--- title: "Steven Daniel Grimberg | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/steven-daniel-grimberg" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Steven Daniel Grimberg U.S. District Judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia - State: Georgia - Role: U.S. District Judge - Service status: current - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Georgia, 2019-present - American federal judge serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia since September 13, 2019 - Position: U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Georgia (2019–present) - Adjunct professor, Emory University School of Law, 2012-present - Managing director and general counsel, Nardello & Co., Atlanta, GA, 2018-2019 - Assistant U.S. attorney and deputy chief, Economic Crime Section, Northern District of Georgia, 2010-2017 - Trial attorney, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2005-2010 ### Education - Emory University — J.D. (1998) - University of Florida — B.A. (1995) ### Additional information - Nominated by President Donald Trump on April 4, 2019, to replace Judge Richard W. Story, who assumed senior status in December 2018 - Private practice, Atlanta, GA, 2002-2005 - Private practice, Miami, FL, 1999-2002 - Private practice, Dallas, TX, 1998-1999 - Born January 1, 1974, in New York City. - Date of birth: 1974-01-01 - Birth place: New York, NY ## 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/7049561) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7049561) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7049561) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14415/steven-daniel-grimberg/) - [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/14415/steven-daniel-grimberg/) - [Wikidata: Steven D. Grimberg](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62697732) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/steven-daniel-grimberg", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/steven-daniel-grimberg", "name": "Steven Daniel Grimberg | KnowJudges", "description": "Steven Daniel Grimberg — U.S. District Judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. 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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.