Noël Wise (born 1968) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California since 2024. She previously served as a judge of the Alameda County Superior Court from 2014 to 2024.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Superior Court of California, County of AlamedaJudge · 2014–2024
- Civil Complex LitigationSupervising judge · 2023–2024
- Civil DivisionJudge · 2023
- California Court of Appeal, Second DistrictJudge pro tem · 2021–2022
- Civil DivisionJudge and acting supervising judge · 2018–2021
- Appellate DivisionSupervising judge · 2019–2021
- Appellate DivisionPanel judge · 2018–2019
- Family Law DivisionAssistant supervising judge · 2017
- Family Law DivisionJudge · 2014–2016
- Private practice, Alameda, California2006–2014
Lecturer · 2000–2006- Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, CaliforniaIn-house counsel · 2004–2006
- ↳acting director and manager of Renewable Power Generation · 2005–2006
- Private practice, San Francisco, California2002–2004
U.S. Department of JusticeEnvironment and Natural Resources Division · 1994–2002- Environmental Enforcement SectionTrial attorney · 1999–2002
- Stanford Law SchoolTeaching fellow · 2001–2002
Adjunct professor · 2000–2001- Environmental Crimes SectionTrial attorney · 1998–1999
- Southern District of California (on detail)Assistant U.S. attorney · 1997–1998
- Semester in Washington Program, Vermont Law SchoolAdjunct professor · 1997–1998
- Environmental Enforcement SectionHonors trial attorney · 1994–1997
Associate professor · 1995–1997- Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth DistrictLaw clerk , Hon. Harry Lee Anstead · 1993–1994
Appointments
2024–present · Appointed by Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
Education
J.S.M. · 2002- Nova University (now Nova Southeastern University) Shepard Broad Law CenterJ.D. · 1993
- University of Nevada, Las VegasB.S. · 1989