--- title: "Nina Nin-Yuen Wang | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/nina-nin-yuen-wang" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Nina Nin-Yuen Wang U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado - State: Colorado - 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 - Adjunct professor, University of Colorado Law School, 2007, 2009 - Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Colorado, 2000-2004 - Law clerk, Hon. Peter J. Messitte, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1999-2000 ### Education - Harvard Law School — J.D. (1997) - Washington University in St. Louis — B.A. (1994) ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, D. Colorado, 2015-present - Private practice, Denver, Colorado, 2004-2015 - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1997-1999 ## 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/12281596) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/12281596) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/12281596) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9123/nina-y-wang/) - [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/9123/nina-y-wang/) - [Judge Nina Nin-Yuen Wang](https://www.fjc.gov/node/12281596) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/nina-nin-yuen-wang", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/nina-nin-yuen-wang", "name": "Nina Nin-Yuen Wang | KnowJudges", "description": "Nina Nin-Yuen Wang, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. 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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.