--- title: "Andrew Patrick Gordon | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/andrew-patrick-gordon" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Andrew Patrick Gordon U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada · Chief U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada - State: Nevada - Role: Chief U.S. District Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, D. Nevada, 2013-present - Joined McDonald, Carano & Wilson LLP in 1994, becoming a partner in 1997, where he focused on civil litigation, complex commercial disputes, and alternative dispute resolution, regularly serving as an arbitrator and mediator Gordon was nominated by President Barack Obama on September 19, 2012, to fill the seat vacated by Judge Kent Dawson - He has remarked on the rewarding nature of serving as a federal judge, noting that his “client is justice” and that his work provides finality and meaningful impact in legal disputes ### Education - Harvard University — J.D. (1987) - Harvard Law School — J.D. (1987) - Claremont McKenna College — B.A. (1984) ### Additional information - Private practice, Las Vegas, NV, 1992-2013 - Following law school, Gordon worked at Streich, Lang, Weeks & Cardon from 1987 to 1992 and at Dawson & Associates from 1992 to 1994 - Private practice, Phoenix, AZ, 1987-1992 - Andrew Patrick Gordon was born in 1962 in San Francisco, California - Date of birth: 1962-01-01 - His judicial career emphasizes careful legal reasoning and engagement with complex constitutional and civil matters - Birth place: San Francisco, CA ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394146) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394146) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394146) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1242/andrew-patrick-gordon/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1242/andrew-patrick-gordon/) - [Wikidata: Andrew Patrick Gordon](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4758218) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/andrew-patrick-gordon", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/andrew-patrick-gordon", "name": "Andrew Patrick Gordon | KnowJudges", "description": "Andrew Patrick Gordon, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.