Nina Gershon
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1996 and confirmed by voice vote, Nina Gershon is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1965. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1940 · age 86
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1996
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Cornell 1962 · Yale Law School 1965
- Succeeded
- Leonard D. Wexler
- Succeeded by
- William Francis Kuntz II
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Eastern District of New York succeeded Leonard D. Wexler | Clinton (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| Cornell University | B.A. | 1962 |
| Yale Law School | LL.B. | 1965 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Gershon was assigned 5,235 district-court cases (1987–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 268 days across 5,146 closed cases.
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 112 of Gershon’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 87 were affirmed, 17 reversed or vacated, and 8 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, Gershon authored 263 published opinions for the court (1996–2011). Most cited: Bowens v. Atlantic Maintenance Corp. (62 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Bowens v. Atlantic Maintenance Corp. | 546 F. Supp. 2d 55 | 62 |
| 2009 | La Barbera v. Federal Metal & Glass Corp. | 666 F. Supp. 2d 341 | 52 |
| 1996 | Filocomo v. Chater | 944 F. Supp. 165 | 50 |
| 2005 | Linde v. Arab Bank, PLC | 384 F. Supp. 2d 571 | 45 |
| 2006 | Sundaram v. Brookhaven National Laboratories | 424 F. Supp. 2d 545 | 43 |
| 2006 | Lonegan v. Hasty | 436 F. Supp. 2d 419 | 29 |
| 2005 | Sparkman v. Zwicker & Associates, P.C. | 374 F. Supp. 2d 293 | 24 |
| 2000 | Mazza v. Bratton | 108 F. Supp. 2d 167 | 23 |
| 2009 | Icebox-Scoops, Inc. v. Finanz St. Honoré, B.V. | 676 F. Supp. 2d 100 | 22 |
| 2007 | Almog v. Arab Bank, PLC | 471 F. Supp. 2d 257 | 21 |
| 2002 | Conway v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co. | 236 F. Supp. 2d 241 | 21 |
| 2008 | Estiverne v. Esernio-Jenssen | 581 F. Supp. 2d 335 | 20 |
| 2003 | Kaplan v. Aspen Knolls Corp. | 290 F. Supp. 2d 335 | 20 |
| 1999 | Francis v. Chemical Banking Corp. | 62 F. Supp. 2d 948 | 19 |
| 1999 | Sacay v. Research Foundation of the City University of New York | 44 F. Supp. 2d 496 | 19 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 263 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 Nina Gershon?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Nina Gershon to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1996.
- Was Nina Gershon appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Nina Gershon was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Nina Gershon's confirmation vote?
- Nina Gershon was confirmed by voice vote on July 30, 1996. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Nina Gershon on?
- Nina Gershon is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
See something wrong? Report an error. Fixes are logged in the corrections log.
30 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).