--- title: "Zahid Nisar Quraishi | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/zahid-n-quraishi" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Zahid Nisar Quraishi U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey - State: New Jersey - 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 - Judge, District Court, D. New Jersey, 2021-present - Magistrate Judge: U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (2019–2021) - Assistant U.S. attorney, District of New Jersey, 2008-2013 - Assistant chief counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2007-2008 - U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 2003–2007, rank Captain; deployed to Germany and Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom; awarded Bronze Star, Combat Action Badge, and other honors - Law clerk, Hon. Edwin H. Stern, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, 2000-2001 ### Education - Rutgers School of Law -- Newark — J.D. (2000) - B.A. — John Jay College of Criminal Justice — 1997 ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, D. New Jersey, 2019-2021 - Private practice, Morristown, New Jersey, 2013-2019 - Private practice, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, 2007 - Private practice, Newark, New Jersey, 2001-2003 - Date of birth: 1975-01-01 - 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 ### courtroom technology Scope: courtwide Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge. Evidence excerpt: Courtroom Technology . The District Court has acquired various audio/visual and automated evidence presentation equipment which is available to the Bar at no cost. Each courthouse in the District is equipped with these devices, which are fairly simple to operate. [Courtroom Technology | District of New Jersey | United States District Court](https://www.njd.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### 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/10236621) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/10236621) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/10236621) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9386/zahid-nisar-quraishi/) - [Courtroom Technology | District of New Jersey | United States District Court](https://www.njd.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology) - [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/9386/zahid-nisar-quraishi/) - [Judge Zahid Nisar Quraishi](https://www.fjc.gov/node/10236621) - [Wikidata: Zahid Quraishi](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106311386) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/zahid-n-quraishi", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/zahid-n-quraishi", "name": "Zahid Nisar Quraishi | KnowJudges", "description": "Zahid Nisar Quraishi, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. 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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.