Nancy Gertner (born May 22, 1946) is an American lawyer and jurist who was a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts from 1994 until retiring in 2011. She is now a professor of practice at Harvard Law School.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 14/year
Massachusetts District Court · 1994–2011Massachusetts District Court · 1994–2011
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
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Faculty · 1985–1986, 2011–present- ↳visiting professor · 1985–1986, 2011
- ↳professor of practice · 2011–present
- Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts1972–1994
Instructor · 1972–1984, 1987–1990
Law clerk , Hon. Luther Swygert · 1971–1972
Appointments
1994–2011 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- Yale UniversityM.A. · 1971
J.D. · 1971- Barnard CollegeB.A. · 1967