Joseph Frank Bianco (born September 11, 1966) is an American lawyer and jurist who has been a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit since 2019. He was formerly a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 8/year
New York Eastern District Court · 2006–2019Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 2019–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Adjunct professor · 2006–present- Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Touro CollegeAdjunct professor · 2007–2014
- Maurice A. Deane School of Law, Hofstra UniversityAdjunct professor · 2009–2013
Criminal Division, U.S. Department of JusticeSenior counsel and deputy assistant attorney general · 2004–2006- Private practice, New York City1991–1992, 1993–1994, 2003–2004
Adjunct professor · 2002–2004
Assistant U.S. attorney · 1994–2003
Law clerk , Hon. Peter K. Leisure · 1992–1993
Appointments
2019–present · Appointed by Donald J. Trump (Republican)
2006–2019 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Seminary of the Immaculate ConceptionM.A. · 2013
J.D. · 1991- Georgetown UniversityB.A. · 1988