Susan Illston

Susan Yvonne Illston is a San Francisco, California-based judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 23, 1995 and confirmed by the Senate on May 25, 1995. Prior to her appointment, she had served in private practice in Burlingame, California. She is a graduate of Duke University and Stanford Law School.

In August 2006, Illston sentenced the chemist who developed an undetectable performance-enhancing drug for BALCO to three months in prison.