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Nina Rauh Morrison

Nina Rauh Morrison

New York Eastern District Court

Born 1970 in New York, NY

FJC ID: 12077556

Nina Rauh Morrison (born 1970) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. As part of her work for the Innocence Project, she had been lead or co-counsel in cases that have freed more than 30 wrongly convicted people from prison and death row.

Gender
Female
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. New York City
    Innocence Project · 2002–2022
    • executive director · 2002–2004
    • senior staff attorney · 2004–2019
    • senior litigation counsel · 2019–2022
  2. Innocence Project Clinic, Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
    Adjunct professor · 2002–2016
  3. Private practice, New York City
    1999–2001
  4. American Civil Liberties Union, New York City
    Contract attorney · 2001
  5. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Appointments

  1. New York Eastern District Court
    2022–present · Appointed by Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)

Education

  1. New York University School of Law
  2. Yale University
    B.A. · 1992