Joseph Frank Bianco

Who is Joseph Frank Bianco?

Joseph Frank Bianco is a United States federal judge.

Bianco was born in Flushing, New York. He received a B.A. from Georgetown University in 1988, and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law in 1991. He was a law clerk to Peter K. Leisure at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1992 to 1993. He was then in private practice of law in New York. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney from 1994 to 2003, and an adjunct professor at Fordham University Law School from 2002 to 2005. He was a deputy assistant attorney general of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice from 2004 to 2005. He is currently an adjunct Professor of Law at Touro Law Center.

Bianco is a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Bianco was nominated by President George W. Bush on July 28, 2005, to a seat vacated by Denis R. Hurley. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 2005, and received his commission on January 3, 2006.