Bar Admissions

  • Maryland
  • District of Columbia

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Education

  • J.D., University of Maryland School of Law, 1999
  • B.A., Yale University, 1995
    Division I Varsity Lacrosse, 1991-1995
    All-America and All-Ivy Honors, 1995

Judicial Clerkships

  • Honorable Kermit E. Bye, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2001 - 2002
  • Honorable Mark W. Bennett, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, 1999 - 2001

Memberships

  • Maryland State Bar Association

    Women's Bar Association of Maryland

    American Bar Association

    J. Dudley Digges Inn of Court
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Colleen M. Mallon
Partner

Colleen Mallon focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, white collar criminal cases and internal investigations.

Significant Matters

Ms. Mallon is currently working on matters involving the servicing of commercial loans, a requirements contract dispute, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Clean Air Act. Ms. Mallon continues to play a key role in Venable's representation of Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. The firm has been working to recover more than $1 billion in payments made to large financial institutions shortly before Enron filed for bankruptcy. To date, the efforts of the Venable team, including Mallon, have successfully recovered more than $250 million for the estate of Enron.

Ms. Mallon has handled a variety of matters including suits for breach of contract, tort claims act cases and civil rights suits involving 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983.

Activities

Ms. Mallon serves on Venable's Diversity Committee. She also serves on the board of Women Entrepreneurs of Baltimore, Inc., and continues her service to Maryland New Directions, Inc. in an advisory capacity. Ms. Mallon is a graduate of the GBC Leadership Program, and she is active in the Yale Alumni Association of Maryland.