Judge Alison J. Nathan was sworn in as a United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit in March 2022. Before that, Judge Nathan served for ten years as a United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York. While on the district court, Judge Nathan served as Chair of the SDNY Security Committee and served on the SDNY Grievance Committee.

Prior to taking the district court bench, Judge Nathan worked in state government as Special Counsel to the Solicitor General of New York from 2010 to 2011. From 2009 to 2010, she served in the federal government in the White House Counsel's Office as an Associate White House Counsel and Special Assistant to the President.

Previously, Judge Nathan was in private practice. From 2002 to 2006, she was an associate at the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP in Washington, D.C. and New York. She was a member of the firm's Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation Practice.

Judge Nathan also spent time in legal academia. From 2006 to 2008, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Fordham University Law School where she taught civil procedure. She was a Fritz Alexander Fellow at New York University School of Law from 2008 to 2009. Judge Nathan continues to teach as an adjunct professor at NYU School of Law and Cornell Law School.

Judge Nathan served as a law clerk for United States Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens from 2001 to 2002 and for Judge Betty B. Fletcher on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2000 to 2001.

Judge Nathan received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Cornell Law School in 2000, and her B.A. from Cornell University in 1994.

For SDNY District Court matters, please refer to Judge Nathan's Individual Rules and Practices:

Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Cases - July 7th, 2022

Individual Practices in Criminal Cases - July 7th, 2022

Special Rules Of Practice In Civil Pro Se Cases - April 18th, 2022

Civil Case Management Plan and Scheduling Order (Fillable)