Colleen Rae Lawless, née Schuster, (born 1983) 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.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Illinois Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial CircuitJudge · 2019–2023
- Private practice, Springfield, Illinois2009–2018
Appointments
2023–present · Appointed by Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 2009- Illinois Wesleyan UniversityB.A. · 2005