Nina Gershon (born October 16, 1940) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1996 at the recommendation of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. She assumed senior status on October 16, 2008.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 14/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 21/year
New York Eastern District Court · 1996–2008
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
- Cardozo School of LawAdjunct professor of law · 1986–1988
- New York City Law DepartmentAttorney · 1972–1976
- ↳chief, Federal Appeals Division · 1972–1975
- ↳chief, Consumer Protection Division · 1975–1976
- University of California, San DiegoProfessor of law and political science · 1969–1970
- Appeals Division, New York City Law DepartmentAssistant corporation counsel · 1968–1969
- Mental Health Information Service, Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate DivisionStaff attorney · 1966–1968
Appointments
1996–2008 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
LL.B. · 1965- Cornell UniversityB.A. · 1962