Who appointed Alison Julie Nathan?

President Joseph R. Biden appointed Alison Julie Nathan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2022.

Was Alison Julie Nathan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Alison Julie Nathan was appointed by President Joseph R. Biden, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Alison Julie Nathan's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Alison Julie Nathan 49–47 on March 23, 2022.

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Alison Julie Nathan

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Appointed by President Joseph R. Biden in 2022 and confirmed by the Senate 49–47, Alison Julie Nathan is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She earned a law degree from Cornell Law School in 2000. She previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1972 · age 54
Appointed by: Joseph R. Biden, 2022
Confirmed: 49–47
Education: Cornell 1994 · Cornell Law School 2000
Succeeded: Rosemary S. Pooler

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2011	Southern District of New York succeeded Sidney H. Stein	Obama (D)	48–44
2022	Second Circuit succeeded Rosemary S. Pooler	Biden (D)	49–47

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote · Southern District of New York

Nomination Confirmed 48–44 on October 13, 2011 · 112th Congress, Roll Call 164. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 48

47 D, 1 I

Voted against · 44

44 R

Did not vote · 8

4 D, 3 R, 1 I

Confirmation vote · Second Circuit

Nomination Confirmed 49–47 on March 23, 2022 · 117th Congress, Roll Call 106. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 49

45 D, 3 R, 1 I

Voted against · 47

47 R

Did not vote · 4

3 D, 1 I

Education

Cornell University	B.A.	1994
Cornell Law School	J.D.	2000

Before the bench

Professional career before and outside the federal bench, as recorded by the Federal Judicial Center.

Law clerk, Hon. Betty B. Fletcher, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	2000-2001
Law clerk, Hon. John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States	2001-2002
Private practice, Washington, D.C.	2002-2005
Private practice, New York City	2005-2006
Visiting assistant professor, Fordham University School of Law	2006-2008
Fritz Alexander Fellow, New York University School of Law	2008-2009
Associate White House counsel and special assistant to President Barack Obama	2009-2010
Special counsel to the solicitor general, State of New York	2010-2011

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Nathan was assigned 2,395 district-court cases (1999–2022). Median time from filing to termination: 185 days across 2,395 closed cases.

Civil rights25%

Other civil matters17%

Contract11%

Labor & ERISA11%

Intellectual property8%

Other federal statutes7%

Other21%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

On appeal

Of 139 of Nathan’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 113 were affirmed, 12 reversed or vacated, and 14 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, Nathan authored 1 published opinion for the court (1971). Most cited: Frankel v. Securities and Exchange Commission (15 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1971	Frankel v. Securities and Exchange Commission	336 F. Supp. 675	15

Showing the 1 most-cited of 1 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Alison Julie Nathan?: President Joseph R. Biden appointed Alison Julie Nathan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2022.
Was Alison Julie Nathan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Alison Julie Nathan was appointed by President Joseph R. Biden, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Alison Julie Nathan's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Alison Julie Nathan 49–47 on March 23, 2022.
Which court is Alison Julie Nathan on?: Alison Julie Nathan is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Sources

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4 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Data as of 2026-09-28. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).