Steven Michael Colloton (born January 9, 1963) is a

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of the

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since 2003.

Family

Colloton was born in

Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City, offically the City of Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County, at the center of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the ti ...

. He is the son of

John W. Colloton John W. Colloton (born 1931 in Mason City, Iowa) was the Director and CEO for the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics from 1971 to 1993. He assumed the title of director emeritus in 2001. He had a great influence in developing the University ...

, best known for his service as director and CEO for the

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from 1971 to 1993. Colloton is also the brother of

Ann Colloton Ann Colloton is a former competitive swimmer. She was a five-time Big Ten Conference champion, an eight-time All-American, and the NCAA breaststroke champion in 1989. She was the first athlete in University of Michigan history to be twice named ...

. Steven attended

Iowa City West High School Iowa City West High School is a public high school in Iowa City, Iowa. It serves grades 9-12 for the Iowa City Community School District. Athletics The Trojans compete in the Mississippi Valley Conference in the following sports: *Cross Cou ...

Education

Colloton earned a

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degree,

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and

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, from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the n ...

in 1985 and a

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from

Yale Law School Yale Law School (Yale Law or YLS) is the law school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1824 and has been ranked as the best law school in the United States by '' U.S. News & Worl ...

in 1988. At Princeton, Colloton was a member of the

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, then an all-male eating club. While at Yale, Colloton won the

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Prize in moot court. He was also an articles editor of the ''

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''. He published a note defending single-sex student organizations, and in particular Princeton eating clubs like the Ivy Club, in the ''

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''. Over the summers at Yale, he worked at Bell, Boyd, & Lloyd, now part of

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, in

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, at

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, and for Judge

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Professional career

Colloton was

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for Judge

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of the

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from 1988 to 1989 and for Chief Justice

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of the

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from 1989 to 1990. Colloton served as a special assistant to the attorney general in the

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within the

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from 1990 to 1991. He was an

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in the Northern District of Iowa in

Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids () is the second-largest city in Iowa, United States and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, north of Iowa City and northeast of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city. It ...

from 1991 to 1999. From 1995 to 1996 he was an associate independent counsel in the

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. He was a partner at Belin McCormick, a law firm in

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, from 1999 to 2001 and served as an adjunct lecturer at the

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in 2000. In 2000, Colloton worked for

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's presidential campaign in Iowa. After Bush's election in 2000, Colloton was appointed

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for the

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and served until 2003.

Federal judicial service

Colloton was nominated to the

by President

on February 12, 2003, to a seat vacated by

David R. Hansen David Rasmussen Hansen (born March 16, 1938) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern Dis ...

. His nomination was supported by both

Chuck Grassley Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, and the senior United States senator from Iowa, having held the seat since 1981. In 2022, ...

and

Tom Harkin Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iow ...

. He was confirmed nearly seven months later by the

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on September 4, 2003 by a 94–1 vote. He received his commission on September 10, 2003. He was on President

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's list of potential Supreme Court candidates. Colloton's former clerks include

Trevor N. McFadden Trevor Neil McFadden (born June 28, 1978) is an American attorney and jurist who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Previously, he was a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in ...

Aileen Cannon Aileen Mercedes Cannon (born 1981) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Previously, Cannon worked for the corporate law firm Gibson Dunn in 2 ...

, and

Marc Krickbaum Marc Luther Krickbaum (born 1979) is an American attorney who was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa from 2017 to 2021. Education Krickbaum received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and political science with high ...

. In February 2017, Colloton vacated the enhanced sentences imposed upon members of the

Native Mob The Native Mob is a Native American street gang. The Native Mob is one of the largest and most violent Native American gangs in the U.S. and is notoriously active in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South Dakota. The gang was created in the 1990s in ...

, finding that Minnesota's definition of

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was not a violent felony under the

Armed Career Criminal Act The Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (ACCA) is a United States federal law that provides sentence enhancements for felons who commit crimes with firearms if they are convicted of certain crimes three or more times. If a felon has three or more ...

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Family

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Federal judicial service

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