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In 2020, Nathan presided over the [[Ghislaine Maxwell]] case.<ref name=DEPTJUSTICE>{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ghislaine-maxwell-charged-manhattan-federal-court-conspiring-jeffrey-epstein-sexually|title=Ghislaine Maxwell Charged In Manhattan Federal Court For Conspiring With Jeffrey Epstein To Sexually Abuse Minors|website=US Department of Justice}}</ref>
In 2020, Nathan presided over the [[Ghislaine Maxwell]] case.<ref name=DEPTJUSTICE>{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ghislaine-maxwell-charged-manhattan-federal-court-conspiring-jeffrey-epstein-sexually|title=Ghislaine Maxwell Charged In Manhattan Federal Court For Conspiring With Jeffrey Epstein To Sexually Abuse Minors|website=US Department of Justice}}</ref>


== Personal ==
== Personal Life==


Judge Nathan was raised in northwest suburban Philadelphia.<ref>https://www.law360.com/articles/582080/a-modern-judicial-role-model-judge-alison-nathan</ref> Her parents both were graduates of university, and instilled the same academic life in Judge Nathan. While at university herself, Judge Nathan studied
Judge Nathan was raised in northwest suburban Philadelphia.<ref>https://www.law360.com/articles/582080/a-modern-judicial-role-model-judge-alison-nathan</ref> Her parents both were graduates of university, and instilled the same academic life in Judge Nathan. While at university herself, Judge Nathan studied

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Alison Nathan
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 17, 2011
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded bySidney H. Stein
Personal details
Born
Alison Julie Nathan

June 1972 (age 52)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
EducationCornell University (B.A.)
Cornell Law School (J.D.)

Alison Julie Nathan (born June 18, 1972) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Early life and education

Born in Philadelphia, Nathan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1994 from Cornell University and then earned a Juris Doctor magna cum laude from Cornell Law School in 2000.[1] At Cornell, she was a member of the Quill and Dagger society and editor-in-chief of the Cornell Law Review.[2]

After law school, Judge Nathan clerked for the Ninth Circuit with Judge Betty Binns Fletcher[3], eventually, clerking for Justice John Paul Stevens. After her federal service ended at SCOTUS, Judge Nathan moved to private practice with Wilmer Cutler & Pickering in 2002.[4]

In an New York Times Obituary of Judge Deborah Batts, Judge Nathan remembered Judge Batts as an inspiration.[5]

Professional career

President Barack Obama greets departing Associate Counsel to the President Alison J. "Ali" Nathan, left, Meg Satterthwaite, and their twin sons Oliver and Nathan, in the Outer Oval Office, July 7, 2010.

From 2000 until 2001, Nathan served as a law clerk for U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge Betty Binns Fletcher. From 2001 until 2002, Nathan served as a law clerk for Associate Justice John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court.[1] From 2002 until 2006, Nathan served as an associate in the New York and Washington, D.C. offices of the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.[1] From 2006 until 2008, Nathan served as a visiting associate professor of law at Fordham University School of Law. Judge Nathan also served as the Fritz Alexander fellow, New York University School of Law, from 2008 until 2009.[6]

From 2008 until 2009, Nathan served as a fellow at New York University School of Law.[1] From 2009 until 2010, for about 18 months[7], Nathan served as a special assistant to President Barack Obama and also as Associate White House Counsel.[1] Since 2010 until her appointment as a United States District Judge, Nathan worked in the office of the Attorney General of New York as a special counsel to the state's Solicitor General.[1][2]

Federal judicial service

Before Judge Nathan's appointment to the federal bench in 2008, she served as associate White House Counsel for the Obama Administration, before assisting the state attorney general’s office and New York Solicitor General Barbara Underwood.

On March 31, 2011, President Obama nominated Nathan to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to replace Judge Sidney H. Stein, who took senior status in 2010.[1][8] The United States Senate confirmed Nathan in a 48–44 vote on October 13, 2011.[9] She received her judicial commission on October 17, 2011.[2]

Notable Cases

In 2014, Nathan banned Aereo from streaming live TV to devices.[10]

In 2020, Nathan presided over the Ghislaine Maxwell case.[11]

Personal Life

Judge Nathan was raised in northwest suburban Philadelphia.[12] Her parents both were graduates of university, and instilled the same academic life in Judge Nathan. While at university herself, Judge Nathan studied philosophy and Japanese.[13] After her graduation from Cornell, Judge Nathan taught English in Japan and Thailand, as well as working for a short time at a newspaper.

Nathan and her wife,[14] New York University School of Law Associate Professor of Clinical Law, Margaret (Meg) Satterthwaite, are parents to twin sons.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (March 31, 2011). "President Obama Names Alison J. Nathan as Nominee for the United States District Court". whitehouse.gov. Archived from the original on 18 April 2011. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "Nathan, Alison Julie – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
  3. ^ http://archive.is/BrTql
  4. ^ https://www.law360.com/articles/582080/a-modern-judicial-role-model-judge-alison-nathan
  5. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/nyregion/deborah-batts-dead.html
  6. ^ https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393801
  7. ^ https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/sdny-nominee-alison-j-nathan-ed-whelan/
  8. ^ The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (March 31, 2011). "Nominations Sent to the Senate, 3/31/11". whitehouse.gov. Archived from the original on 18 April 2011. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
  9. ^ http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/112thCongress.cfm
  10. ^ "Aereo Injunction Memo – Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act – Copyright Law Of The United States". Scribd.
  11. ^ "Ghislaine Maxwell Charged In Manhattan Federal Court For Conspiring With Jeffrey Epstein To Sexually Abuse Minors". US Department of Justice.
  12. ^ https://www.law360.com/articles/582080/a-modern-judicial-role-model-judge-alison-nathan
  13. ^ https://www.law360.com/articles/582080/a-modern-judicial-role-model-judge-alison-nathan
  14. ^ https://abovethelaw.com/2014/11/legal-eagle-wedding-watch-left-out/
  15. ^ Geidner, Chris (March 31, 2011). "Alison Nathan, Former Obama White House Associate Counsel, Nominated for Federal Court". Metro Weekly. Archived from the original on 2011-04-16. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
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