Nusrat Jahan Choudhury
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Born 1976.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jan 3, 2023
- Senate vote
- 50 to 49
- Confirmed
- Jun 15, 2023
- Commissioned
- Jul 5, 2023
Education
- B.A., Columbia University, 1998
- M.P.A., Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (now Princeton School of Public and International Affairs), 2006
- J.D., Yale Law School, 2006
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Denise L. Cote, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2006-2007
- Law clerk, Hon. Barrington D. Parker Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2007-2008
- American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City, 2008-2020
- Marvin M. Karpatkin Fellow, Racial Justice Program, 2008-2009
- Staff attorney, National Security Project, 2009-2013
- Staff attorney, Racial Justice Program, 2013-2016
- Senior staff attorney, Racial Justice Program, 2016-2018
- Deputy director, Racial Justice Program, 2018-2020
- Roger Pascal Legal Director, Roger Baldwin Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union, Chicago, Illinois, 2020-2023
Other nominations
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, January 19, 2022; no Senate vote
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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