--- title: "Diane Gujarati | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/diane-gujarati" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Diane Gujarati U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York - State: New York - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, NY, 1999-2020 - From 1999 to 2020, she held the role of an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, holding positions including Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division (2012–2020), Chief of the White Plains Division (2010–2012), and Deputy Chief of the Appeals Unit (2006–2008). - Judge Gujarati held the role of an Adjunct Professor of Clinical Law at NYU School of Law from 2015 to 2018 - She then was employed as an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell from 1996 to 1999 - Clerk to the Hon. John M. Walker, Jr., Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, NY, 1995-1996 - After law school, Gujarati clerked for Judge John M. Walker Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1995 to 1996. - Recognized for her extensive prosecutorial experience, academic contributions, and her role as a federal judge in the Eastern District of New York - She also held the position of the office’s first Elder Justice Coordinator and as an in-house ethics advisor - on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, filling the seat vacated by Judge John Gleeson - Her father was an economics professor and her mother a high school social studies teacher ### Education - Yale Law School in, where she held the role of an editor of the Yale Law Journal — J.D. (1995) - summa cum laude — Columbia University in the City of New York — 1990 - Bachelor of Arts in Economics, summa cum laude, from Barnard College of Columbia University in 1990 ### Additional information - Judge, NY, 2020-present - Later nominated by President Donald J. Trump in 2018 and renominated in 2019, and was confirmed by the Senate 99–0 on September 10, 2020, receiving her commission on September 18, 2020. - adj-prof, New York University, New York, NY, 2015-2018 - Practitioner, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, 1996-1999 - Date of birth: 1969-07-06 - These rules reflect her emphasis on clarity, procedural efficiency, and adherence to federal civil and criminal rules. - Her individual practice rules outline procedures for motions, pre-motion conferences, and filings, including specific guidance for cases involving pro se litigants and evidentiary submissions. - Birth place: New York City ## 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/8869821) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/8869821) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/8869821) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15343/diane-gujarati/) - [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/15343/diane-gujarati/) - [Wikidata: Diane Gujarati](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26924621) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/diane-gujarati", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/diane-gujarati", "name": "Diane Gujarati | KnowJudges", "description": "Diane Gujarati, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. 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Civil and criminal sections have distinct scope and district-specific exceptions. Not Bankruptcy Court rules. [Official source](https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/local_rules/2026-01-02%20-%20EDNY%20and%20SDNY%20Joint%20Local%20Rules%20As%20Amended.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-651872d6e45e0d82319ecccc) — Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. 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.