1985 and a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School in 1988. [1]
Legal Career
Colloton was a law clerk for the Hon. Laurence H. Silberman in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1988 to 1989 before clerking for Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, William H. Rehnquist, in the Supreme Court of the United States from 1989 to 1990. Colloton served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice from 1990 to 1991. Colloton was Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa from 1991 to 1999 and served as Associate Independent Counsel for the Office of Independent Counsel commission from 1995 to 1996. Colloton was a private practice attorney in Iowa from 1999 to 2001 and also served as an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Iowa College of Law in 2000.[1] President George W. Bush appointed Colloton to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa from 2001 to 2003.[2]
Federal Judicial Career
Colloton was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit by President George W. Bush on February 12, 2003, to a seat vacated by David Hansen. Sutton was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 4, 2003, and received commission on September 10, 2003.[3]
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Federal judges who have served the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Loken • Benton • Bye • Colloton • Gruender • Melloy • Murphy • Riley • Shepherd • Smith • Wollman |
| Senior judges |
Arnold • Beam • Bowman • Bright • Fagg • Gibson • Hansen • Magill • Ross |
| Former judges |
Adams • Arnold • Blackmun • Booth • Caldwell • Carland • Collet • Cotteral • Faris • Gardner • Gibson • Heaney • Henley • Hook • Johnsen • Kelly • Kenyon • Lay • Lewis • Matthes • McMillian • Mehaffy • Riddick • Ridge • John Sanborn • Walter Sanborn • Walter Smith • Stephenson • Stone • Thayer • Thomas • Van Devanter • Van Oosterhout • Van Valkenburgh • Vogel • Webster • Whittaker • Woodrough |
