--- title: "William Joseph Nardini | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/william-joseph-nardini" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # William Joseph Nardini U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit - State: National federal courts - Role: U.S. Circuit 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, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2019-present - American lawyer and United States Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, appointed on November 14, 2019 - From 2000 to 2010, Nardini was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, rising to Deputy Appeals Chief (2002–2004), Appeals Chief (2004–2010), and Criminal Division Chief (2014–2019) - From 2010 to 2014, he was the Justice Department Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Rome - Law clerk, Hon. Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court of the United States, 1996-1997 - Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (U.S. Supreme Court) (1996–1997) - Law clerk, Hon. Guido Calabresi, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1995-1996 - Law clerk, Hon.José A. Cabranes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1994-1995 ### Education - In 1998, he earned an LL.M. in European, Comparative, and International Law from the European University Institute in Fiesole, Italy. - Yale University — J.D. (1994) - Yale Law School in, serving as Executive Editor of the Yale Law Journal — J.D. (1994) - Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in Government from Georgetown University in 1990. ### Additional information - On August 28, 2019, President Donald Trump nominated Nardini to fill the seat vacated by Judge Christopher F. Droney, who took senior status in June 2019. - Commission issued: November 14, 2019 - Clinical visiting lecturer in law, Yale Law School, 2005-2010 - He received the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service in 2004 for work on the “Whitey” Bulger and Stephen Flemmi case. - Born 1969 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. - Date of birth: 1969-01-01 - representing the U.S. in extradition and mutual legal assistance cases involving Italy. - He then studied comparative government at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” on a Rotary Fellowship. - Neumann Preparatory School - Nardini has taught as a visiting lecturer at Yale Law School, served on the Ethics Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association, and on the Advisory Local Rules Committees of the 2nd Circuit and the District of Connecticut. - Birth place: Glen Ridge, NJ ## 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 ### appellate oral argument Scope: courtwide In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation. Evidence excerpt: Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessary [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7330456) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7330456) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7330456) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14411/william-joseph-nardini/) - [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14411/william-joseph-nardini/) - [Wikidata: William J. 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