Hon. Colleen D. Holland

2025 – present

Federal Judicial Service:

  • Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York.
    • Entered duty on January 4, 2025.

Education:

  • Cornell Law School, J.D., summa cum laude, 2010
  • University of Rochester, B.S., B.A., 2006

Professional Career:

  • Special Counsel to Chief Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford, United States District Court, Western District of New York, 2021-2025
  • Career Law Clerk to the Hon. Elizabeth A. Wolford, United States District Court, Western District of New York, 2018-2021
  • Law Clerk to the Hon. Michael A. Telesca, United States District Court, Western District of New York, 2017-2018
  • Private Practice, Boylan Code LLP, Rochester, New York, 2016-2017
  • Law Clerk to the Hon. Elizabeth A. Wolford, United States District Court, Western District of New York, 2014-2016
  • Private Practice, LeClairRyan P.C., Rochester, New York, 2012-2014
  • Private Practice, Nixon Peabody LLP, Rochester, New York, 2010-2012